An anti-submarine warfare carrier (ASW carrier) (US hull classification symbol CVS) is a type of small aircraft carrier whose primary role is as the nucleus...

Saipan class USS Saipan USS Wright Anti-submarine warfare carrier Escort carrier of post-World War II Helicopter carrier Amphibious assault ship Landing...

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms...

classified as amphibious assault ships. Helicopter carriers have been used as anti-submarine warfare carriers and amphibious assault ships. HMS Hermes and two...

Submarine warfare is one of the four divisions of underwater warfare, the others being anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and mine countermeasures....

A submarine aircraft carrier is a submarine equipped with aircraft for observation or attack missions. These submarines saw their most extensive use during...

sub-types Anti-submarine warfare carrier Balloon carrier and balloon tenders Escort carrier Fleet carrier Flight deck cruiser Helicopter carrier Light aircraft...

adoption of the submarine and naval aviation, all naval warfare consisted of anti-surface warfare. The distinct concept of an anti-surface warfare capability...

enormous resources in its own anti-submarine warfare mission. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, most uses of carrier battle groups by the United...

fleet carriers delegated limited tactical roles like anti-submarine (CVS) or amphibious warfare (LPH). The following is not an exhaustive list, but does...

Guinea with Indonesia. In the mid 1960s, her role was changed to anti-submarine warfare carrier and only ASW aircraft and helicopters were carried. An engine...

escort of merchant shipping, escort destroyers operated with anti-submarine warfare carrier (CVS) hunter-killer groups. Operational doctrine anticipated...

a navy. Anti-submarine warfare carrier is a type of small aircraft carrier whose primary role is as the nucleus of an anti-submarine warfare hunter-killer...

the line Sloop-of-war Trireme Xebec Aircraft carrier Anti-submarine warfare carrier Helicopter carrier Air-cushioned landing craft Amphibious assault...

aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but...

"Reichsfischkutter"-models A to- G), redesigned for naval uses such as anti-submarine warfare, but intended for conversion to fishing vessel after the war. The...

The Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) corvettes, are a class of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) vessels currently being built for the...

include Anti-surface warfare (ASuW), anti-air warfare (AAW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), naval gunfire support (NGFS), riverine operations, mine warfare, and...

vessels, and submarines were reviewed in an August 2012 article in the U.S. publication Homeland Security Affairs. Anti-submarine warfare Illegal drug...

the number of anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-capable submarines that would be needed to counter the hundreds of advanced Soviet submarines that were expected...

attacking enemy surface ships (merchant and military) or other submarines; aircraft carrier protection; blockade running; nuclear deterrence; stealth operations...

commissioned on 30 September 1985. Garibaldi is classed as an anti-submarine warfare carrier (ASW), and it is based in Taranto. The ship is powered by four...

A submarine chaser or subchaser is a type of small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. They encompass designs that are...

helicopters can take off from and land on the said carrier. She will also carry several anti-ship and anti-air missiles for protection. She can also carry...

cruise missile submarine is a submarine that carries and launches cruise missiles (SLCMs consisting of land-attack cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles)...

SA-N-3 Goblet. The system was first installed on Moskva, an anti-submarine warfare carrier, which was commissioned in 1967, but the system was not officially...

deck. The United States used some Essex-class carriers initially as pure anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carriers, embarking helicopters and fixed-wing ASW aircraft...

aircraft carrier (ACV) on 5 August 1942. The first U.S. example of the type was USS Long Island. Operation Torch and North Atlantic anti-submarine warfare proved...

efforts to sell the ship, Bulwark re-entered service as an anti-submarine warfare carrier and remained as such until being decommissioned in 1981. The...

support ship is designed with high speed to keep up with the carrier battle group/carrier strike group, while the multi-product station is capable of supplying...