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Over 700 different aircraft models were used during World War II. [1] [better source needed] At least 135 of these models were developed for naval use, [2] [better source needed] including about 50 fighters [3] [better source needed] and 38 bombers. [4] [better source needed]
List of aircraft carriers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Admiralty Islands United States Navy: Casablanca: escort carrier: 8,188 13 June 1944 scrapped 1947 Adula Royal Navy: Rapana: merchant aircraft carrier: 16,000 1 February 1944 returned to merchant service post-war Akagi Imperial ...
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 .
After enduring torpedo and aerial bomb hits, Lexington was scuttled, marking the first loss of an American aircraft carrier in the war. USS Lexington (CV-16) ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II. Cypress, CA. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; AAF Digest Table 79 Army Air Forces Statistical Digest, World War II www.usaaf.net
Pages in category "World War II aircraft carriers of the United States" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Twenty-one aircraft carriers, all of the attack carriers operational during the era except John F. Kennedy, deployed to Task Force 77 of the US Seventh Fleet, conducting 86 war cruises and operating 9,178 total days on the line in the Gulf of Tonkin. 530 aircraft were lost in combat and 329 more in operational accidents, causing the deaths of ...
A total of one-hundred twenty-eight American-built escort carriers (with US hull numbers BAVG 1 to 6 and CVE 1 to 122) were commissioned during the war, into either the US or UK navy. Thirty-eight of these were commissioned into the Royal Navy (with UK pennant numbers between D01 and D98) and engaged during World War II.