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Aircraft carrier designs have increased in size to accommodate continuous increase in aircraft size. The 1950s saw US Navy's commission of "supercarriers", designed to operate naval jets, which offered better performance at the expense of bigger size and demanded more ordnance to be carried on-board (fuel, spare parts, electronics, etc.).
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
On November 14, 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely took off in a Curtiss plane from the bow of Birmingham and later landed a Curtiss Model D on Pennsylvania on January 18, 1911. In fiscal year (FY) 1920, Congress approved a conversion of collier Jupiter into a ship designed for launching and recovering of airplanes at sea—the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
Nuclear-powered, 1,120 feet (340 m) wing span, airborne aircraft carrier: Boeing RC-1: 1970s: 1584.57 tons "flying pipeline", proposed before the 1973 oil crisis: Conroy Virtus: 1974: 379.90 tons 140 m wingspan, to carry Space Shuttle parts Beriev Be-2500: 1980s: 2460.57 tons Super heavy amphibious transport aircraft Beriev Be-5000 1980s: 4921. ...
This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and ...
Light Aircraft Carrier 1997 Charles de Gaulle-class French Navy: 40,500 tons 1 Aircraft Carrier 2001 Gerald R. Ford-class United States Navy: 100,000 tons 1 (+2) Aircraft Carrier 2017 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class Italian Navy: 13,850 tons 1 Light Aircraft Carrier 1985 Vikrant-class Indian Navy: 45,000 tons 1 Aircraft Carrier 2022 Vikramaditya-class
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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 .