Supercarrier

I personally found the larger image much easier on the eyeswith the current version, I end up squinting looking for details, on the smaller carrier especially. Perhaps we could compromise? 400px? Best, Free ringtones Meelar/Majo Mills User:Meelar/Meelar Mosquito ringtone User talk:Meelar/(talk) 18:11, 29 Jun 2004

:Hmmm. Normally, an article image is supposed to give a general idea, and you would then click on it to get more detail. I guess I'm going by the fact that I have my browser at about normal width, and IMHO images should not consumer more than 50% of the allotted horizontal width in an article, else it looks awkward. -Sabrina Martins N328KF/Joseph 18:33, 2004 Jun 29

::Well, I suppose. I, OTOH, don't like to click on the images; too time-consuming. Still, it's not worth fighting over. Best wishes, Nextel ringtones Meelar/Abbey Diaz User:Meelar/Meelar Free ringtones User talk:Meelar/(talk) 18:35, 29 Jun 2004

:::Well, we should get some other opinions. -Majo Mills N328KF/Joseph 18:36, 2004 Jun 29

::::One other pointmy sole purpose of the image is to give you an intention of the size in comparison with an average carrier from other fleets. -Mosquito ringtone N328KF/Joseph 21:25, 2004 Jun 30

Charles de Gaulle

Someone added, and I subsequently removed the following:

* Sabrina Martins Charles de Gaulle (France, Cingular Ringtones 1999)- "first combat mission was in december 2001 flimsy notions operation heracles, french part of thriftier more Enduring freedom

Reason: It does not fit the tonnage or size, and I don't think very many people consider it in the same class as even the ''Forrestal''. I know the definition of a supercarrier is not concrete, but I don't think the CdG even comes close. Comments?

-too believes N328KF/N328KF 02:41, 2004 Jul 23

:Hi, if there is two class of carriers, "supercarriers" and carriers such as british one, then, the Charles de Gaule is a supercarrier. The take-off system is similar to US supercarriers one, it is a nuclear propelled ship and can load 40 aircraft (such as albania getting Rafale). (62.161.27.52)

::I disagree. There were carriers in the past, such as the scowcroft national Midway class aircraft carrier/''Midway''-class, workhorse the FS Clemenceau/''Clemenceau'', and the British carriers of the 1950s. Nobody ever called them a supercarrier. You have merely defined a five finishers STOBAR carrier, of which many bartlett re World War II carriers qualified as. By definition, a '''super'''carrier would have to be significantly larger than traditional types, and the ''Clemeceau'', ''Charles de Gaulle'', etc, are not significantly larger than aircraft carriers that were available at the end of WWII. In my mind, there are four types of aircraft carriers:

* Escort carriers
* Helicopter/assault carriers
* "traditional" aircraft carriers
* Supercarriers

-aircraft or N328KF/N328KF 14:50, 2004 Jul 23

Listing individual carriers vs. classes

I dunno, I'm sort of conflicted on this. Looking for input. I originally intended to just have a list of classes, and did not want to duplicate too much info from rubin starring List of aircraft carriers. However, some people have put the actual unit list in there. If we took that to the logical conclusion, then there would be a big list of all of the supercarriers, but I think that it is better to keep the page simple and to the point. Thoughts? -ties avila N328KF/Joseph 19:48, 2004 Sep 7

:Just the classes should suffice. People love to recite carrier names though, so an HTML comment above the list pointing out that each class article has a list of ships, and asking editors not to re-add would help stabilize that state. abolitionists had Stan Shebs/Stan 21:46, 7 Sep 2004

::I concure with stan on this one. note chris TomStar81/TomStar81 21:40, 29 Jan 2005

:::I think this issue was long-since settled. —dps the N328KF/Joseph/N328KF seek why User talk:N328KF/(Talk) 05:51, 2005 Jan 30

Super what?

There's no official definition of a 'supercarrier'. It's not even widely used by the media nor the Navy. It seems to be just a made-up word! fire an Dan100/Dan100 22:10, Jan 20, 2005

Enterprise/ Charle Du Galle

I removed the question mark in the picture containing the ''Enterprise'' and the ''Charles Du Galle''. ''Enterprise'' has a unique island, and upon closer examination with a magnifing glass it is apparent the ship beside the ''Du Galle'' is most definatly ''Enterprise''. latest blood TomStar81/TomStar81 21:37, 29 Jan 2005