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Type of Royal Navy warship
Fighter catapult ships (FCS) also known as Catapult Armed Ships were an attempt by the Royal Navy to provide air cover at sea. Five ships were acquired
Fighter_catapult_ship
British merchant ships with onboard fighter aircraft
and tested by the five fighter catapult ships, commissioned as warships and commanded and crewed by the Royal Navy – the CAM ships were ordinary merchant
CAM_ship
Device used to launch aircraft from ships
of ships were fitted with rocket-driven catapults, first the fighter catapult ships of the Royal Navy, then armed merchantmen known as CAM ships from
Aircraft_catapult
Type of warship
some amphibious assault ships also support V/STOL fixed-wing aircraft, and some latest models (e.g. China's Type 076) have catapult systems for assisted
Amphibious_assault_ship
Type of warship
number of aircraft fitted with floats (making the ship a kind of seaplane tender/fighter catapult ship). The early aircraft cruiser turned out to be an
Aircraft_cruiser
Ship designed for operations near shore
LCS-34, LCS-36, and LCS-38. Sea Fighter (FSF-1), experimental USN littoral combat ship Project 22160-class patrol ship Gowind-class corvette Braunschweig-class
Littoral_combat_ship
Conceptual floating missile platform
Aircraft Carriers Armed With Stealth Fighters". Retrieved 20 June 2022. Also in the works is a 5,000-ton 'Arsenal Ship'-- a mobile missile platform, derived
Arsenal_ship
1914 British seaplane carrier
until she was modified to serve as the prototype fighter catapult ship in late 1940. This type of ship was intended to defend convoys against attacks by
HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)
Ship type
ships were either decommissioned or converted to seaplane tenders after the War. Barrage balloon Brodie landing system CAM ship Fighter catapult ship
Balloon_carrier
merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to defend the convoy from long-range German aircraft. The aircraft
List of aircraft carriers of World War II
List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_World_War_II
Ship capable of supporting aircraft activities
CAM ship Drone carrier Fighter catapult ship Interdiction Assault Ship Seaplane tender Aviation portal List of current United States Navy ships List
Aviation-capable_naval_vessel
Fighter catapult ship - convoy escorts fitted with a catapult to launch a fighter CAM ship - civilian ships equipped with a catapult to launch a fighter Queen
List of classes of British ships of World War II
List_of_classes_of_British_ships_of_World_War_II
Type of amphibious warfare ship
A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious
Dock_landing_ship
Warship of 17th–19th centuries
A ship of the line is a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was
Ship_of_the_line
Small warship
navies to "lieutenant commander", derives from the name of this type of ship. The rank is the most junior of three "captain" ranks in several European
Corvette
United States Navy and Royal Navy ship class
reclassified Landing Ship Support, Large, also performed radar picket duty and fire fighting. The original designation for the ships was LCS(L)(3), which
Landing_craft_support
1926 cargo ship converted to catapult ship
HMS Springbank was a Royal Navy fighter catapult ship of the Second World War. Originally a cargo ship built in 1926 for Bank Line it was acquired by the
HMS_Springbank
Military ship used by a navy
A naval ship (or naval vessel) is a military ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) that is used by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated
Naval_ship
Ship that transports and launches drones
strike groups. Some drone carrier, such as the Type 076, carries aircraft catapult to launch heavy weight jet-propelled fixed-wing drones. In November 2014
Drone_carrier
Ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare
platform for catapults that were often mounted on supergalleys. However, the "forty" was likely just a showpiece; Plutarch describes the ship as for exhibition
Warship
Topics referred to by the same term
Control Systems, a Dutch aerospace company Fibre Channel switch Fighter catapult ship Fin control system Final Cut Studio Fire-control system Flight control
FCS
Transport ship for carrying and landing amphibious forces
dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force
Amphibious_transport_dock
Combat logistics ship
support ship (US Navy hull classification symbol: AOE) is a type of replenishment auxiliary ship. Different from traditional logistic ships, the fast
Fast_combat_support_ship
Type of warship
