Aircraft Carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to function as a floating airbase, allowing for the deployment and recovery of aircraft at sea to project air power globally. These massive vessels feature a full-length flight deck, hangars for aircraft, and the necessary equipment like catapults and arresting wires to launch and land planes.

Via: By the end of WWII, the U. S. Navy had built more than a hundred aircraft carriers, Fleet, Light and Escort. They dominated the Pacific War and were decisive in securing victory.

Most were scrapped, a few were returned for service in Korea and Vietnam, and some survive today as floating museums—-Giants of Steel reduced to ghosts... https://x.com/ustonymc/status/1969672352599335357