World-Wide Aircraft Carriers Site Announced by Freeper Jeff Head

World-Wide Aircraft Carriers ^ | 16 October 2005 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

In the last months there has been a lot of interest expressed on FR about aircraft carriers. I have found that there is a lot of interest all over the net.

So, I created a web site about all of the World's Aircraft Carriers. It will surprise you how many countries operate at least one...and also how many are building large-deck Amphibious Assault ships.

Of course, no one holds a candle at this time to America's capabilities in this regard.

Please enjoy, and let me know what you think. I hope it serves as a resource for naval enthusiasts everywhere. Just click on the banner below and take a look:

[Jeff Head]

You are welcome.

[Jeff Head]

Those are "clases" of ships. Click on the name of the class or the ship's picture to the right and you will see the full list in each class.

[Jeff Head]

Thank you. I hope you enjoy the site and that it is also useful. I like browsing it myself and I spent...a long time...creating it.

[Neil E. Wright]

Hiya Jeff,

Good site. Not to pick nits or anything (smile), but I did notice several typos on various pages while I was looking the site over. Very interesting pages, and since I spent a good portion of my Navy time with the Amphib Navy, might I suggest that adding historical pages showing the Navy's LPHs, LPDs and other amphib ships that were air ops capable. For instance, my first ship, USS Fresno (LST1182) conducted air ops landing and launching AV-8 Harriers on our 2 helo pad flight deck. Keep up the good work!

PING to my military/veterans list for a great new site by Jeff Head.

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[Jeff Head]

Thanks...I hope folks enjoy it and find it of use.

[Jeff Head]

I may well do that on the individual class pages, next to their name where it links to their home page. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks!

I'll do a lot more proofing this week.

And I do believe I should add the San Antonio, Austin, and Whidbey Island Classes at the very least. All of those are more than the equal of others listed on that opage.

[burzum]

Not bad, not bad at all. You could please the air-dales on FR by adding the various airwing insignia(s) that are on the vessels though.

He could also please the nukes by putting the motto:

A day without steaming is a day without meaning

[blackie]

I know that I did, Jeff ~ as well as several of my Navy loving email friends.

[Larry Lucido]

So Russia only has one carrier? And GB is in second place with 3? How many did the Soviet Union ever have at one time?

[Gumlegs]

I know we've got carriers too wide for the Panama Canal, but "world-wide" strains credulity.

[Al B.]

Great job, Jeff. Thanks for the heads-up.

HalfFull -- ping.

[Jeff Head]

Well, in their hay day they had the Moskva Class, the Kiev Class, and the Kuznetsov, with its second ship, the Varyag, almost complete when the wall came down.

So, that would be Moskva (2), Kieve (4) and Kuznetsov (1) with the second almost complete. They were about to have eight when they went down...but in all truth, particularly the Moskva class were very antiquaited and weak compared to the US inventory at the time.

But that was part of Reagan's plan...catch us, keep up with us if you can. They couldn't, and bankrupted themselves trying.

[Jeff Head]

hehehe.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks...hope y'all enjoy it and find it of some use.

[T. P. Pole]

Jeff,

Thanks for putting this site together.

Two thoughts:

First, it sure proves that the US is the world's babysitter.

Second, what's with all those ski ramps on the front? Most everybody else seems to be using them. Are we missing out on a design benefit?

[burzum]

I don't know if it was ever tactically important for the Soviets to have aircraft carriers. An aircraft carrier is useful primarily for projecting force. Most of the countries that the Soviets wanted to project force with were within range of their land based bombers anyways. We needed them because the areas that we wanted to project force were across the oceans.

As far a control of the seas, there are more efficient units. Both we and the Soviets heavily invested in submarines because as WWII showed, they are extraordinarily effective at that role. It is critical to note that most of both of our submarines were designed for control of the sea type roles, unlike many submarines that are made. That is because they are nuclear powered and can remain submerged for extended periods of time. Neither of our submarine roles were purely defensive.

I believe that if all our nuclear heck ever occurred between us and the USSR, the submarine war would determine who would be the surviving power. Since that didn't occur, the aircraft carrier seems to determine who is the superpower now. We can now project force anywhere in the world. The Russians can't. Because we were prepared to not go to nuclear war, we have taken the power role today.

A reason why I think many countries don't build carriers is because to have an effective force you must have a large force. Any country would probably need about 10 carriers to be able to project power worldwide. But for the cost of 10 carriers, you could probably build 20-30 nuclear submarines, or 50 diesel subs. If you don't have the money, it is may be a wiser decision to go for a control of the seas aspect than for a projection of force aspect. Only due to the fact that we have such a massive economy can we do both (with our military spending equal to about half that of the entire world).

[Enterprise]

"A mighty fine ship there lad, a mighty fine ship."

[Utilizer]

Jeff; I was stationed aboard the USS Midway during the Iranian Crisis (Ayatollah Khomenei and that b***ard Jimmy Carter for those too young to remember). Any info on what happened to her, as I do not see her listed, or her sister ship the Coral Sea?