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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier
With a full-length flight deck capable of supporting helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft, the ship functions much like a small aircraft carrier.
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
As a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, the Essex resembles a small aircraft carrier that can carry more than 1,000 sailors and 1,500 Marines, allowing the U.S. to rapidly deploy troops in regions such as the Persian Gulf and South China Sea.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson had around 4,500 sailors aboard and conducted deployments to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations before returning to its homeport at Naval Air Station North Island.
—Jamie Parsons, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
The aircraft carrier My Mother’s Wedding also includes the unexpected wow factor in the ginormous Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales used in scenes involving Johansson’s naval commander.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
As a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, the Essex resembles a small aircraft carrier that can carry more than 1,000 sailors and 1,500 Marines, allowing the U.S. to rapidly deploy troops in regions such as the Persian Gulf and South China Sea.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson had around 4,500 sailors aboard and conducted deployments to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations before returning to its homeport at Naval Air Station North Island.
—Jamie Parsons, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
The aircraft carrier My Mother’s Wedding also includes the unexpected wow factor in the ginormous Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales used in scenes involving Johansson’s naval commander.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aircraft carrier
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Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Lisbon Maru — a Japanese merchant ship covertly carrying around 1,800 British POWs in the Far East — is torpedoed by mistake off the coast of China’s Dongji Island by an American submarine, unaware of the lives hidden below deck.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 July 2025
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Plants were piling up sodium sulfate while importing caustic soda and other reagents by the tanker.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Autonomous boats, ships, submarines, and miscellaneous watercraft for naval service have been popping with a certain regularity in recent years, with many of them retrofitted into commercial hulls or built along the lines of conventional warships.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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An unoccupied personal watercraft was later found in a Kendall canal, according to FWC.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Coast Guard cutter William Hart's crew also diverted to assist with the response.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The wind traders are teased throughout the new trailer in what appear to be large flying apparatus.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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To be sure, this could just be a case of traders booking gains after a sharp move higher in a stock.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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