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USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name.Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
Juan Carlos I is a multi-purpose aircraft carrier-landing helicopter dock (LHD) [7] in the Spanish Navy (Armada Española).Similar in role to many aircraft carriers, the amphibious landing ship has a ski jump for STOVL operations, and is equipped with the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft.
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (formerly CVA-67), the only ship of her class, was an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy.Considered a supercarrier, [2] she was a variant of the Kitty Hawk class, and the last conventionally-powered carrier built for the Navy, [6] as all carriers since have had nuclear propulsion.
The first Carrier Air Group to use the designation Carrier Air Group Six was established on 15 March 1943. It was constituted from the squadrons of the Enterprise Air Group which had been disestablished on 1 September 1942 and was initially assigned to USS Enterprise (CV-6) .
The MUGEM-class aircraft carrier is an initiative by the Turkish Navy to build a fully indigenous aircraft carrier. "MUGEM" stands for Milli Uçak Gemisi, meaning National Aircraft Carrier. [3] [4] The construction of the first MUGEM-class aircraft carrier started on January 2, 2025. [1] [2]
Canberra ' s flight deck and island superstructure. The Canberra class design is based on the warship Juan Carlos I, built by Navantia for the Spanish Navy. [1] The contract was awarded to Navantia and Australian company Tenix Defence following a request for tender which ran from February 2004 to June 2007, beating the enlarged Mistral class design offered by French company Direction des ...
USS Shangri-La (CV/CVA/CVS-38) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.. Commissioned in 1944 and named after the mythical paradise of the same name, Shangri-La participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II, earning two battle stars.
At 15:25, 37 aircraft from Intrepid, the fleet carrier Franklin, and Cabot attacked Musashi, hitting her with 13 bombs and 11 torpedoes for the loss of three Avengers and three Helldivers. [6] In addition to the loss of Musashi , many of Kurita's other ships, including battleships Yamato , Nagato and Haruna , and heavy cruiser Myōkō were ...