Why Aircraft Carriers Don't Flip Over (Even In Heavy Seas)
Story by Chris Littlechild • 18h
An aircraft carrier is an enormous and imposing vessel. They also represent gigantic investments in terms of not only money but in development time and other resources. The last thing a nation would want is for such a critical asset to be lost. An aircraft carrier is equipped with its own potent guns and defenses and often chaperoned by other naval powerhouses to help defend it. The sea, however, is a mighty adversary, and it doesn't matter to a harsh storm how big and well-armed a vessel and its allies might be. In the worst of conditions, such as a devastating hurricane, it's not uncommon to see naval vessels go out to sea. It's a defensive technique that can help such vessels better manage conditions. Aircraft carriers, in particular, are extremely unlikely to be flipped over or capsized even in the harshest seas. This is mostly thanks to their unique design.
Weather conditions and gravity have had tremendous influences on sailors' experiences for centuries, potentially tossing a ship from side to side and defying even the most experienced navigators. The critical thing for a carrier, though, is that it is created so that it has a low center of gravity. Similarly to a cruise ship, this helps to ensure stability on ever-moving seas, though aircraft carriers may not have the luxury of planning the calmest routes to destinations or being able to move on regularly. The center of its buoyancy is higher than this point, and combined with the flatness of a lot of a carrier's design, this means that the vessel as a whole is designed to essentially be self-righting. Let's take a closer look at the design of an aircraft carrier and how it lends itself to this.
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