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World-Wide Aircraft Carriers Site Announced by Freeper Jeff Head
World-Wide Aircraft Carriers ^ | 16 October 2005 | Jeff Head

Posted on 10/16/2005 10:41:17 AM PDT by 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:



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To: BIGLOOK

Air wings will be a great addition and future update...if I can find the time. Lots of good suggestions here, thanks!


41 posted on 10/16/2005 11:10:10 AM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: cynicom
I remember going on-board a French carrier in 1959, they carried livestock because of their lack of adequate reefer (refrigerator) space.
42 posted on 10/16/2005 11:10:19 AM PDT by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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To: Certain_Doom
"Am I missing the USS Ronald Reagan?"

It's listed under the "Nimitz" class.

43 posted on 10/16/2005 11:11:13 AM PDT by Enterprise (The modern Democrat Party - a toxic stew of mental illness, cultism, and organized crime.)
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To: NY Attitude

Amazing...like the "real old" days, huh? Butcher those puppies right there in the hold did they?


44 posted on 10/16/2005 11:12:31 AM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Jeff Head
The strategic, political, and preventive benefits are difficult to put a dollar sum to...until you fight a war, or lose some strategic resources or access because you didn't have them.

Right, but anyway, I find thinking about it fascinating. Take Brazil, for example. (Or Spain or Italy really). You only have one carrier. If you base your naval objectives around it, you better be dammned sure it is protected. You buy all that protection, and still, you are scared to employ the carrier anywhere that it might face danger. When all is said and done, maybe you would have been better with a couple of Ticonderoga cruisers.

Anyway, the Thai carrier makes a lot of sense given the intense need to be able to patrol their waters to protect merchant shipping from Pirates.

45 posted on 10/16/2005 11:12:41 AM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Jeff Head

This is great news, Jeff. Other than an ICBM, a carrier is the greatest projection of our military power.


46 posted on 10/16/2005 11:13:01 AM PDT by doug from upland (David Kendall -- protecting the Clintons one lie at a time)
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To: Jeff Head
Thanks for the ping, Jeff.
47 posted on 10/16/2005 11:13:51 AM PDT by Eastbound
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To: Jeff Head

This exact issue came up at lunch with a bunch of Engineers.

I was able to present facts and figures because of your clearly written analysis of the world wide situation.

I asked them some very pointed questions too.

It was great to be informed.

In other words, thanks for all of this honest and well defined information!


48 posted on 10/16/2005 11:13:52 AM PDT by Eaker (My Wife Rocks! - I will never take Dix off of my ping list as I have been asked to do.)
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To: Jeff Head

Beautiful site, Jeff! Thanks for putting it together. It'll be a great source of information, and provide hours of enjoyment as well.


49 posted on 10/16/2005 11:14:39 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: F14 Pilot

pong


50 posted on 10/16/2005 11:15:21 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Jeff Head

I just skimmed the site, looks good. Offhand do you know of any US plans to build more carriers, specifically in the Pacific? What are the locations of the current carriers.


51 posted on 10/16/2005 11:15:36 AM PDT by HHKrepublican_2 (you cant spell liberal without an L an I and an E...If the first ammendment doesnt work, use the 2nd)
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To: Rodney King
All of those nations do have pretty good escorts...Spain in particular with their F100 Aegis frigates.

What I was surprised about with the Spain Asturias is that it only has one prop. Pretty risky that.

Also, with one carrier, it is necessarily only going to be available about 30-40% of the time with training, maintenance, refits, yard time, etc. That's why we keep twelve, so that any one time we will have five available...and the ability to surge seven or eight total.

A lot to do with politics and national pride for the single carrier nations.

52 posted on 10/16/2005 11:16:05 AM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Jeff Head

Looks good! I hope you'll add the history of aircraft carriers as well. The history of the Lexington/Saratoga carriers, Yorktown class and Essex class carriers during World War II is incredible.


53 posted on 10/16/2005 11:16:25 AM PDT by xrp (Conservative votes are to Republicans what 90% of black votes are to Democrats (taken for granted))
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To: doug from upland

Amen...they are powerful and effective tools in the hans of liberty...and a great threat in the hands of tyrants.


54 posted on 10/16/2005 11:16:53 AM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Eastbound

You are welcome my friend.


55 posted on 10/16/2005 11:17:11 AM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Jeff Head

Very good job!!! As ex-flight deck crew...very interesting to me!


56 posted on 10/16/2005 11:18:10 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: Jeff Head
Checked it out, thanks for the heads up. I recall in the early eighties Vickers was proposing the V-VAC, a 13,000 ton light carrier similar to a CVE. Inspired by their experience with the Atlantic Conveyor, it would have been modified from a container ship design.

It would not surprise me if China would go down that path, her shipbuilding industry is far bigger than ours, and growing bigger. They are building a new yard near Shanghai that could produce a larger amount of merchant shipping each year than the entire US merchant marine!
57 posted on 10/16/2005 11:18:17 AM PDT by fallujah-nuker (Open Borders: The RINOcracy waging class warfare against American wage earners)
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To: Eaker

Thank you my friend. Hope this site is equally beneficial. I had a kick putting it together.


58 posted on 10/16/2005 11:18:45 AM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Jeff Head

Very nice.


59 posted on 10/16/2005 11:19:05 AM PDT by dagnabbit (Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
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To: Jeff Head

They carried sheep, goats, and chickens as a mainstay for their menus.


60 posted on 10/16/2005 11:19:06 AM PDT by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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