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Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917.. This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles.
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy , these ships are designated with hull classification symbols such as CV (Aircraft Carrier), CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier), CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier), CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier), CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier), CVS (Antisubmarine ...
1934 – 1946 [5] First purpose-built US Navy aircraft carrier. [5] CV-5 [6] Yorktown[6] 3 [6] 1937 – 1947 [6][7] Hornet was built after Wasp. [6] By the end of September 1942, both Yorktown and Hornet were on the bottom of the Pacific; USS Enterprise, the orphaned sister of the class, became a symbol of the Pacific War.
Chitose (1936) – seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. Chiyoda (1937) – sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944. Shōkaku class. Shōkaku (1939) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244), Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944.
Aircraft carriers today are usually divided into the following four categories based on the way that aircraft take off and land: Catapult-assisted take-off barrier-arrested recovery (CATOBAR): these carriers generally carry the largest, heaviest, and most heavily armed aircraft, although smaller CATOBAR carriers may have other limitations ...
4 [ 1 ] An F-35C conducts a test flight with VX-23, February 2011. A C-2 Greyhound from VRC-40, October 2009. An SH-60 Seahawk of HSL-47, April 2018. An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to VFA-102, May 2006. A C-40A Clipper from VR-59, August 2015. A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at an airshow in 2012.
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 ] The list only refers to the status of the ship, not ...
General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B. Gloster Gladiator. Gloster Gnatsnapper. Gourdou-Leseurre GL.30. Great Lakes BG. Great Lakes XTBG. Grumman A-6 Intruder. Grumman AF Guardian. Grumman C-1 Trader.