The article explores the complex history and design challenges of aircraft carriers, focusing on notable failures like Japan's Ise-class conversions during WWII, Shinano's ill-fated transformation, and the modern struggles of Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov and Thailand's Chakri Naruebet.
Not everyone does aircraft carriers correctly, and there have been several clunkers with the CV designation.
Here s What You Need to Remember: HTMS
Chakri Naruebet is a light carrier in the traditional sense, a flexible platform for missions spanning from sea control to disaster relief. Once a fairly powerful naval weapon, budget cuts and a lack of spare parts have reduced it to a shadow of its former self.
Aircraft carriers are, with the possible exception of submarines, the most complicated naval vessels afloat. Not only do carriers have the traditional concerns of warships to deal with, they must also safely manage a fleet of aircraft which are often complicated in their own right. Despite these complications, carriers are among the most useful and lethal of warships. Even now, 100 years after the first purpose-built carrier HMS
Poor design, poor maintenance, or just plain bad luck made sure that these ships did not last.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Not all carriers are made equal and some of them got worse over time.
Aircraft carriers are, with the possible exception of submarines, the most complicated naval vessels afloat. Not only do carriers have the traditional concerns of warships to deal with, they must also safely manage a fleet of aircraft which are often complicated in their own right. Despite these complications, carriers are among the most useful and lethal of warships. Even now, 100 years after the first purpose-built carrier HMS
These warships were not made well and suffered from a variety of problems.
Key Point: Amazingly enough, some of these carriers are still around today even though they are old and are not of much use. What makes an aircraft carrier go wrong?
Aircraft carriers are, with the possible exception of submarines, the most complicated naval vessels afloat. Not only do carriers have the traditional concerns of warships to deal with, they must also safely manage a fleet of aircraft which are often complicated in their own right. Despite these complications, carriers are among the most useful and lethal of warships. Even now, 100 years after the first purpose-built carrier HMS
A distinction no navy wants to attain.
Aircraft carriers are, with the possible exception of submarines, the most complicated naval vessels afloat. Not only do carriers have the traditional concerns of warships to deal with, they must also safely manage a fleet of aircraft which are often complicated in their own right. Despite these complications, carriers are among the most useful and lethal of warships. Even now, 100 years after the first purpose-built carrier HMS
Hermes was laid down, major naval powers are still building these ships.
Not everyone does aircraft carriers correctly, and there have been several clunkers with the CV designation. Most of these ships are from the early years of naval aviation, before roles and missions were clearly assigned and the technology to build them was in its adolescent years. Others were poorly designed by latecomers to the aircraft carrier game, and some were perfectly useful ships made bad by insufficient training, maintenance or aircraf