The aircraft cruiser is a warship that combines the features of the aircraft carrier and a surface warship such as a cruiser or battleship.
Heavy aircraft carrying cruiser Kiev, USSR, 1985.
HSwMS Gotland
A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several operational roles from search-and-destroy to ocean escort to sea denial.
US Navy's Virginia-class cruiser USS Arkansas. The Virginia class was the last class of nuclear-powered cruisers in the US.
Russian Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov
Marco Polo, the Royal Italian Navy's first armored cruiser
The Russian protected cruiser Aurora