Aircraft Carriers
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Technology, Inventions, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Ships, Naval History, Aircraft, Airplanes
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Worldwide
A naval vessel designed to carry and to facilitate the takeoff and landing of aircraft. It is distinguished by its flat upper deck, or flight deck, which serves as a runway. While experiments with aircraft carriers in the form of modified cruisers were conducted during World War I (1914-1918), the first true aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, was built in 1925. By 1942, aircraft carriers had superseded battleships as the backbone of modern naval fleets. During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Coral Sea (1942) was fought exclusively by ship-borne airplanes. Since the...
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