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Image:QE class carrier.jpg|The HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' which is currently under construction.
Image:QE class carrier.jpg|The HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' which is currently under construction.
Image:Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009.jpg|The French aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle'' (R91). It is the only non USN nuclear powered aircraft carrier in existance currently.
Image:Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009.jpg|The French aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle'' (R91). It is the only non USN nuclear powered aircraft carrier in existance currently.
Image:Ulyanovsk under construction at Nikolayev Shipyard.jpg|The Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk under construction at Nikolayev.
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[[Category: Real Technology]]
[[Category: Real Technology]]
[[Category: Naval Terminology]]
[[Category: Naval Terminology]]

Revision as of 05:02, 1 December 2011

An aircraft carrier (often called simply a carrier) is a type of warship used as a mobile airbase for military aircraft. Aircraft carriers can project military force over very large areas and have become elements of modern US military warfare since the second world war.

Real World Carriers

  • USS Enterprise (CV-6)
  • USS Forrestal (CV-59)
  • USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
  • USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
  • USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
  • IJN Akagi
  • Admiral Kuznetsov
  • HMCS Warrior
  • HMCS Magnificent
  • HMCS Bonaventure
  • HMS Eagle
  • HMS Audacious
  • HMS Queen Elizabeth

Carriers in Science Fiction

Alongside traditional aircraft carriers, in science fiction it is quite common to have spacecraft filling a similar role, mainly carrying starfighters limited to STL speeds.

Examples

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