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The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
Aircraft carrier designs have increased in size to accommodate continuous increase in aircraft size. The 1950s saw US Navy's commission of "supercarriers", designed to operate naval jets, which offered better performance at the expense of bigger size and demanded more ordnance to be carried on-board (fuel, spare parts, electronics, etc.).
The Imperial Japanese Navy struck Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, but none of the Pacific Fleet's aircraft carriers were in the harbor. [8] Because a large fraction of the navy's battleship fleet was put out of commission by the attack, the undamaged aircraft carriers were forced to become the load-bearers of the early part of the war.
Chinese Navy: 17 Type 002: Aircraft carrier STOBAR: 2019–present First domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier. Shangri-La US Navy: CV-38 Essex: Fleet carrier CATOBAR: 1944–1971 Shimane Maru Japanese Army: Shimane Maru: Escort carrier 1945–1945 Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft. Shinano Japanese Navy: Fleet carrier 1944–1944
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]
French Navy: 40,500 tons 1 Aircraft Carrier 2001 Gerald R. Ford-class United States Navy: 100,000 tons 1 (+2) Aircraft Carrier 2017 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class Italian Navy: 13,850 tons 1 Light Aircraft Carrier 1985 Vikrant-class Indian Navy: 45,000 tons 1 Aircraft Carrier 2022 Vikramaditya-class Indian Navy: 45,400 tons 1 Aircraft Carrier 2022
The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy.For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States.
The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy.The lead ship of the class is named after World War II United States Pacific Fleet commander Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who was the last living U.S. Navy officer to hold the rank.