Here's Every Aircraft Carrier in the World

[rangerrebew]

Here's Every Aircraft Carrier in the World

Consider this your comprehensive guide to air power at sea.
By Kyle Mizokami   
Dec 16, 2020
 

Only a handful of countries have aircraft carriers in their arsenals. They form an exclusive club of members that have decided their interests stretch so far from their own waters, they need to put air power at sea.

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Broadly speaking, there are three aircraft carrier types today: larger carriers that carry both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters; smaller carriers that operate helicopters; and amphibious ships that have full-length flight decks, hangars, and carry helicopters.

Some of the world's carriers are new, bristling with planes and capable of circumnavigating the globe without refueling. Others, meanwhile, are at least a half-century old and carry just a handful of obsolete planes, rarely leaving base.

Here's a comprehensive look at the world's fleet.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/g2412/a-global-roundup-of-aircraft-carriers/

[PeteS in CA]

Unless they've finally worked out all the bugs, France's CdG is the aircraft carrier equivalent of a hangar queen. I think Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov and her sister, China's Liaoning, have a similar reputation.

It's kind of misleading to class USN Nimitz class CVNs with the carriers of Russia, China, France, and the UK, as the latter have roughly half the air group of a Nimitz. USN America class LHDs are closer to the several nations' carriers in air group capability/size.

[PeteS in CA]

Wasp class LHDs, the predecessor of the America class, can also accommodate F-35s.