It's a large ship!.
An aircraft carrier is basically a large "barge". Or a large flat ship that can hold many different planes, and is long enough for a plane to take off and land on. These large...
From WWII to Vietnam, they were very dangerous. In Vietnam, the USS Enterprise, USS Oriskany, and USS Forrestall, all were involved with explosions and fires destroying men and jet aircraft. Lessons...
All of the risks associated with powered flight, combined with the risks of taking off from and landing on a very small flight deck which is moving at sea.
Both American and Japanese carriers had three types of airplanes: fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers.
Fighters were to provide protection for the carriers and other ships of the friendly...
The crash rate of aircraft landing on an aircraft carrier is 2.15 for every 100,000 touchdowns. The arrestor hook malfunctions or does not catch a cable on approximately 10% of landings.