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[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

our QE2 Class Carriers

Plural? Huh, TIL they've got more than one of them.

(I always found it kind of crazy and hilarious that the US has like 10 CATOBAR nuclear-powered carriers and then also a bunch of STOVL diesel-powered ones that we don't even bother counting as "carriers," when every other country has maybe one or a few at best, and most of those are STOVL or worse. I guess the last time I counted was before 2017, though.)

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

During world War II, the United States had over 150 aircraft carriers which would be the equivalent of a wasp class amphibious assault ship/helicopter carrier.

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