WHY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ARE THE BADDEST SHIPS ON THE WATER

FRANCE NAMED ONE OF ITS CARRIERS AFTER

FERDINAND FOCH WHO FAMOUSLY SAID

"AIRPLANES ARE INTERESTING TOYS,

BUT OF NO MILITARY VALUE"

ONE US NAVY SUPERCARRIER HAS MORE

AIR POWER THAN 70% OF COUNTRIES

AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER CAN DESALINATE NEARLY

HALF A MILLION GALLONS OF WATER EVERY DAY

IN 1960 A DUTCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER WANTED TO

DOCK IN AUSTRALIA. WHEN THE LOCAL SEAMEN

REFUSED TO HELP, THE CARRIER USED THRUST

FROM THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES TO DOCK

DURING WORLD WAR II JAPAN HAD 3 UNDERWATER

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. THESE WERE BASICALLY

SUBMARINES THAT WERE DESIGNED TO LAUNCH

PLANES (I-400-CLASS SUBMARINE)

UNFORTUNATELY FOR JAPAN, THE LARGEST

CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT CARRIER THAT IT BUILT

DURING WORLD WAR II (SHINANO) SANK ON

ITS FIRST VOYAGE

PROJECT HABAKKUK WAS A PLAN BY THE

BRITISH MILITARY TO BUILD AN AIRCRAFT

CARRIER OUT OF PYKRETE DURING WORLD

WAR II BECAUSE OTHER MATERIALS WERE

IN SHORT SUPPLY (PYKRETE IS A MIXTURE OF

WOOD PULP AND ICE)

THE FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE CHINESE NAVY

WAS A DECOMMISSIONED UKRAINIAN CARRIER

THAT WAS SOLD TO A CHINESE BUSINESSMAN

WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING A FLOATING

CASINO. INSTEAD, THE MILITARY ENDED UP IN

POSSESSION OF THE SHIP