Aircraft Carriers


 * Five were sunk at Midway
 * US Navy sank four
 * Examples:
 * Yorktown
 * Enterprise
 * Ark Royal
 * Earliest example
 * Langley
 * First full-purpose variant
 * Lexington
 * Saratoga
 * Washington Naval Treaty forced the US to convert battlecruisers
 * Shinano
 * Destroyed by Joseph F. Enright while in transit
 * Japanese
 * Largest for its time
 * Classes include:
 * Giuseppe Garibaldi
 * Currently in use
 * Ford
 * Under construction
 * One was lost despite the efforts of the crew of the Hammann following attacks by Kates and I-168
 * Several were notable not present during Operation AI
 * Involved in the initiation of the Dolittle Raid
 * Involved in the sinking of the U-39 and participated in the Malta convoys