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The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes seaplane carriers or helicopter carriers .
Russian fleet carrier Admiral Kuznetsov INS Viraat (top), a light carrier, and INS Vikramaditya (bottom), a medium-sized fleet carrier. A fleet carrier is an aircraft carrier designed to operate with the main fleet of a nation's navy. The term was developed during World War II, to distinguish it from the escort carrier and other less capable ...
Delivery of the C-21A fleet began in April 1984 and was completed in October 1985. There are 38 Air Force active duty aircraft, and 18 Air National Guard aircraft in the C-21A fleet. On 1 April 1997, all continental U.S.-based C-21As were realigned under Air Mobility Command , with the 375th Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois, as ...
List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy Hull no. Name Image Class Commissioned Decommissioned Service life Status Ref. CV-1 Langley: Langley : 20 March 1922 27 February 1942 19 years, 344 days Sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942 [13] [14] [15] CV-2 Lexington: Lexington (lead ship) 14 December 1927 8 May 1942 14 years, 145 days
In 1932 a carrier-borne dive bomber version (Model 18) was evaluated by the United States Navy as the XBY-1, it was not ordered but was the first stressed-skin aircraft, and the first aircraft with so-called "wet wing" integral fuel tanks in the wings operated by the Navy.
C-21, C 21, or C21 may refer to: C21 Sako TRG M10 Sniper Weapon System, Canadian Armed Forces sniper rifle. C21 (group), a Danish boy band C21, 2003; C-21 Dolphin, a flying boat used by the United States Army Air Corps; HMS C21, a 1909 British C class submarine; Learjet C-21, an American military transport aircraft; Sauber C21, a 2002 racing car
Great Lakes Fleet was formed on July 1, 1967, when U.S. Steel consolidated its Great Lakes shipping operations by merging the Pittsburgh Steamship Division and its sister fleet, the Bradley Transportation Company forming the USS Great Lakes Fleet. [2] In 1981, Great Lakes Fleet was spun off into a U.S. Steel-owned subsidiary, Transtar, Inc. [3]
A carrier battle group (CVBG) is a naval fleet consisting of an aircraft carrier capital ship and its large number of escorts, together defining the group. The CV in CVBG (Cruiser Voler ) is the United States Navy hull classification code for an aircraft carrier .