Photos Aircraft Carriers

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HMCS Bonaventure (CVL-22) at sea (1962)
The "Bonnie" was also at Colossus/Magestic class carrier, used by the Candian Navy from 1957 to 1970.
Air Group include 16 F2H-3 Banshee from 1957 to 1962 and later S-2 Trackers only.
Despite trials to replace the Banshees with A-4 Skyhawks, sadly, the Bonnie became only a ASW carrier from 1962.

 

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The Bonaventure in Halifax Harbour :

 

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USA, France, Russia, Thaïlande, China, India, UK, and many other.

List of aircraft carriers in service - Wikipedia

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Although Thailand's small carrier is a showboat only

 

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A bow view of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) sailing in the wake of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The frigate USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067) is off the Midway's port side, December 1987.
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That is not a frigate, it's a Charles F Adams class destroyer

 

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Although Thailand's small carrier is a showboat only

Royal Yacht

 

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Although Thailand's small carrier is a showboat only

Sadly, yes...

 

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The size of the USS Midway compared to a man in his Kayak is astounding.

 

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Commissioning of USS Yorktown (CV-10) on 15 April 1943.

 

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USS Independence (L) and USS Kitty Hawk (R) awaiting scrapping at Bremerton WA

 

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Airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) after landing on board the carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) 28 January 1928. Saratoga was the longest warship in the world from her launch in 1925. Sunk by atomic bomb test 25 July 1946.

 

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USS Philippines Sea (CV-47)

 

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Brazil
Minas Gerais A11 being modernized in the Netherlands back in the 60s

 

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USS Saipan (CVL-48)

 

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Spain
Principe de Asturias R11 under construction

 

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Italian Navy F-35B & AV-8B on Cavour deck (~February 2024)

 

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(1/1/1987) A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) underway USN Image

 

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The old aircraft carrier Eagle used as an aviation transport loaded with Spitfires to reinforce Malta in March 1942 (Operation Spotter) accompanied by the battleship Malaya

 

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An aerial view of Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California (USA), with three docked aircraft carriers on 25 August 1971. The carriers are the USS Ranger (CVA-61) (in dry dock), USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), and the USS Hancock (CVA-19) (left).

 

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USS George Washington (CVN-73)

 

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Fairey Fulmar naval fighters on the deck of HMS Formidable off the Madagascar coast, April 1942