carriers, converted from Cleveland-class light cruisers, were unsatisfactory ships for aviation with their narrow, short decks and slender, high-sheer hulls;
Light_aircraft_carrier
Type of aircraft carrier
carrier aircraft were designed as fighters, scouts and gunfire observers. Torpedo bombers were developed to slow enemy ships so friendly battleships might
Fleet_carrier
Ship used to carry soldiers
A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Troopships were often drafted
Troopship
Warship type disguised as a non-combatant
the sailing ship SMS Seeadler for his voyage (1916–1917). The Germans used a sailing ship at this stage of the war because coal-fired ships had limited
Merchant_raider
Aircraft launching system
making the ship the first aircraft carrier in the world confirmed to launch fifth-generation fighters successfully using an electromagnetic catapult system
Electromagnetic_catapult
Type of naval ship
An auxiliary ship is a naval ship designed to support combatant ships and other naval operations. Auxiliary ships are not primary combatant vessels, though
Auxiliary_ship
Type of warship
capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied. In the 17th to early 18th centuries the term "frigate" was loosely given to any full-rigged ship built
Frigate
Ship type
Lufthansa opted for a stationary, flying boat tender, the Westphalen, with catapult and lifting crane in the middle of the Atlantic to extend the range of
Aviso
Large watercraft
A ship is a large watercraft designed for travel across the surface of a body of water, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized tasks
Ship
Ship used to provide maintenance support to warships and other vessels
A repair ship is a naval auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to warships. Repair ships provide similar services to destroyer, submarine
Repair_ship
Bulk cargo ship to carry coal
A collier is a bulk cargo ship designed or used to carry coal. Early evidence of coal being transported by sea includes use of coal in London in 1306.
Collier_(ship)
Boat that services aircraft landing on water
respect to the ship and could be hoisted aboard. In the inter-war years, it was common for cruisers and battleships to be equipped with catapult-launched reconnaissance
Seaplane_tender
Boat used by the Italian Royal Navy
icebreaker was hit and exploded after being dropped overboard, while the ship itself was holed by some 150 machine gun rounds. The four torpedoes launched
MAS_(motorboat)
Type of broadside ironclad battleship
The central battery ship, also known as a centre battery ship in the United Kingdom and as a casemate ship in European continental navies, was a development
Central_battery_ship
Type of small aircraft carrier
from French and Indian ships, allowing these ships to still remain useful especially in the framework of NATO even as newer fighter and strike aircraft were
Anti-submarine warfare carrier
Anti-submarine_warfare_carrier
British warship
and commissioned as an Ocean Boarding vessel and subsequently a fighter catapult ship (FCS) during World War II for the Royal Navy. Ariguani was built
HMS_Ariguani
Large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns
a main battery consisting of large guns, designed to serve as a capital ship. From their advent in the late 1880s, battleships were among the largest
Battleship
Pre-gunpowder projectile-launching device
a "slingshot") to a mechanism for launching aircraft from a ship. The earliest catapults date to at least the 7th century BC, with King Uzziah of Judah
Catapult
Type of large warship
aircraft or, as Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone (PIRAZ) ships, guided fighters to intercept enemy aircraft. By 1995 the former guided-missile frigates
Cruiser
Steam-propelled warship protected by armor plates
Their performance demonstrated that the ironclad had replaced the unarmored ship of the line as the most powerful warship afloat. Ironclad gunboats became
Ironclad_warship
Ships deliberately set on fire during battle
A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were
Fire_ship
Class of US cargo ship, 1940s
The Victory ship is a class of cargo ships produced in large numbers by American shipyards during World War II. They were a more modern design compared
Victory_ship
Aspect of naval history
CAM ships, like SS Michael E, were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch but not retrieve a single fighter aircraft from a catapult. These
History of the aircraft carrier
History_of_the_aircraft_carrier
Naval ship
A mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV is a type of naval ship designed for the locating of and destruction of naval mines which combines the role of a
Mine_countermeasures_vessel
