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Builders: Russia (Soviet "Baku" as Kiev-class aircraft carrier / Russia Sevmash in Severodvinsk) Displacement: 45,400 tons; Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters; Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS; Propulsion: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp; Speed: in excess of 30 knots; Ships in class: 1
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.
On November 14, 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely took off in a Curtiss plane from the bow of Birmingham and later landed a Curtiss Model D on Pennsylvania on January 18, 1911. In fiscal year (FY) 1920, Congress approved a conversion of collier Jupiter into a ship designed for launching and recovering of airplanes at sea—the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South China Sea, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, as Nimitz in U.S. 7th Fleet was conducting operations.
The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS). In addition, various amphibious warfare ships (LHA, LHD, LPH, and to a lesser degree LPD and LSD classes) can operate as carriers; two of these were converted to mine countermeasures support ships (MCS) , one of which carried ...
Appendix 1 Aircraft Data-Technical Information and Drawings, A-3 to AM Appendix 1 Aircraft Data-Technical Information and Drawings, BG to F9F (F-9) Appendix 1 Aircraft Data-Technical Information and Drawings, F/A-18 to TC-4C Appendix 2 Aircraft Carrier Listing for CV, CVB, CVA, CVAN, CVN, CVL, and CVE Designations
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Starting 30 June 1973, U.S. Navy formations consisting of aircraft carriers were re-designated as Carrier Groups. Effective On 1 October 2004, carrier groups and cruiser-destroyer groups were redesignated carrier strike groups.