Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag (7549 bytes)
1: ...n late [[1990]], after a famous [[Russian cruiser Varyag|Russian cruiser]].
3: ...Ownership was transferred to [[Ukraine]] as the [[Soviet Union]] broke up and the ship was laid up unmaint...
5: ...Travel Agency]] Ltd. Chong Lot proposed to tow <i>Varyag</i> out of the [[Black Sea]], through the [[Suez ...
7: ...] (PLAN) and its program to develop an [[aircraft carrier]].
9: ...ng Lot that they would not be permitted to park ''Varyag'' in the harbor. The sale was carried out anyway....

Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk (632 bytes)
1: ...''' was an [[aircraft carrier]] that served the [[Soviet Navy]] from [[1978]] to [[1994]].
4: ''Shenzhen Minsk Aircraft Carrier Industry Co Ltd'', [[People's Republic of China|C...
10: *[[List of aircraft carriers]]
13: *[[Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag]]
14: *([[Brazil]]ian) [[Aircraft carrier Minas Gerais]]

Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov (8470 bytes)
1: ...ple's Republic of China]]. It was named after the Soviet [[admiral]] [[Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov]].
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...
12: ... but has no catapults. Two starboard lifts carry aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck.
16: ...lve [[Sukhoi]] [[Sukhoi Su-27|Su-27K]] fixed-wing aircraft and a range of helicopters including four [[Kamov...

Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk (3089 bytes)
2: ...earance would have been very similar to U.S. Navy carriers.]]
4: ...: 30px; background: navy;"| [[image:supennant.png|Soviet Pennant]]
34: |four ([[Soviet battlecruiser Kirov|''Kirov'']]-type) reactors, s...
40: ...IWS]], eight AK-630 [[Gatling gun|rotary]] [[anti-aircraft]] cannons
42: |Aircraft:

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]]

Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov (1792 bytes)
2: ...o operate the [[Mikoyan MiG-29|Mig-29 'Fulcrum']] aircraft that have been purchased. The ship will be operat...

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]].

Merchant aircraft carrier (2674 bytes)
3: ...rily intended to attack long-range reconnaissance aircraft such as the [[Fw 200 Condor]] and the [[Junkers J...
37: [[Category:Merchant aircraft carriers]]

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.
8: In [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] service, the [[Antonov An-225|Antonov An-225 'C...
15: [[Category:Special-purpose aircraft]]

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.

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]])

Future French aircraft carrier (5345 bytes)
3: ...n]], [[Var]], [[France]]. The requirement for the carriers was confirmed by [[Jacques Chirac]] in 2004 for ...
5: ...K in service dates of 2012 and 2015 for their two carriers have been announced, the construction timetable ...
7: ...lt Rafales, four airborne-early-warning ([[AEW]]) aircraft and six support/anti-submarine helicopters, for e...
9: ...]. To proceed to the construction of the aircraft carrier however has aroused numerous controversies in Fra...
11: ...low decks a major consideration. The range of the carrier will be 10,000 nautical miles.

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...
67: ...l and too slow to accommodate the newest types of carrier planes such as the [[Mitsubishi Zero]]. She saw a...

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}}

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...

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: The '''''Glorious'' class aircraft carrier''' was a design born of necessity. [[HMS Glorious...
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.

Yorktown class aircraft carrier (479 bytes)
1: {{Yorktown_class_aircraft_carrier}}
3: The Yorktown [[aircraft carrier]]s were built by the [[USA]] not long before [[Wo...
8: [[Category:Yorktown class aircraft carriers]]

Centaur class aircraft carrier (4300 bytes)
1: ... [[Royal Navy]] was the last of the [[light fleet carrier]] designs started during the closing years of [[W...
3: ... of the units, and the rapid advances in aircraft carrier design at the time of their building, it was almo...
5: ...fleet that had started. Conversion to a 'commando carrier' configuration was cancelled in 1965.
7: ... and they were both later converted into commando carriers. In this role, instead of carrying fast jets, th...
9: ...''. ''Hermes'' was the last conventional aircraft carrier to be built for the Royal Navy.

Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho (3587 bytes)
2: ...o'']]<br>''Shoho'' is [[torpedo]]ed by U.S. Navy aircraft in the [[battle of the Coral Sea]], on [[7 May]] ...
57: |Aircraft:
60: ...asaki''. She began to be converted to an aircraft carrier in 1940 and she was renamed ''Shoho'' on [[26 Jan...
62: In [[World War II]], she joined Carrier Division 4 under the command of Captain [[Izawa I...
68: ''Shoho'' was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk in the [[Pacific War]].

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