Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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
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
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.
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 ...
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]
This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 02:38 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
MAC 2 Rapana: Merchant aircraft carrier 1944–1946 [notes 2] Returned to commercial service. Africa Royal Navy: Audacious/ Malta: Fleet carrier: CATOBAR — Audacious-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to Malta-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945. Akagi Japanese Navy: Akagi: Fleet carrier STOBAR: 1927–1942