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All modern light aircraft carriers are equipped with ski jump ramps. A light aircraft carrier , or light fleet carrier , is an aircraft carrier smaller than the standard carriers of a navy . The precise definition of the type varies by country; light carriers typically have a complement of aircraft only one-half to two-thirds the size of a full ...
Various aircraft carriers from around the world Four modern aircraft carriers of various types; USS John C. Stennis (United States Navy), Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), USS John F. Kennedy (US Navy), HMS Ocean and escort vessels, 2002
This is a list of aircraft carriers which are currently in service, under maintenance or refit, in reserve, under construction, or being updated. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, hangar and facilities for arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. [1]
During World War II, the United States Navy purchased two Great Lakes side-wheel paddle steamers and converted them into freshwater aircraft carrier training ships. Both vessels were designated with the hull classification symbol IX and lacked hangar decks , elevators or armaments .
The list of aircraft carrier classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
Escort carrier HMS Audacity. The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slower type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the United States Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial ...
The first American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was USS Enterprise, commissioned in 1961. All of US Navy's current carriers , which are a mix of Nimitz- and Ford-class carriers, are nuclear ...
The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes seaplane carriers or helicopter carriers .