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...nding to capture [[Midway Island]] was turned back with the loss of four [[aircraft carrier]]s, at the cost of one U.S. carrier; it was the last major Japanese offensi

In the [[United States Navy]], the group of ships centered around a large [[aircraft carrier]]

...y]] [[torpedo bomber]], also used for high-level horizontal bombing from [[aircraft carrier]]s

Light [[aircraft carrier]] of the [[Independence-class]]; Second World War; [[George H.W. Bush]] was

...n [[arrested landing system|arresting wire]] in the landing system of an [[aircraft carrier]]. Land-based CTOL may have a tailhook to assist in a high-speed landing, b

...[[naval aviation|Naval Aviator]] who received accelerated promotion from [[aircraft carrier]] command to command of a carrier task force, especially at the [[Battle of

Naval aircraft that will operate from [[aircraft carrier]]s not equipped with [[catapult (carrier)|catapults]] will use '''short tak

...ubpages}}</noinclude>Main class, in the [[United States Navy]], of large [[aircraft carrier]]s with [[nuclear power|nuclear propulsion]]

World War II three-ship class of [[aircraft carrier]]s, purpose-built under treaty restrictions and generally too small for maj

<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>First raid launched from an [[aircraft carrier]], ''[[HMS Furious]]'', July 1918; damaged German [[Zeppelin]] facilities a

...e U.S. Navy, the first four being sailing warships and the fifth a light [[aircraft carrier]]. ...rry 2070 Marines. Displacing 40,500 tons, she looks superficially like an aircraft carrier, but can only operate [[helicopter]]s [[V-22 Osprey]] tilt-rotor and [[STOV

[[Colossus-class]] aircraft carrier launched in 1944, transferred to Canada and then sold to Argentina in 1958

On an [[aircraft carrier]], the '''island''' contains the ship's superstructure, much smaller than t ...e the [[stealth]] characteristics of a ship. While it is impossible for an aircraft carrier to "disappear", the stealthier the ship as a whole, the harder it is for se

A two-ship class of [[aircraft carrier]]s, the first built by the [[United States Navy]] for operations rather tha

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...rial Japanese Navy]] command centered around [[Japanese First Fleet]] of [[aircraft carrier]]s, but, at the time of the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]], without enough aircra

U.S. [[aircraft carrier]] of the [[Yorktown-class]]; commissioned in September 1937; sunk at the [

[[Lexington-class]] U.S. Navy [[aircraft carrier]], converted from a battle cruiser hull in 1927, and serving throughout Wor

{{r|Aircraft carrier}} {{r|Kitty Hawk-class}} U.S. [[aircraft carrier]], improved [[Forrestal-class]]

<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>[[Royal Navy]] medium [[aircraft carrier]], entering service in 1938, and amassing a distinguished combat record bef