I'd add my 5 cents: I've collected quite a lot of photographic evidence that various aircraft tow tractors have been in extensive use on carrier decks since 1942. They were first introduced because of the combination of two factors: - higher tempo required for wartime operations, - the increased weight of newer aircraft (new TBF/TBM Avengers were much harder to manhandle than either F4F Wildcat or SBD Dauntelss). In those days the Navy started with Willys MB jeeps, Ford BNO-25/BNO-40 and Clark CT-40 tractors for that role. Since then, various models of aircraft tow tractors/tugs are in constant use on carrier decks.
And altough in some cases some aircraft certainly were manhandled (F8F Bearcats, F9F Panthers/Cougars or A4 Skyhawks being rather lightweight), it doesn't seem realistic for birds like 40000lbs F3H Demons, 70000lbs A3 Skywarriors or 55000lbs F4 Phantoms to be moved manually on a regular basis during normal carrier operations.
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