Light aircraft carrier (2041 bytes)
1: ...ity of 1/2 to 2/3 of the aircraft of a full-sized carrier.
3: ...[[United States Navy]] produced a number of light carriers by converting [[cruiser]] hulls.
7: ...A Independencia]] - one ship (ex-[[Colossus class carrier|Colossus-class]])
8: ...nticino de Mayo]] - one ship (ex-[[Colossus class carrier|Colossus-class]])
12: ...eL Minas Gerais]] - one ship (ex-[[Colossus class carrier|Colossus-class]])

Aircraft carrier (24013 bytes)
1: ... [[supercarrier]] and a light [[V/STOL]] aircraft carrier.]]
3: [[image:carrier2.750pix.jpg|thumb|250px|USS ''Harry S. Truman'' a...
5: ...sile]] attack and therefore travel as part of a [[carrier battle group]].
7: ...rs with over a dozen in service, and its aircraft carriers are a cornerstone of American [[power projection...
9: ...arrier operations for a future [[Chinese aircraft carrier]].

Escort aircraft carrier (5717 bytes)
1: ...' or '''escort carrier''', was a small [[aircraft carrier]] developed by the [[U.S. Navy]] in the early par...
3: ...Jeep carriers''' and '''baby flat tops'''. Escort carriers were given the US Navy [[hull classification sym...
5: ...r launch and recovery were the same as on the big carriers.
7: ...rew size was less than a third of that of a large carrier, but this was still a bigger complement than most...
10: ... aircraft, for patrols and scouting, and to ferry aircraft.

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (1334 bytes)
1: ...tis'' transported by a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft]]
4: ...rance and in their performance as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
6: ...cing, and then mate them with the SCAs for ferry flights.
15: [[Category:Special-purpose aircraft]]

Merchant aircraft carrier (2674 bytes)
3: ...rily intended to attack long-range reconnaissance aircraft such as the [[Fw 200 Condor]] and the [[Junkers J...
7: ...small (four [[Fairey Swordfish]] was the limit). Flight decks were around 460 feet long on the tankers an...
13: The aircrew on each ship formed one [[flight]] of [[No. 836 Squadron FAA]] which was based at ...
37: [[Category:Merchant aircraft carriers]]

Invincible class aircraft carrier (8534 bytes)
2: ...tly in use by the [[Royal Navy]]. There are three carriers of this class in operation - [[HMS Invincible (R...
5: ... class also has a secondary role as an helicopter carrier, or [[LPH]].
8: ...forecastle filled in to increase the size of the flight deck.
11: ... shoot down the occasional Soviet maritime patrol aircraft nosing around the ship and its escorts.
13: ...AF Harrier GR3|GR3]] ground attack variant of the aircraft, along with ASW helicopters. The RAF Harriers pro...

Independence class aircraft carrier (5401 bytes)
1: ...ng a Cleveland class light cruiser as an aircraft carrier.
3: ...lippine Sea, which effectively eliminated Japan's carrier air power, supplying 40 percent of the fighters a...
5: ...ss design featured a relatively short and narrow flight deck and hangar, with a small island. To compensa...
7: ...ade for seakeeping problems and a relatively high aircraft accident rate. Protection was modest and many mun...
9: ... life in 1967, when she became the Spanish Navy's carrier Dedalo, serving until 1989.

Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag (7549 bytes)
1: ... to be a [[Kuznetsov class]] multirole [[aircraft carrier]]. She was known as ''Riga'' when her keel was la...
7: ...] (PLAN) and its program to develop an [[aircraft carrier]].
11: ...arrier to be built later. Others counter that the carrier does not represent modern technology; the PLAN co...
13: ...reux Treaty]] of [[1936]] does not allow aircraft carriers to pass the [[Dardanelles]] - and the hulk spent...
23: ...will use <i>Varyag</i> as a training platform for carrier take-offs and landings.

Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev (1054 bytes)
1: ...image:Avianosets Kiev 1.jpeg|thumb|250px|Aircraft carrier ''Kiev'', USSR, 1975-1996]]
2: ...d was the first ship of his [[Kiev class aircraft carrier|class]].
12: * Aircraft: 32
13: ** 12 [[Yakovlev_Yak-38|Yak-38M]] - [[fighter aircraft]]
18: *[[List of aircraft carriers]]

Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho (3173 bytes)
2: |colspan="2"|[[image:japanese.aircraft.carrier.hosho.jpg|300px]]
56: |Aircraft:
59: ...nverted other ships to carriers; see ''[[aircraft carrier]]'' for the full history).
61: ...e Hosho was actively used to develop the aircraft carrier operational methods and tactics of the [[Japanese...
63: ...proved by removing the island and flattening the flight deck, giving her a flush-deck design.

