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USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937 and the lead ship of the Yorktown class. After participating in the Battle of the Coral Sea, it was rapidly repaired and returned to action for the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Japanese aircraft inflicted severe dam...

Kaga was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier originally laid down as a battleship before being converted under the naval treaty restrictions of the 1920s. It participated in operations in China and in the attack on Pearl Harbor as part of Japan's carrier striking force. American carrier aircr...

Shinano was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier converted during construction from the third hull of the Yamato-class battleships. Commissioned in November 1944 before it was fully fitted out, it was torpedoed by the United States submarine USS Archerfish while traveling between Japanese port...

Hiryu was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier commissioned before the Second World War and employed in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent Pacific operations. During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, aircraft from Hiryu launched attacks that severely damaged the American carrier USS Yo...

USS Hornet, CV 8, was a Yorktown class aircraft carrier commissioned by the United States Navy shortly before American entry into the Second World War. It launched the sixteen B 25 bombers used in the Doolittle Raid against Japan in April 1942 and later fought at Midway and during the Guadalcanal ca...

HMS Ark Royal, pennant number 91, was a British aircraft carrier commissioned before the Second World War and operated by the Royal Navy throughout the conflict's early years. Her aircraft participated in the Norwegian campaign, Mediterranean operations, and the pursuit of the German battleship Bism...

HIJMS Soryu was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier commissioned before the Second World War and employed in major early Pacific operations, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, aircraft from the United States carrier Yorktown struck her with bombs, ig...

HIJMS Zuikaku was a Shokaku-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the Pacific War. Its aircraft participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the carrier later fought in major operations including the battles of the Coral Sea, the Eastern Solomons, and the Philipp...

USS Lexington (CV-2) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier converted during construction from a battlecruiser hull. Commissioned in 1927, it served in the Pacific and was lost on May 8, 1942, after sustaining damage during the Battle of the Coral Sea; American forces scuttled it after its crew e...

HIJMS Taihō was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the only ship of her class. During the Battle of the Philippine Sea on 19 June 1944, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the American submarine USS Albacore. The initial damage appeared manageable, but efforts to ventilate leakin...

USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned before American entry into the Second World War. She supported operations around Guadalcanal until 15 September 1942, when the Japanese submarine I-19 struck her with multiple torpedoes southeast of San Cristobal Island. Uncontro...

USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a Lexington-class aircraft carrier commissioned by the United States Navy in 1927 after conversion from an unfinished battlecruiser. It served extensively in the Pacific during the Second World War and survived torpedo, bomb, and kamikaze damage. After the war it was used as...

HMS Glorious was a Royal Navy warship built as a battlecruiser during the First World War and later converted into an aircraft carrier. On 8 June 1940, while returning from the Norwegian campaign, she was intercepted and sunk by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The destroyers HMS...

Shōhō was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the early Pacific War. Originally constructed as a submarine support ship, she was later converted into a carrier and joined the Japanese operation surrounding Port Moresby. American carrier aircraft sank Shōhō on 7...

HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier designed from the outset for aircraft operations and commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1924. On 9 April 1942, Japanese carrier aircraft sank her off Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, during the Indian Ocean raid; the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire was also lost in...

HMS Courageous was a British warship originally completed during the First World War as a large light cruiser and later converted into an aircraft carrier. On 17 September 1939, while conducting anti-submarine operations in the North Atlantic, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-29....

HIJMS Zuihō was a light aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Originally constructed as a Takasaki-class submarine tender, the vessel was converted into a carrier to support fleet operations. Zuihō met its end during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, specifically at th...

HIJMS Chiyoda was a light aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. Originally constructed as a seaplane tender, the vessel was converted into a carrier in the early 1940s to support fleet operations. Chiyoda was actively involved in the Battle of the Phili...

HIJMS Chitose was a light aircraft carrier that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Originally constructed as a seaplane tender, the vessel was later converted into a carrier alongside its sister ship, the Chiyoda. The ship met its end during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October...