Armoured flight deck
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An armoured flight deck is an aircraft carrier flight deck that incorporates substantial armour in its design.
HMS Formidable on fire following a kamikaze strike, Okinawa, 9 May 1945. Total casualties, 3 dead and 19 wounded.
USS Franklin listing, with crew on deck, due to two armor piercing bomb hits penetrating the unarmoured flight deck, 19 March 1945. Total casualties, 807 dead and 487 wounded.
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The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea. On smaller naval ships which do not have aviation as a primary mission, the landing area for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft is also referred to as the flight deck. The official U.S. Navy term for these vessels is "air-capable ships".
Flight deck of Charles de Gaulle, catapults are installed on aircraft carriers in three countries.
Eugene Ely's first landing, on the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania
HMS Argus showing the full-length flight deck from bow to stern
ROKS Dokdo's full length flight deck