Portaaviones

Kitty Hawk (right) relieves Independence at Pearl Harbor as the 7th Fleet forward deployed carrier​

Mothballed Yorktown at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1948. From front to rear USS Essex (CV-9), USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Yorktown, USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)
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USS FRANKLIN


The newly commissioned Franklin departing Norfolk in February 1944


Belleau Wood (left) and Franklin hit by kamikazes, 30 October 1944


The burning Franklin with USS Santa Fe (CL-60) alongside.


Franklin listing, with crew on deck, 19 March 1945.


Aft 5-inch gun turret on fire, 19 March 1945.


The Franklin approaching New York, 26 April 1945.


The USS Franklin, anchored in New York harbor, 28 April 1945.
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USS LANGLEY CV-1

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) underway in June 1927


Jupiter 16 October 1913, the collier, before conversion to Langley, the aircraft carrier.


Langley being converted from a collier to an aircraft carrier at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1921.


Langley at Puget Sound Navy Yard, immediately opposite Saratoga (with black stripe on funnel) and Lexington in 1929


Langley after conversion to a seaplane tender, 1937


Langley scuttled via torpedo on 27 February 1942 off Java.
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IJN SHINANO


Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano underway during her sea trials

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"Rock'n Roll carrier": Midway heavily rolling after her 1986 refit.


Aerial view of the USS Midway Museum in 2011.
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