Medium Aircraft Carrier
Medium Aircraft Carriers: The Warship Idea That Just Won’t ‘Sink’
What You Need to Know: At the height of the Cold War, U.S. Navy planners introduced the concept of the CVV—medium-sized aircraft carriers designed to be a more affordable alternative...
Medium-Aircraft Carriers: The Great U.S. Navy Mistake?
What You Need to Know: The United States Navy exclusively builds supercarriers, boasting 11 massive vessels like the Nimitz and Gerald R. Ford classes, while other nations deploy more conventionally-sized...
Could Medium-Sized Carriers Make a Comeback in the U.S. Navy?
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy operates only supercarriers, despite past efforts to develop medium-sized carriers through the Aircraft Carrier (Medium) program in the 1970s. -The program aimed to...
The U.S. Navy’s Medium Aircraft Carrier Nightmare
Summary and Key Points: The idea of building medium-sized aircraft carriers, explored during World War II and revisited in the 1970s, offered a more cost-effective and versatile alternative to supercarriers....
‘Medium’ Aircraft Carriers: How the U.S. Navy Can Save the Aircraft Carrier?
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s reliance on large aircraft carriers like the Nimitz and Ford classes is increasingly risky due to their vulnerability to advanced anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defenses...
Why Didn’t the U.S. Navy Build ‘Medium’ Aircraft Carriers?
Summary and Key Points: During the Cold War, the U.S. Navy proposed the CVV medium-sized conventionally powered aircraft carriers as a cheaper alternative to Nimitz-class ships. -Supported by Presidents Ford...
CVV: The Medium Aircraft Carrier the U.S. Navy Never Built
Summary: The concept of the CVV, a medium-sized aircraft carrier proposed over 50 years ago during Admiral Enzo Zumwalt’s tenure as chief of naval operations, is gaining renewed interest in...