The last light carrier of the Second World War met her end not in battle but on a lonely beach.
American losses were two escort carriers, a light carrier, and three destroyers.
"It's an obvious job for a light carrier," he said.
But the cruiser was a real threat to the Invincible, anything that could take out the light carrier would be dealt with first.
It was just so hard to maneuver in space, and even a light carrier had an unwieldy mass.
When he reached the little one-room building, the light carrier entered.
Her assignment consisted of screening the light carriers as their planes provided vital air support to ground troops.
The Japanese only had enough pilots left to form the air group for one of their light carriers.
That's also the reason for the disappearance of the lighter carriers that existed in your day.
True or not, though, the light carriers weren't in action yet.