The two of them put together were worth about as much as one fleet carrier.
After this the navy began to fall in size and by 1979 the last fleet carrier was scrapped.
They were typically half the length and 1/3 the displacement of the larger fleet carriers.
We needed room for the bodyguards, and the alternative would have been to detach a Fleet carrier.
The presence of large fleet carriers meant that she was initially assigned to secondary tasks.
This isn't a fleet carrier, where they can put a squadron of Speeds in a corner and forget them for a year.
This engagement marked the last time a fleet carrier was sunk by surface gunnery.
This did not win the war, but evened the odds between Japanese and American fleet carriers.
To ensure French independence in defence matters, a new class of two modern fleet carriers was envisaged.
In a cloud of debris, the fleet carrier ripped into two halves, tumbling away from one another at three kilometers per second.