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Image:USS Wasp (CV-7).jpg|The USS ''Wasp'' (CV-07)
Image:USS Wasp (CV-7).jpg|The USS ''Wasp'' (CV-07)
Image:USS Essex.jpg|The USS Essex (CV-09)
Image:USS Essex.jpg|The USS Essex (CV-09)
Image:HMS Triumph 1950.jpg|HMS ''Triumph''. The first carrier with an angled deck. This image is before the refit.
Image:USS Forrestal (CV 59).jpg|The USS ''Forrestal'' (CV-59), the world's first supercarrier.
Image:USS Forrestal (CV 59).jpg|The USS ''Forrestal'' (CV-59), the world's first supercarrier.
Image:USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).jpg|The USS ''Kitty Hawk'' (CV-63).
Image:USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).jpg|The USS ''Kitty Hawk'' (CV-63).

Revision as of 15:36, 9 April 2013

An aircraft carrier (often called simply a carrier) is a type of warship used as a mobile airbase for military aircraft. Aircraft carriers can project military force over very large areas and have become elements of modern US military warfare since the second world war.

Real World Carriers

  • HMS Ark Royal
  • USS Langley
  • USS Enterprise (CV-06)
  • USS Saratoga (CV-03)
  • USS Essex (CV-09)
  • USS Forrestal (CV-59)
  • USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
  • USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
  • USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
  • IJN Akagi
  • Admiral Kuznetsov
  • HMCS Warrior
  • HMCS Magnificent
  • HMCS Bonaventure
  • HMS Eagle
  • HMS Audacious
  • HMS Queen Elizabeth (Under construction)
  • Charles de Gaulle (R91)

Carriers in Science Fiction

Alongside traditional aircraft carriers, in science fiction it is quite common to have spacecraft filling a similar role, mainly carrying starfighters limited to STL speeds.

Examples

Gallery

  • The HMS Ark Royal, the world's first dedicated aircraft carrier.

  • The USS Langley, the the first dedicated US carrier.

  • The Big E, the greatest carrier of WWII.

  • The USS Yorktown (CV-05)

  • The USS Hornet (CV-08), The ship that refused to die.

  • The USS Wasp (CV-07)

  • The USS Essex (CV-09)

  • HMS Triumph. The first carrier with an angled deck. This image is before the refit.

  • The USS Forrestal (CV-59), the world's first supercarrier.

  • The USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).

  • The USS Constellation (CV 64)

  • The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear powered supercarrier.

  • The USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).

  • The USS Nimitz (CVN-68); a nuclear powered supercarrier.

  • The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and its airwing.

  • The HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21), a Canadian aircraft carrer.

  • The HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22), the last Canadian aircraft carrier.

  • The HMS Queen Elizabeth which is currently under construction.

  • The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91). It is the only non USN nuclear powered aircraft carrier in existance currently.

  • The Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk under construction at Nikolayev.

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