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Low landing speeds of the time meant that aircraft had little difficulty in stopping, but their light weight made them vulnerable to wind gusts that could blow them over the side of the carrier, and the longitudinal wires helped to prevent that. Forward of the island was a collapsible crane for loading aircraft into the forward hangar. [10] [11]
Shōhō (Japanese: 祥鳳, "Auspicious Phoenix" or "Happy Phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Originally built as the submarine support ship Tsurugizaki (Japanese: 剣埼, "Sword Cape") in the late 1930s, she was converted before the Pacific War into an aircraft carrier and renamed.
IJN Carrier trials and pilot training (Oct 1942 – September 1945) IJN: IJN Hosho (CVL-21) RN escort for Russian Convoys, Loch Ewe to/from Kola Inlet (9–20 September 1942) Convoys PQ18 and QP14 RN: HMS Avenger (BAVG-2/D14) Air Squadrons 802 and 8783; USN aircraft transport to Bermuda (Oct 1942) USN: USN Charger (CVE-30)
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier: Operators Imperial Japanese Navy: In commission: 30 September 1937–mid-1941 (as submarine tenders) 27 December 1940 – 25 October 1944 (as aircraft carriers) Completed: 2: Lost: 2: General characteristics (as built) Type: Light aircraft carrier: Displacement: 11,443 tonnes (11,262 long tons) Length: 205.5 m ...
When the claim is made for the first purpose built aircraft carrier, or ship laid down as a carrier, it is about being the first vessel built without compromises to other purposes - the Langley suffered in many respects from being based on a collier, as did the Argus for being based on a liner, and the claim for being laid as an aircraft ...
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-sized fleet carrier .
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By the end of June 1944, as the separate forces under Gen. MacArthur and Adm. Nimitz assembled for the invasion of the Philippines, the Allies had a total of 21 operational fleet and light carriers in the Pacific and Japan had four. By the end of the war, the Allies had 32 fleet and light carriers operational in the Pacific. Japan had none.