Re:U.S. Sends China Signal with F-35-Laden Warship in Disput...
by Agathos on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:56AM
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USS Wasp (LHD-1) displaces slightly more than the USS Wasp (CV-18), a World War II Essex-class aircraft carrier. So when we say amphibious assault ships aren't real carriers, it's only because carriers have been growing bigger for some time.
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Re:U.S. Sends China Signal with F-35-Laden Warship in Disput...
by DuskStar on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @07:29PM
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Not even that - if you look at what the rest of the world calls "carriers", the US's Wasp and America classes definitely qualify. This [0] is a good comparison, if more than a few years out of date. It's just that the US operates the only nuclear powered supercarriers, which make everything else look puny in comparison.
0: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/carriers-2014....
