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HMAS Canberra.Most modern helicopter carriers are amphibious assault ships.. A helicopter carrier is a type of aircraft carrier whose primary purpose is to operate helicopters.
The Helicarrier is a fictional airborne aircraft carrier appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, ...
The Mistral class is a class of five landing helicopter docks built by France. Also known as helicopter carriers, and referred to as "projection and command ships" (French: bâtiments de projection et de commandement or BPC) and "porte-hélicoptères amphibie" (PHA) since 2019, a Mistral-class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 NH90 or Tiger helicopters, four landing craft, up to ...
Images of Hainan, the first ship, [15] under construction in drydock appeared by June 2019. [16] She suffered a minor fire while fitting out in April 2020 which did not slow construction. [ 17 ] Hainan commissioned on 23 April 2021 [ 2 ] and reached initial operating capability in March 2022.
JS Izumo (DDH-183) is a helicopter carrier which, as of 2022, is being converted into a light aircraft carrier.Officially classified as a multi-purpose operation destroyer, she is the lead ship in the Izumo class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Stern view showing ramp and davits HMS Ocean showing landing craft on davits and stern ramp deployed. HMS Ocean was a Landing Platform Helicopter, formerly the UK's helicopter carrier and the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy. [7]
JS Hyūga with helicopters in operation. The Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer (ひゅうが型護衛艦, Hyūga-gata-goei-kan) is a class of helicopter carrier built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
An airborne aircraft carrier is a type of mother ship aircraft which can carry, launch, retrieve and support other smaller parasite aircraft. [1] The only dedicated examples to have been built were airships, although existing heavier-than-air aircraft have been modified for use in similar roles.