Majestic class aircraft carrier (2093 bytes)
1: ...ially intended to be part of the [[Colossus class carrier|''Colossus''-class]], but were instead built to a...
4: ...A ''Veinticinco de Mayo'']], a ''Colossus''-class carrier. ''Leviathan'' was scrapped in [[1968]].
18: * '''Aircraft''': 37
21: {{Majestic_class_aircraft_carrier}}

Colossus class aircraft carrier (2041 bytes)
1: ...as a [[ship class|class]] of ten [[light aircraft carrier]]s of the [[Royal Navy]].
21: * '''Aircraft''': 48
26: {{Colossus_class_aircraft_carrier}}

Glorious class aircraft carrier (2481 bytes)
1: ...r.gif|thumbnail|400px|right|HMS ''Glorious'' as a carrier]]
2: ...urageous'']] were originally classified as 'large light cruisers'. They were armed with 15-inch guns and ...
4: ... time of [[World War II]], they had been aircraft carriers for nearly 20 years and were approaching the end...
6: ...ing a near miss with HMS ''Ark Royal'', the fleet carriers were withdrawn from this duty.
8: ...rricanes were not designed to land on an aircraft carrier. Nevertheless, the squadron managed it.

Midway class aircraft carrier (2590 bytes)
1: ...ass aircraft carrier''' was one of the long-lived carrier designs in modern history. First commissioned in ...
3: ... II]] aircraft, they had an airwing of almost 130 aircraft. Unfortunately, it was soon realized that so many...
5: ...nd were mainly deployed to the [[Mediterranean]]. Carriers of the Midway class did perform combat duties in...
7: As the 1970s drew to a close, the Midway class of carriers began to show their age. In 1977 the [[USS Frank...
9: ...to take part in, and was one of the six aircraft carriers deployed by the US against [[Iraq]] in the Gulf ...

Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov (8470 bytes)
1: ...ly other ship of its class, the [[Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag|''Varyag'']], has never been commissioned ...
3: [[ Image:Carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov.jpg|right]]
9: ...for aircraft to attack land or naval targets. The carrier can carry helicopters for anti-submarine operatio...
11: ===Hull and Flight Deck===
12: ...oard lifts carry aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck.

Italian aircraft carrier Aquila (5905 bytes)
48: |Aircraft:||51
53: ...or ''Eagle'') was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[aircraft carrier]] designed and built during the [[World War II]]....
55: ==Italian aircraft carriers==
56: ...r the [[World War I]]. In [[1923]], the auxiliary carrier ''Giuseppe Miraglia'' was launched, but the exper...
58: ...ft carriers, since "''Italy itself is an aircraft carrier layed over Mediterranean''", as [[Benito Mussolin...

Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga (5146 bytes)
2: |colspan="2"|[[image:japanese.aircraft.carrier.kaga.jpg|300px|Kaga]]
52: ... (120&nbsp;mm) guns, twenty-two 25&nbsp;mm [[anti-aircraft]] guns
54: |Aircraft:
57: ...nt-day [[Ishikawa Prefecture]]) was an [[aircraft carrier]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. She took par...
59: ...]] [[1923]], it was decided to replace her with a carrier built on the hull of the incomplete ''Kaga''.

Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku (5396 bytes)
2: |colspan="2"|[[image:japanese.aircraft.carrier.shokaku.jpg|300px]]
57: |Aircraft:
63: ...;kaku'' meaning "flying crane") was an [[aircraft carrier]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], the [[lead s...
65: ...x class aircraft carrier|''Essex''-class aircraft carrier]].
67: ...the Japanese 5th Carrier Division, acquired their aircraft shortly before the Pearl Harbor attack and were r...

Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu (4841 bytes)
2: |colspan="2"|[[image:Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu.jpg|300px|Soryu in January 1938]]
57: |Aircraft:
60: ...aning "blue (or green) dragon") was an [[aircraft carrier]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. She took par...
64: ...'']] with torpedoes, as well as attacked grounded aircraft at Barbers Point. Her second wave targeted ''Cali...
70: ...e'']]. On [[9 April]] she helped sink the British carrier [[HMS Hermes (D95)|''Hermes'']] and her escorting...

Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku (7098 bytes)
2: |colspan="2"|[[image:japanese.aircraft.carrier.zuikaku.jpg|300px|Zuikaku]]
52: ...inch (100&nbsp;mm) guns<br>Forty-two 25 mm [[anti-aircraft]] guns
54: |Aircraft:
57: ...s aircraft carrier|''Shokaku''-class]] [[aircraft carrier]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. Her planes t...
59: ...se aircraft carrier Shokaku|''Shokaku'']] made up Carrier Division 5. On [[26 November]] [[1941]] she left ...

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