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  2. List of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy

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    More aircraft carriers were approved and built, including Ranger, the first class of aircraft carriers in the United States Navy designed and built as aircraft carriers from the keel. The United States declared war on Japan following the attack of December 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor. The two nations revolutionized naval warfare in the course of ...

  3. Modern United States Navy carrier air operations - Wikipedia

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    Modern United States Navy aircraft carrier air operations include the operation of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft on and around an aircraft carrier for performance of combat or noncombat missions. The flight operations are highly evolved, based on experiences dating back to 1922 with USS Langley .

  4. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    With the ten-ship Nimitz class complete by 2009, October 2013 saw the launch of Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of the planned ten-ship Gerald R. Ford class. This was followed by the launch of John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) in October 2019, while construction is underway on Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81). [12]

  5. SCB-125 - Wikipedia

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    USS Bon Homme Richard displaying the hurricane bow and angled deck of the SCB-125 conversion. Top views of USS Intrepid after SCB-27C (left) and SCB-125 (right).. SCB-125 was the United States Navy designation for a series of upgrades to the Essex class of aircraft carriers planned by the Ship Characteristics Board and conducted between 1954 and 1959.

  6. Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

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    The Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently being constructed for the United States Navy, which intends to eventually acquire ten of these ships in order to replace current carriers on a one-for-one basis, starting with the lead ship of her class, Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), replacing Enterprise (CVN-65), and later the Nimitz-class carriers.

  7. Armoured flight deck - Wikipedia

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    The only Allied carriers lost to a deck hit was the American Independence-class light carrier, USS Princeton and Casablanca-class escort carrier USS St. Lo (CVE-63). Indeed, many light and escort carriers were unarmoured, with no protection on the hangar or flight deck, and thus they fared poorly against deck hits.

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  9. USS Doris Miller - Wikipedia

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    The ship, named for Messman Second Class Doris Miller, is the first aircraft carrier named for both an enlisted sailor and an African American. [8] The ship will be the second to honor Miller, who received the Navy Cross for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor; the first ship was USS Miller (FF-1091).