aircraft carrier

  1. Hood

    Franco-German Aircraft Carrier Proposal

    Not a naval project yet at such so placing this here. Angela Merkel has endorsed the idea of a joint European aircraft carrier. The idea was suggested by the new Christian Democratic Union party leader, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as part of possible future European cooperation. It is seen as...
  2. T

    Chinese aircraft carriers - Type 002 'Shandong' and Type 003 'Fujian'

    Several images have surfaced (of which this is one) from Shanghai CSSC shipyard. Images show what appears to be a large module of a possible aircraft carrier. Said shipyard was rumored to have started building China's next carrier, first Catobar one, since a few years ago.
  3. Tzoli

    Interesting Japanese Cruiser-Carrier Hybrid

    I've recently found this pretty interesting Japanese Project at the Hiraga Archive. It looks like a hybrid cruiser-carrier warship from 1920's era. There seems to be a few variants mostly by how large the hanger should be and where to locate the conning tower and AA guns. Apart from the unique...
  4. K

    US 1940 Liner - Carriers

    from Flight Global 31mar2015 -75 years ago: "The US maritime Commission is calling tenders for the Construction of two luxury liners which are capable of conversion into aircraft carriers. Speed is stated to be 24 knots and they are intended for operation in the Pacific." I guess this...
  5. uk 75

    Planned UK carrier order of battle 1975

    I know this is a well covered subject but I was wondering if there is anywhere an RN document from 1965 or 1966 showing what its planned 1975 or so carrier fleet was supposed to look like. Based on what has been posted here already here is a stab at what I think was intended Fleet Carriers...
  6. Stargazer

    Siebel Si 201 pusher aircraft

    Not being much of a German aircraft specialist, I find myself stuck trying to identify this strange little pusher bird... It may well be a Focke-Wulf project, but that's my only clue. I'm sure someone will be able to identify it soon and put me to shame! Thanks in advance for your help.
  7. Triton

    Gerald R. Ford Class CVN

    Huntington Ingalls video of U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) build sequence: View: http://youtu.be/q4F_JcFZSU4
  8. H

    CVA-01 and Sea Harrier

    Let us consider the following. Suppose that CVA-01 and her two sisters are built as originally planned*, entering service in, say, '72, '75 and '78 respectively. The CAG would have been, iirc, 36 jets, 18 Phantoms and 18 Buccaneers on each ship. Given that the FAA replaced these aircraft with...
  9. J

    Verdun French Aircraft Carrier (images)

    I have been looking for some drawings or pictures of the unbuilt Verdun aircraft carrier that the French government ordered at the end of the 1950s, but I've been unable to find any. According to wiki, it would have had size and displacement similar to today's Marine Nationale CDG, albeit with a...
  10. Grey Havoc

    Ship Photo of The Day – USS Harry S. Truman Going Tokyo Drift (gCaptain)

    BY GCAPTAIN STAFF ON JULY 11, 2012 [IMAGE CREDIT: gCaptain] LINK
  11. R

    Protean by Y-ARD (Australia)

    :) Very interesting article from Navy International April 1975 regarding a convertible warship design. Does anyone have access to further information, perhaps a larger and clearer drawing as per page 23 or 25? Enjoy and I look forward to any replies.
  12. Antonio

    Invincible class - notes

    Found a couple of notes on Invincible class from my Aviation & Marine International magazine collection September 1979: April 1976:
  13. Thorvic

    CVA-01 - What was the RN carrier plan 1966-1976

    We all know CVA-01 was scheduled to start building in 1966 and that F-4 Phantoms had been ordered as a stop gap replacement for the Sea Vixen following the cancellation of the Naval P1154. So if the fateful decision to cancel the CVA-01 and dispose of the fixed wing carrier fleet hadn't...
  14. Thorvic

    Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier class ( Program CVF ) on active duty

    (Surprisingly there are no dedicated topics to this project within the Naval Projects, which was a surprise to me, plenty of references across the forum and movie posted in The Bar, but no specific project thread. :-\) The prime source for the CVF program was Richard Breedals Navymatters.com...
  15. Triton

    CVB-59 concepts

    Artist impression of CVB-59, later USS Forrestal (CVA-59), in 1951. Edit: The ship that was to become USS Forrestal was ordered as CVB-59.
  16. uk 75

    Designing an aircraft to fit RN carriers

    Having followed all the excellent threads on the CVA 01 and RN carrier aircraft saga I find myself wondering what would have happened if a smaller aicraft could have been designed. The RN tried to get carriers to operate the Phantom and Buccaneer combination. In doing so it limited its options...
  17. Triton

    US Navy Corsair "pocket" carrier

    Have any designs emerged for the US Navy's 6000 ton Corsair "pocket" carrier? http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/corsair.htm http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/In-the-Navy-Size-Does-Matter-xxx00092819OT.html Will the ship likely resemble the UXV surface...
  18. P

    Australian 1980's CVE conversion proposal

    In a story called 'The Last War' by Jan Nienmczyk http://www.tboverse.us/HPCAFORUM/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1914&st=0&sk=t&sd=a He mentions a 1988 proposal to turn two flat steel product ships into CVE for the RAN, this never happened due to opposition from the CNS but does anyone have any...
  19. Triton

    US Navy Ultracarriers?

    Donald M. Fort, a Defense Constultant for Analytic Services, Inc. and formerly the Rand Corporation, the Center for Naval Analyses, and the US Air Force, wrote an article titled "Ultracarrier" in Proceedings of the US Naval Institute that appeared in its December 1978 issue. In this article...
  20. cluttonfred

    Smallest aircraft carrier projects?

    This is going to sound off-topic, but bear with me. The Miles M.38 Messenger was a STOL light aircraft originally designed as an Airborne Observation Post for artillery spotting and eventually used as a VIP transport and liaison plane. When the U-Boats seemed to be winning the battle of the...
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