Evolution of American Aircraft Carriers

Weren't OLS (ok, not exactly that type) first developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy?

Yes, in 90 years, we will be fighting for food and fighting WWIV with sticks and stones with what remains of these great ships, if anything, being a rusting hulk.

Not Gonna Lie. Battleships were more expensive but They were more cooler than Carriers

Carriers have come a long way from the USS Langley to the USS Gerald R. Ford.

Damn I hate war but I really apreciate your videos. Thanks

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That bulbous bow joke was illegally funny

It always looks like this,even ive the ship isnt ecited

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So what I could gather is that most of the innovative technologies were developed by the British but later perfected by the Americans. It’s cool to see two nations piggyback off of each other.

haha, so true. my uncle was in the navy on a battleship during vietnam, him and the other newbies (he called it something. that you're considered a fresh recruit until you sail over some line and are considered to have your sea legs i think?) got told so many gruesome tales from other way more experienced crew men about tales from air craft carriers. how lucky they were to be on one of the safer naval jobs, and how one guy saw his 10 year superior get turned into meat spaghetti by a rouge plane right in front of him. and i was thinking "what the fuck is wrong with you that this is considered a fond memory from the navy??? 😂"

You should play the Top Gun theme for the footage of those human powered wright bros. biplanes landing on wooden scaffolding decks stapled on top of steamships!

The British invented the carrier the catapult and the OLS?

Not a lot I predict for such a long time, but I know for sure one thing. In 90 years B-52 buff will be still in service

So American aircraft carriers took inspiration for armoured decks, angled decks, side lifts, launch catapults, naval jets and optical landing systems after seeing them work on British aircraft carriers, then improved them. Fascinating stuff.

make a comprehensive un navy submarine evolution video

Dong feng is enough

nice video

Pit stop area is a great design. God bless all who serve. 🇺🇸🙏

Okay so who's the bonehead walking around the flight deck and the g string at approximately 2 minutes. Excuse me in advance if I'm the bonehead and he's some prisoner of war.

I've been on the USS Midway which is now considered small. Just to see the inside of that thing and all the updates it has over the years is truly amazing that humans can make something like that. I can't imagine being on the Ford class

So First flying on Crusier then battleships IN THE FUTURE THATS WHAT SCOUT PLANES WERE MADE ON BATTLESHIPS

So we invented all this stuff for CATOBAR carriers yet we use effing ski jumps on our super carriers? Pathetic

Showed the USS Constellation cva 64 instead of CVA 63 Kittyhawk

I like it.

The video was uploaded three years ago but still it was a masterpiece ,amazing
Why in recent videos you are not writing the specifications of the ships like displacement speed etc
at the bottom

I now understood that earlier the airplane used in aircraft carriers did not needed a large runway .
That's why catapults were not from the initial stage .
this is contrary to what I used to think I used to think that earlier United States aircraft carriers also had a ski jump
These type of videos bring insights and clarity about many things

But one thing is for sure all these technological innovations came because the risk and courage and well are shown by our predecessors since the last century
I think nowadays no one is ready to take this much risk the risk of their life
Salute to those bold people

Cannot yet hoover in the skies like Marvel’s aircraft carrier!😮

While obviously the Yorktown class carriers were the most successful design in the US ever made. The Lexington class with the most revolutionary and important and teaching the world how sleep carriers worked. As well as Saratoga making it through to the end of the war.

The importance of an angled flight deck isn't really about simultaneous launch and recovery, but about deck space. With an angled landing zone, the deck can be used to park space-hungry fast jets.

Come at me chat, But I still think the Forrestal is the prettiest aircraft carrier ever made.

I’m so proud of my country and my countries military 🇺🇸🫡

Can you do uk aircraft carrier

Excellent video. Thorough but to the point. Well done!

F4 bomber

Wait there were 2 enterprises?

My father served on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific in World War II. He was an aviation torpedo man and operated a gun turret on both TBF and TBMs. He flew off in Independence class CBL 24, USS Belleau Wood. He was part of task force 58 fast attack carrier group under Admiral bull Halsey. The skipper was Rear Admiral Pride who was a Navy Aviation pioneer in the early years of aircraft carriers.