Aircraft carrier/Catalogs

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An informational catalog, or several catalogs, about Aircraft carrier.

Ship classes and unique ships

Imperial Japanese Navy

IJN Akagi [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Hiryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Sōryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Kaga [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Shōkaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Zuikaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Ryūjō [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Shōhō [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Shinano [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy vessel, laid down as a battleship of the Yamato-class but converted to an aircraft carrier; sunk on 29 November 1944 by the submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311) while still being finished and transferring to a safer shipyard ^[e]

United Kingdom

United States

Second World War

Large carriers

USS Langley (CV-1) [r]: First aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, but intended as an experiment rather than for operational use; provided auxiliary services early in WWII, was damaged by Japanese aircraft in February 1942, and scuttled ^[e]
Lexington-class [r]: A two-ship class of aircraft carriers, the first built by the United States Navy for operations rather than experimentation; converted from cancelled battlecruiser hulls ^[e]
USS Lexington (CV-2) [r]: First aircraft carrier built by the United States Navy and intended for fleet rather than experimental duty; sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 ^[e]
USS Saratoga (CV-3) [r]: Lexington-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, converted from a battle cruiser hull in 1927, and serving throughout World War II; sunk in 1946 during nuclear weapon tests ^[e]
USS Ranger (CV-4) [r]: Early purpose-built U.S. Navy aircraft carrier; too small (14,500 tons) for Pacific duty; supported "Neutrality Patrols" and early WWII Atlantic convoys, provided air cover to Operation Torch, raided Norway; returned to the US and was a training ship for the rest of the war ^[e]
Yorktown-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
USS Hornet (CV-5) [r]: U.S. aircraft carrier of the Yorktown-class; commissioned in September 1937; sunk at the Battle of Midway, 7 June 1942 ^[e]
Essex-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Cold War

New types

Aircraft

Imperial Japanese Navy

United Kingdom

United States

Second World War

Early jets and Korean War

F9F Panther [r]: Add brief definition or description

Vietnam Era

Generation 4-4.5

Current and future

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