U.S. Navy: An Aircraft Carrier Superpower For A Reason

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U.S. Navy: An Aircraft Carrier Superpower For A Reason

ByPeter SuciuPublished1 day ago
 
Including amphibious assault ships (LHA), there are now 47 active aircraft carriers in the world, operated by fourteen navies. More than a third of the flattops are in service with the United States Navy, which maintains eleven nuclear-powered CATOBAR carriers, including ten Nimitz-class and one Gerald R. Ford-class.

In addition, the U.S. Navy operates two America-class LHAs of a planned 11; as well as seven Wasp-class ships – while an eighth was seriously damaged by fire and subsequently decommissioned last year.

The current U.S. fleet of Nimitz-class carriers will also be followed into service and replaced on a one-for-one basis by future carriers of the Gerald R. Ford-class, which are more automated in an effort to reduce the amount of funding required to maintain and operate the vessels.

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/10/u-s-navy-an-aircraft-carrier-superpower-for-a-reason/

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Prior to WWII, the US was the Nirvana of Battle Ships.  Japan forced the US to get rid of it's WWI thinking and build carriers.  Now the US is the Nirvana of carriers and, like battleships, the thinking has gotten old.  Submarines seem the likely candidates for bringing on new thinking.  At around 80 years old, the carrier has seen a better day.