Aircraft Carriers
The aircraft carrier remains a symbol of power on the high seas.
1987
The Admiral Gorshkov (formerly the "Baku" CVHG-103) was a late-Cold War-era aircraft carrier serving the Soviet Navy for a ti...
1991
Due to historical and political considerations carrier development got off to a slow start in the Soviet Union. The debate o...
1941
The Aquila (meaning "Eagle") was a proposed aircraft carrier whose construction began in 1941 but was never completed due to ...
1927
The French aircraft carrier Bearn was based on the hull of the Normandie-class of French battleships and was designed as an e...
2008
The Conte di Cavour (550) is one of two actively serving Italian Navy aircraft carriers (alongside the smaller Giuseppe Garib...
2001
The Charles de Gaulle (R 91) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the French Navy. She stands as ...
2009
Japan is a nation of 6,852 islands located in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk to the nort...
2005
The FS Mistral is one of the primary amphibious assault ships of the French Navy (also categorized as a "Command and Projecti...
1985
The Giuseppe Garibaldi is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in active service with the Italian Navy. She is designed ...
1938
Nazi Germanys first and only carriers were proposed as part of the Z plan for the buildup of the fleet. The Kriegsmarine neve...
1981
The Ark Royal (originally to be called the HMS Indomitable) represented a fitting addition to British naval power at the end ...
1941
The British navy has always produced ships that were on the leading edge of naval technology - the HMS Victory and HMS Dreadn...
1915
The HMS Ben-my-Chree served the Royal Navy through the middle years of World War 1, operating as a seaplane carrier. Original...
2018
The HMS Prince of Wales (R09) has been ordered as the second ship in the Queen Elizabeth-class of aircraft carriers to stock ...
1941
The HMS Victorious was the result of the growing British naval arms movement amidst rising tensions in Europe being spearhead...
1927
The IJN Akagi was born from a battlecruiser class design consisting of the Akagi and the Amagi. These cruisers were under con...
1944
At the time of their completion, the I-400 class of submarines serving the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest submarines...
1941
The Shokaku (or "Flying Crane") was the lead ship of a two-strong Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft carrier class, this i...
1941
The Japanese fleet carrier Zuikaku ("Lucky Crane") and her sister ship, Shokaku ("Happy Crane") were a two-strong class of mo...
2013
The INS Vikramaditya is a new Indian Navy aircraft carrier based on the since disbanded Soviet-era Kiev-class. The former Rus...
2019
The INS Vikrant is the first indigenous aircraft carrier design being undertaken by the nation of India. It is one of two pla...
1989
The INS Viraat (R22) ("Viraat" meaning "Giant") is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the In...
2020
The INS Vishal ("Immense") is the second of two new indigenous Indian Navy carrier designs currently under construction (2012...
1964
The Jeanne d'Arc (R 97) can be classified as an "aircraft" carrier in the general sense through her design is such that she p...
1980
The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) contracted for two "helicopter destroyers" to replace the previous JS Haruna...
1972
The Kiev Class was a larger version of the Moskva Class and her design was a bold step in achieving a through-deck carrier. L...
2012
While at one point aircraft carriers were shunned by the Chinese as a "Western capitalistic venture", the nation has recently...
1967
In the 1960's the range of Polaris Submarine missiles were known to the Soviets and it was apparent that western SSBN's would...
2000
The NAe Sao Paulo is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Brazilian Navy. She was the property o...
1988
The Principe de Asturias is a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in service with the Spanish Navy and is of all Spanish ...
1997
The RTN (Royal Thai Navy) HMTS (His Majesty's Thai Ship) Chakri Naruebet (911) is Thailand's first and only aircraft carrier ...
1989
The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) became the fifth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in operation with the United ...
1965
The USS America (CV-66 though initially designated as CVA-66) was a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier that served the U...
2013
The USS America is slated to replace the Tarawa-class of ships and achieve operational capability in 2013. As the lead ship i...
1944
The USS Attu was an escort aircraft carrier serving with the United States Navy in World War 2. She operated primarily in the...
1982
The USS Carl Vinson is one of ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers operated by the United States Navy with the ...
1940
The French escort carrier Dixmude A-609 was built in the United States in 1939 first named as the Rio Parana - a river in Sou...
1977
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is the second of ten vessels in the Nimitz-class group of American nuclear-powered aircraft carr...
1938
The original "Big E", the USS Enterprise of World War 2 fame, became one of the most storied vessels of the war. By far a sup...
1961
This modernized version of the World War 2-era aircraft carrier became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the worl...
1992
The USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy. She represen...
2015
The USS Gerald Ford is the newest full-sized aircraft carrier to be contracted by the United States Navy. The vessel represen...
1998
The USS Harry S. Truman is another in the long line of Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the Uni...
1941
When launched, the USS Hornet (CV-8) became the seventh ship in United States naval history to carry the "Hornet" name. She f...
1943
The USS Intrepid served the United States Navy throughout World War 2 and beyond. The vessel was designed from the new Essex-...
1995
The USS John C. Stennis is the fifth in the line of 10 Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the Uni...
1968
The USS John F. Kennedy was part of the Kitty Hawk-class of conventionally-powered vessels in service with the United States ...
1961
USS Kitty Hawk traveled the world in support of US military actions and relations building, undergoing countless exercises an...
1922
The USS Langley (CV-1) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier. The hull of the Langley had seen prior years of...
1927
The USS Lexington (CV-2) and the USS Saratoga (CV-3) both served the United States Navy well in the inter-war years, supplyin...
1975
One of the most recognizable American Navy names of World War 2 became the name of one of the most identifiable aircraft carr...
1934
The USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first aircraft carrier for the US Navy to be specifically designed and built from the keel up. ...
2003
The USS Ronald Reagan is the ninth vessel in the ten-strong Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers beginning with the...
1927
USS Saratoga (CV-3) was identical to her sister (and lead ship of the class) the USS Lexington (CV-2). "Sara" was actually co...
1956
The crew called her Sara and she was ordered as a "Large Aircraft Carrier" the fifth ship in the United states Navy to have t...
1986
The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is a Nimitz class carrier and was the 4th ship of 10 built. As a class they currently a...
1940
The USS Wasp (CV-7) was a conventionally aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy during World War 2. She was ...
1989
Vessels of the "Landing Helicopter Dock" (LHD) amphibious assault ship program of the US Navy are named after former USN wars...
1937
The United States Navy resurrected the "Yorktown" name several times during its history and the USS Yorktown (CV-5) was anoth...
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