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Aircraft carrier and Escort carrier

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Difference between Aircraft carrier and Escort carrier

Aircraft carrier vs. Escort carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slower type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the United States Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II.

Similarities between Aircraft carrier and Escort carrier

Aircraft carrier and Escort carrier have 23 things in common (in Unionpedia): Amphibious assault ship, Amphibious warfare, Battle of Taranto, Battleship, CAM ship, Fleet carrier, Funnel (ship), Helicopter, Helicopter carrier, Hull classification symbol, Imperial Japanese Navy, Launch and recovery cycle, Light aircraft carrier, List of aircraft carriers of World War II, List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy, List of escort carriers of the United States Navy, List of sunken aircraft carriers, Merchant aircraft carrier, Proceedings (magazine), Royal Navy, United States Navy, Washington Naval Treaty, World War II.

Amphibious assault ship

An amphibious assault ship is a type of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory during an armed conflict.

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Amphibious warfare

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach.

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Battle of Taranto

The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11/12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral Inigo Campioni.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large-caliber guns, designed to serve as capital ships with the most intense firepower.

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CAM ship

CAM ships were World War II–era British merchant ships used in convoys as an emergency stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available.

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Fleet carrier

A fleet carrier is an aircraft carrier designed to operate with the main fleet of a nation's navy.

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Funnel (ship)

A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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Helicopter carrier

A helicopter carrier is a type of aircraft carrier whose primary purpose is to operate helicopters.

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Hull classification symbol

The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by individual ship within a type.

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Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Launch and recovery cycle

Aircraft carrier air operations include a launch and recovery cycle of embarked aircraft.

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Light aircraft carrier

A light aircraft carrier, or light fleet carrier, is an aircraft carrier smaller than the standard carriers of a navy.

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List of aircraft carriers of World War II

This is a list of aircraft carriers of the Second World War.

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List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy

The escort aircraft carrier, also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the USN or "Woolworth Carrier" by the RN, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy in the Second World War.

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List of escort carriers of the United States Navy

The United States Navy had a sizable fleet of escort aircraft carriers during World War II and the early Cold War era that followed.

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List of sunken aircraft carriers

With the advent of heavier-than-air flight, the aircraft carrier has become a decisive weapon at sea.

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Merchant aircraft carrier

A merchant aircraft carrier (also known as a MAC ship, the Admiralty's official 'short name') was a limited-purpose aircraft carrier operated under British and Dutch civilian registry during World War II.

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Proceedings (magazine)

Proceedings is a 96-page monthly magazine published by the U.S. Naval Institute.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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United States Navy

No description.

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Washington Naval Treaty

The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was a treaty signed during 1922 among the major Allies of World War I, which agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Aircraft carrier and Escort carrier Comparison

Aircraft carrier has 259 relations, while Escort carrier has 84. As they have in common 23, the Jaccard index is 6.71% = 23 / (259 + 84).

References

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