aircraft carrier

  1. USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier.

    USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier.

    1956 USS KITTY HAWK. Kitty Hawk was the name- ship of a class of four aircraft carriers developed from the Forrestal class super- carriers constructed in the 1950s.
  2. USS Franklin Aircraft Carrier.

    USS Franklin Aircraft Carrier.

    1944-1945 USS Franklin in the Pacific Aircraft carrier versus kamikazes and dive bombers Commissioned in 1944, the Essex-class aircraft carrier Franklin came the closest of any member of her class to being lost during her relatively short period of active service in the Pacific theatre. BONIN...
  3. USS Hancock Aircraft Carrier.

    USS Hancock Aircraft Carrier.

    1944 USS HANCOCK. Eleventh of the twenty two ship- strong Essex class, the most important type of aircraft carriers built for the US Navy during the Second World War.
  4. USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier.

    USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier.

    1942 USS LEXINGTON. The loss of the Lexington in the first naval battle fought exclusively by aircraft Through the first five months of the Second World War, the Japanese seemed invincible. They rolled southwards, dominating the western Pacific rim, but then, in May 1942, they came up against...
  5. USS Essex Aircraft Carrier.

    USS Essex Aircraft Carrier.

    1942 USS ESSEX. Lead-ship of the most important class of air craft carriers operated by the US Navy during the Second World War, USS Essex was to have a long career, serving until the 1970s. THE ESSEX CLASS CARRIERS The Essex was based loosely on the Yorktown of almost a decade earlier but...
  6. USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier.

    USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier.

    1942 The Yorktown at Midway: The Luck Runs Out
  7. USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier.

    USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier.

    1941-1945 From Pearl Harbour to Iwo Jima USS Saratoga during the Pacific War. USS Saratoga took part in almost all the naval battles of the Second World War in the Pacific; she was hit a number of times, sometimes seriously, but managed to fight through to the end, and was finally expended...
  8. USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier. (1941-1945)

    USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier. (1941-1945)

    USS Enterprise 1941-1945 In the war against Japan from 1941 to 1945, the aircraft carrier Enterprise took part in all the great air-sea battles of the war between Japan and the United States in the Pacific. THE GREAT SURVIVOR At the outbreak of war in the Pacific, the US Navy mustered...
  9. USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier. (1936)

    USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier. (1936)

    1936 USS ENTERPRISE. USS Enterprise, CV6, was one of the ships which effectively defined the form of the modern aircraft carrier. Built in the mid-I 930s, she was to become a legend in her own life time during the Pacific war against Japan. A SHIP FOR OUR TIMES The Yorktown and her...
  10. A-3 Skywarrior departing USS Bon Homme Richard

    A-3 Skywarrior departing USS Bon Homme Richard

    A-3 Skywarrior departing USS Bon Homme Richard 1963
  11. HMS Ocean

    HMS Ocean

    Ocean was one of a class of light fleet carriers that were built late in World War II as an expedient but were so successful that two survived until the 1990s.
  12. HMS Implacable

    HMS Implacable

    IMPLACABLE, one of the largest Royal Navy aircraft carriers to serve in World War II, Implacable nevertheless had a very short active career.
  13. HMS Hermes Falklands

    HMS Hermes Falklands

    On Her Majestys Service HMS Hermes in the Falklands Islands (May-June 1982) In the early months of 1982, while the Argentinean Government was planning to invade the Falkland Islands, the carrier HMS Hermes was awaiting early retirement after 22 years service with the Royal Navy.
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    aircraft carrier 3

  15. USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

    USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

    The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN_76)
  16. Aircraft Carriers

    Aircraft Carriers

    The Kitty Hawk in Japan
  17. Have You seen my boat?

    Have You seen my boat?

    This is a pic my friewnd Ryan Patrick (A winner of the Navy's sailor of the year) gave me
  18. USS Midway CVB-41

    USS Midway CVB-41

    The Essex class carrier USS Midway CVB-41 being launched March 20,1945. She would be commisioned September 1945 and join the fleet to late for action for now?
  19. USS George Washington

    USS George Washington

  20. Carrier & Lightning

    Carrier & Lightning

    US Navy Aircraft Carrier sailing in the night.
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