The Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38 when assigned to Third Fleet, TF 58 when assigned to Fifth Fleet) was a group of ships in World War II. It was the main...

In quantum field theory, a force carrier is a type of particle that gives rise to forces between other particles. They serve as the quanta of a particular...

Carrier Force is a 1983 computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, and Commodore 64. Carrier Force was...

as the Kidō Butai ("Mobile Force"), was a combined carrier battle group comprising most of the aircraft carriers and carrier air groups of the Imperial...

The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States...

burial at sea. Carrier Strike Group One was the second U.S. Navy carrier force to participate in Operation Inherent Resolve. Carrier Strike Group 1 traces...

March 2023[update] there are 11 carrier strike groups in the U.S. Navy. The carrier strike group is a flexible naval force that can operate in confined waters...

of aircraft in the widest possible range of roles. When the current carrier force reaches the end of its planned life, we plan to replace it with two...

The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. The lead ship of the class is named after...

light carriers became available, which required larger formations of three or four carriers. These groups eventually formed the Fast Carrier Task Force, which...

meaning "Auspicious Crane") was the second and last Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before the beginning...

Shandong (17; Chinese: 山东舰; pinyin: Shāndōng Jiàn) is a Chinese aircraft carrier that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy...

Allied force that mounted the invasion of Guadalcanal and dwarfing the Japanese force that attacked Pearl Harbor. TF 50 – Carrier Force (Task Force 50):...

(aircraft carriers and battleships) left than the Allied forces had total aircraft carriers in the Pacific, which underscored the disparity in force strength...

waters off Okinawa. US Navy combat ships: 11 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 22 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships, 2 large cruisers...

signals intelligence and sent two U.S. Navy carrier task forces and a joint Australian-American cruiser force to oppose the offensive, under the overall...

The Essex class is a retired class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. The 20th century's most numerous class of capital ship, the class consisted...

Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He subsequently participated...

sent a large force under Frank Jack Fletcher to the Midway area before the Japanese had arrived. Land-based planes from Midway and carrier-based planes...

rejoined the carrier force at Majuro in time to join in raids against Wake and Marcus Islands in June. She was part of the carrier force covering the...

is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the United...

the first time a Japanese carrier force had faced a concerted air attack in the Pacific War. In 1936, the Finnish Air Force became the first export customer...

their largest carrier force of the war, the nine-carrier Mobile Fleet, led by Shōkaku, Zuikaku, and the new armored-deck aircraft carrier Taihō. The resulting...

After the catastrophic losses of four carriers during that battle, they formed the bulk of the IJN's carrier force for the rest of the war. As such they...

Africa, and Ceylon was reinforced, but Somerville kept his fast carrier division, Force A, "...in Indian waters, to be ready to deal with any attempt by...

Typically it is the capital ship of a fleet (known as a carrier battle group), as it allows a naval force to project seaborne air power far from homeland without...

the enemy's carrier force became the focus of Japan's carrier forces. The emerging concept of mass aerial attack shifted carrier air power away from the...

This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck...

The U.S. Navy lost 49 carrier planes while claiming 499 enemy planes, a 10-to-1 kill/loss ratio. The task force also sank a carrier, nine coastal ships...

admiral in the United States Navy, and served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific during World War II. Mitscher was born in Hillsboro...