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.
An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to carry, launch, recover and support aircraft at sea, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities that allow it to serve as a mobile, seago
Aircraft cruiser
…The aircraft cruiser (also known as aviation cruiser or cruiser-carrier) is a warship that combines the features of the aircraft carrier and a surface warship such as a cruiser or battleship. The first aircraft cruiser was originally a 1930s experimental concept of creating an all-around…
Three steam catapult equipped aircraft carriers of various types—USS John C. Stennis, Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), and USS John F. Kennedy—along with the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean and escort vessels, 2002
Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian is the first aircraft carrier in the world to launch a fifth-generation fighter using the electromagnetic catapult system
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (rear) and US Navy carrier USS Ronald Reagan conducting joint operations in the Persian Gulf, each with the CATOBAR configuration
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a United States Navy fleet carrier, also often referred to as a supercarrier, crossing the Atlantic in 2019