An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for land-based aircraft. Modern navies that operate such ships treat aircraft carriers as the capital ship of the fleet, a role previously played by the battleship. The change, part of the growth of air power as a significant part of warfare, took place during World War II. Unescorted carriers are considered vulnerable to attack by other ships, aircraft, submarines or missiles and therefore travel as part of a carrier battle group. Unlike other types of capital ships in the 20th century, aircraft carrier designs since World War II have been effectively unlimited by any consideration save budgetary, and the ships have ballooned in size accordingly: The large, modern Nimitz class of United States Navy carriers has a displacement nearly four times that of the World War II-era USS Enterprise.

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Navy aircraft carrier joins Twitter - http://bit.ly/8257WL
RAFairman (RAFairman) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:56:48 -0000
Navy aircraft carrier joins Twitter - http://bit.ly/8257WL
@jackielong; Theodore is the Jolly Red Giant with legs like tree trunks and a wagging tail that leaves aircraft carrier-esque wakes! :)
EricPatrickMarr (EricPatrickMarr) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:11:56 -0000
@jackielong; Theodore is the Jolly Red Giant with legs like tree trunks and a wagging tail that leaves aircraft carrier-esque wakes! :)
Military headgear from the Pentagon-The hat marked USS Enterprise represents the nation's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
kat021zen (osiridian) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:25:08 -0000
Military headgear from the Pentagon-The hat marked USS Enterprise represents the nation's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
@joelcomm Love the Lego competition, spent 4 hours Xmas day constructing an aircraft carrier w/ my son. Always a fun challenge.
FindSellKeep (Astonish Results ) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:52:28 -0000
@joelcomm Love the Lego competition, spent 4 hours Xmas day constructing an aircraft carrier w/ my son. Always a fun challenge.

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