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View of warships at the U.S. Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland, in September 1943.United Kingdom · Royal NavyIllustrious classFleet Aircraft CarrierThe Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku, photographed from her sistership Zuikaku, during the battle of the Eastern Solomons.Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyShōkaku classFleet Aircraft CarrierATLANTIC OCEAN (May 14, 2025) Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare to receive the landing craft air cushion to dock aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) , as part of the 22nd Mar…United States · United States NavyWasp classFleet Aircraft CarrierThe Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō sinking during the Battle of Cape Engano, 24 October 1944. The photo was taken by a plane from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13).Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyZuihō classLight Aircraft CarrierNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyImplacable classFleet Aircraft CarrierThe Royal Navy Colossus -class aircraft carrier HMS Glory (R62) in 1946.United Kingdom · Royal NavyColossus classLight Fleet Aircraft CarrierJapanese Aircraft Carrier HIJMS Taiho anchored in Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines (May 1944). タウイタウイに停泊する大鳳(1944年5月)。 [ 1 ]Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyTaihō classFleet Aircraft CarrierNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyUnryū classFleet Aircraft CarrierInboard and outboard profiles of a U.S. Navy Casablanca -class escort carrier, in this case USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89).United States · United States NavyCasablanca classEscort Aircraft CarrierThe U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Saipan (CVL-48) with Sikorsky HRS and Piasecki HUP helicopters on her flight deck, circa the mid-1950s.United States · United States NavySaipan classLight Aircraft CarrierPACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 16, 2011) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is underway on deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.United States · United States NavyNimitz class aircraft carrierNuclear Powered Aircraft CarrierThe U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on its own power for the first time. The first-of-class ship -- the first new U.S.United States · United States NavyGerald R. Ford class aircraft carrierNuclear Powered Aircraft CarrierQueen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (RO8) entering Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time on her delivery voyage, 16 August 2017, and flying not the naval White Ensign, but the Blue Ensign, becau…United Kingdom · Royal NavyQueen Elizabeth class aircraft carrierAircraft CarrierDer französische Flugzeugträger Charles De Gaulle (R91) im Jahr 2009. The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) underway in 2009. Le porte-avions français Charles de Gaulle (R91) en 2009.France · French NavyCharles de Gaulle aircraft carrierAircraft CarrierNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoItaly · Italian NavyCavour aircraft carrierAircraft CarrierNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceIzumo class helicopter destroyerHelicopter DestroyerNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceHyūga class helicopter destroyerHelicopter DestroyerNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoChina · People's Liberation Army NavyLiaoning class aircraft carrierAircraft CarrierNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoChina · People's Liberation Army NavyShandong class aircraft carrierAircraft CarrierChinese aircraft carrier Fujian flight deckChina · People's Liberation Army NavyFujian class aircraft carrierAircraft Carrier停泊於香港水域的遼寧號航空母艦 Aircraft Carrier Liaoning (16) at Hong Kong WatersSoviet Union / Russia · Soviet Navy / Russian NavyAdmiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrierAircraft Carrying CruiserProfile of a Soviet Kiev -class (Project 1143) aircraft carrier.Soviet Union · Soviet NavyKiev class aircraft carrierAircraft Carrying CruiserINS Vikrant ship's bellIndia · Indian NavyVikrant class aircraft carrier (IAC-1)Aircraft CarrierBritish Warships of the Second World War The aircraft carrier HMS ILLUSTRIOUS underway.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS Illustrious87 · Illustrious classHMS Formidable , underway in coastal waters.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS Formidable67 · Illustrious classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS Victorious38 · Illustrious classPhoto #: NH 73066 Shokaku (Japanese Aircraft Carrier, 1941-1944) At Yokosuka, 23 August 1941, shortly after she was completed. Donation of Kazutoshi Hando, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyShōkakuShōkaku classThe Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku, photographed from her sistership Zuikaku, during the battle of the Eastern Solomons.Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyZuikakuShōkaku classThe U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) anchored at Hvalfjörður, Iceland, in October 1941. A New Orleans -class heavy cruiser is visible behind Wasp , probably USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37).United States · United States NavyUSS WaspCV-7 · Wasp classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyZuihōZuihō classImperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Shōhō at anchor at Yokosuka shortly after her conversion from a submarine tender to a light aircraft carrier.Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyShōhōZuihō classHMS Implacable as seen underway after WW2 in 1946.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS Implacable86 · Implacable classBritish aircraft carrier HMS INDEFATIGABLE underway at sea.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS IndefatigableR10 · Implacable classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS Colossus15 · Colossus classThe Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Glory (R62) anchored at Rabaul, New Britain, Birmarck Archipelago, in September 1945.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS GloryR62 · Colossus classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS Venerable04 · Colossus classThe Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance (R71) underway at sea.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS VengeanceR71 · Colossus classThe Royal Navy Colossus -class aircraft carrier HMS Warrior (R31) at anchor.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS WarriorR31 · Colossus classRoyal Navy Westland Whirlwind helicopters taking the first men of 45 Royal Marine Commando into action at Port Said from the commando carrier HMS Theseus (R64) during "Operation Musketeer".United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS TheseusR64 · Colossus classA Westland Whirlwind helicopter of the joint Royal Air Force/Army unit is leaving the Royal Navy commando carrier HMS Ocean (R68) with troops for Port Said during the Suez Crisis.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS OceanR68 · Colossus classThe Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Triumph (R16) at Iwakuni, Japan, during the Korean War. Note the type 181b radar at the head of the foremast and the type 277 on the island. Type 279 radar is carried on the mainmast.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS TriumphR16 · Colossus classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS PerseusA197 · Colossus classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS PioneerA198 · Colossus classJapanese Aircraft Carrier HIJMS Taiho anchored in Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines (May 1944). タウイタウイに停泊する大鳳(1944年5月)。 [ 1 ]Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyTaihōTaihō classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūUnryū classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyAmagiUnryū classKatsuragi in Simpson Harbour . The ship was transporting 5000 Japanese troops from the Solomon Islands to Japan and had called at Rabaul to refuel. 特別輸送艦時、シンプソン港（現パプアニューギニア）での葛城(1946年1月13日)Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyKatsuragiUnryū classUnryu leaving Yokosuka (日本海軍航空母艦 雲龍型「雲龍」横須賀軍港を出港しているところ)Class imageJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyKasagiUnryū classUnryu leaving Yokosuka (日本海軍航空母艦 雲龍型「雲龍」横須賀軍港を出港しているところ)Class imageJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyAsoUnryū classUnryu leaving Yokosuka (日本海軍航空母艦 雲龍型「雲龍」横須賀軍港を出港しているところ)Class imageJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyIkomaUnryū classUSS Casablanca (ACV-55) in the Puget Sound, Washington (USA), circa in July 1943, at about the time she was commissioned. Note that radar antennas have been deleted from this photo due to wartime censorship.United States · United States NavyUSS CasablancaCVE-55 · Casablanca classInboard and outboard profiles of a U.S. Navy Casablanca -class escort carrier, in this case USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89).Class imageUnited States · United States NavyUSS Liscombe BayCVE-56 · Casablanca classUSS Anzio (CVE-57) arrives at Shanghai, China, on 1 December 1945 as part of the "Magic Carpet" operation to return U.S. servicemen to the United States. Anzio was the first U.S. carrier to visit Shanghai.United States · United States NavyUSS AnzioCVE-57 · Casablanca classUSS Corregidor (CVE-58), circa in 1944. Note the flight deck officer giving hand signals (in yellow suit), and the chockmen standing by to block wheels.United States · United States NavyUSS CorregidorCVE-58 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) underway in the Caribbean Sea, circa 23 November 1943.United States · United States NavyUSS Mission BayCVE-59 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) tows the captured German submarine U-505 in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS GuadalcanalCVE-60 · Casablanca classUSS Manila Bay (CVE-61) underway whilst operating as an attack carrier in the Pacific, circa 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Manila BayCVE-61 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) at Tulagi harbour, Solomon Islands, on 4 July 1944. Also identifiable is USS LCI-66.United States · United States NavyUSS Natoma BayCVE-62 · Casablanca classUSS St. Lo in the selected Wikimedia Commons image.United States · United States NavyUSS St. LoCVE-63 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Tripoli (CVE-64) underway with a convoy in the Atlantic Ocean, in April 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS TripoliCVE-64 · Casablanca class