Talk:List of aircraft carriers

Australian Helicopter carriers
I've included the Australian Helicopter carriers, because really....they are aircraft carriers, they just don't have planes on them. They are built by Spain, and the same as the Spanish Juan Carlos carrier. They both have the ski ramps for planes, and could have the set up for planes added, except presently Australia only has helicopters on them as Australia doesn't own any planes that could fly off them (ie the F35-b). So really, rather than being technically designed heli carriers, they are aircraft carriers that only have helicopters on them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathlibrarian (talk • contribs) 07:31, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I've removed this, as no source was provided for them being aircraft carriers. The RAN refers to them as LHDs, as do all other sources I've seen. The above rationale for adding them to this list is ill-informed as they are not actually capable of operating fixed wing aircraft without substantial modifications. This article discusses the scope of the work that would be needed, for instance, noting that it "would not be easy or cheap". Nick-D (talk) 06:51, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

China third aircraft carrier Fujian
China have launched the third aircraft carrier on 17 June 2022 and the carrier expected to enter the service in 2023. Please consider add more China aircraft carrier on the table. 36.78.156.15 (talk) 11:10, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

About Brazil Aircraft Carrier
Does Brazil Aircraft Carrier, in the table it says it has - active carrier. However, in the map it shows only helicopter carrier. Hence, it need to revise. 36.78.156.15 (talk) 14:52, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The ship is an aircraft carrier that Brazil is using as a helicopter carrier. - w o lf  18:19, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The HMS Ocean was classified as a Landing Platform Helicopter before it was sold to Brazil. No modifications were made to add aircraft carrier capabilities and the Brazilian Navy operates no fixed wing aircraft capable of taking off from the Atlântico. DefaultProphet (talk) 19:44, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Map needs to be updated
"File:BlankMap-World-v3.png" needs to be updated as it is more than three years old. 46.31.112.214 (talk) 06:41, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


 * map needs to be updated. turkey has a carrier now. 46.1.83.235 (talk) 10:15, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Removing Spanish Juan Carlos I, Turkish Anadolu, and Brazilian Atlântico
"Amphibious assault ships, also known as commando carriers, assault carriers, helicopter carriers, landing helicopter assault ships, landing helicopter docks, landing platform docks, and landing platform helicopters. Although they have flight decks and look like aircraft carriers, they primarily operate helicopters and do not act as a floating airbase. Examples include the US Wasp-class assault ships, Brazilian NAM Atlântico (A140), Japanese Akitsu Maru escort carrier, and French Mistral class."

Given this exclusion the three named ships should be removed from this article, Brazilian NAM Atlântico (A140) is specifically mentioned as being excluded. All three are included in the List of amphibious warfare ships article

Turkish Anadolu[1 ][2 ]

Spanish Juan Carlos I [3 ][4 ][5 ]

Brazilian Atlântico [6 ][7 ][8 ][9 ]

Alternatively the US Wasp and America class ships should be added to the list as they serve the same function as these 3. DefaultProphet (talk) 21:41, 5 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I do not believe the list is conforming to the standards set out earlier in the article. The Amphibious Assault Ship TCG Anadolu is also listed. 27.125.131.191 (talk) 04:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Iranian Aircraft Carrier (Under construction)
I suggest you read or listen to Drone carrier or Aircraft carrier of Iran and Turkey Iri1388 (talk) 21:31, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, not a reliable source. - w o lf  02:40, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I do not understand. Does it require local resources or what? Iri1388 (talk) 08:28, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 * local sourses Iri1388 (talk) 08:32, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 * See our sourcing guidelines and how to cite them. - w o lf  22:42, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * about a drone carrier (local sourses such as Fars News Agency), but there is a few international sourses such as Forbes.com 1, Middle East Institute 2, United States Naval Institute 3, and for now, I won't change the article. Iri1388 (talk) 23:22, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

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Aircraft Carriers must be used for Air Combat.
An aircrtaft carrier is a capital ship able to engage other aircraft which should exclude those ships that only are used for helicopters and UAVs https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2169795/aircraft-carriers-cvn/ And also the addition of helicopter carriers does not meet the diffenition as stated in article and should be removed. Lukeblake (talk) 08:49, 5 October 2023 (UTC)


 * -Pinging, the first to revert. - w o lf  09:06, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The US Navy isn't who decides what is and isn't an aircraft carrier, nor does it claim to be in the bogus source you provided, the definition is plain and simple. Not only that, how is Turkey's aircraft carrier limited to helicopters and UAVs? It's not, it already carries light attack aircraft and soon jet aircraft, and yet you removed them in your edits.
 * Show me what exact quote in your "source" the US Navy claims aircraft carriers MUST launch aircraft capable of CAP duties and show me your source which states Turkey's aircraft carrier is limited to UAVs and helicopters. Holy Sepulchre (talk) 10:36, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * In my source 3rd parahgraph "Aircraft carriers support and operate aircraft that engage in attacks on airborne, afloat and ashore targets".
 * In the following article of NavalNews it stated by experts "that Anadolu’s flight deck is shorter because it was designed for STOVL (short take-off and vertical landing) aircraft. For this reason, Hürjet may need a catapult system that will provide initial speed to take off" https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/04/turkey-plans-to-deploy-indigenous-aircraft-hurjet-on-lhd-anadolu/ You can have Anadolu left in so it can say there's plans for future aircraft on carrier but Brazil's Atlântico should be removed cause its only used for helicopters. Lukeblake (talk) 11:13, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar with Brazil's carrier but to me an aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier. If you want to distinguish them then I think the table should be formatted like it is in the French language version where the different type of aircraft carriers are shown because they are all aircraft carriers afterall. I won't complain if you make the edits you just agreed to but I think the table eventually needs updating since the title of the page is list of aircraft carriers not list of 'conventional' aircraft carriers. Holy Sepulchre (talk) 11:32, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Spanish aircraft carrier
The Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias was decommissioned in 2013. Regarding the "Numbers of aircraft carriers by country" table, shouldn't Spain have 0 in service? And then 3 decommissioned? Poopykibble (talk) 16:17, 31 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Nevermind I just found out about Juan Carlos I. Poopykibble (talk) 16:18, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

New category: countries with carries that are not currently operational.
The country that would fall into this category is Russia.

They have an aircraft carrier on paper, but it is non operational and hasn't sailed on its own power in 7 years now...

it also has not done any sort of aircraft launch or recovery operation in an even longer time...

it's disingenuous to have Russia categorised as having an aircraft carrier, because they may on paper. but they really don't in reality.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-admiral-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier-may-never-sail-again-208300 BlunanNation (talk) 12:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)