Ship used in amphibious warfare
An amphibious warfare ship (or amphib) is an amphibious vehicle warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory
Amphibious_warfare_ship
Small ironclad warship with large guns
as coastal ships. The term also encompassed more flexible breastwork monitors, and was sometimes used as a generic term for any turreted ship. In the early
Monitor_(warship)
Vessel for locating and removing naval mines
became the predecessor of the mine sweeping forces with specially designed ships and equipment to follow. These reserve Trawler Section fishermen and their
Minesweeper
Ship used to train seafarers
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially
Training_ship
Carrier centric aircraft launch-recovery system
assisted take-off with additional acceleration from an aircraft catapult, and land on the ship (the recovery phase) with assisted deceleration from an arresting
CATOBAR
Type of warship
cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fire ships were classed by the Royal Navy as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were
Sloop-of-war
Sailing vessel
Penobscot Bay, including the Wyoming, which is considered the largest wooden ship ever built. The Thomas W. Lawson was the only seven-masted schooner built
Schooner
carrier Fighter catapult ship Catapult aircraft merchant ship Merchant aircraft carrier Aircraft maintenance carrier Interdiction assault ship Flagship
List of established military terms
List_of_established_military_terms
Class of amphibious assault ship
076 is the world's first amphibious assault ship and drone carrier designed with an electromagnetic catapult. In mid-2020, official request for proposals
Type 076 landing helicopter dock
Type_076_landing_helicopter_dock
Battleships built from the 1880s to 1905
navies worldwide start to build battleships to a common design as dozens of ships essentially followed the design of the Royal Navy's Majestic class. Built
Pre-dreadnought_battleship
Ship designated as a medical treatment facility
A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital. Most are operated by the military forces
Hospital_ship
Type of naval vessel
A guard ship is a warship assigned as a stationary guard in a port or harbour, as opposed to a coastal patrol boat, which serves its protective role at
Guard_ship
1970s proposed class of cruisers
armed and equipped with the Aegis combat system, the SM-2, Harpoon anti-ship missile, the Tomahawk missile, and the Mk71 8-inch gun. A prototype strike
Strike_cruiser
Destroyer equipped with guided missiles
Núñez (F104) Cristóbal Colón (F105) TF2000-class destroyer (planned, 8 ships to be built) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) USS
Guided-missile_destroyer
Warships built for defending coastlines
Coastal defence ships (sometimes called coastal battleships or coast defence ships) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during
Coastal_defence_ship
American naval base in Bahrain
Amphibious assault ship Anti-submarine warfare carrier Balloon carrier Battlecarrier CAM ship Drone carrier Escort carrier Fighter catapult ship Fleet carrier
Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain
Ships that provide supplies and propulsion and aviation fuel to combatant ships
Combat stores ships, or storeships, are naval auxiliary ships used to store logistic supplies and deliver provisions and motor fuel to other surface combatants
Combat_stores_ship
Ship used to provide maintenance support to aircraft
built for fighter aircraft support. These eighteen ship were 187 feet (57 m) long and designated, Aircraft Maintenance Units. The eighteen ships provided
Aircraft_repair_ship
Type of boat
agency vessel (such as a coast guard or border force cutter), to a type of ship's boat which can be used under sail or oars, or, historically, to a type of
Cutter_(boat)
Amphibious assault ship of World War II
A Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is a type of amphibious warfare ship class designed to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, along with other military
Landing_Ship,_Tank
19th-century warship type
Turret ships were a 19th-century type of warship, the earliest to have their guns mounted in a revolving gun turret, instead of a broadside arrangement
Turret_ship
Submarine designed to operate in coordination with other vessels of a battle fleet
speeds – over 20 knots while surfaced – required to match their capital ships and to be able to screen ahead of the fleet or flank the enemy, the British
Fleet_submarine
Warship that serves as a seagoing airbase
carriers. CAM ships were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to defend the convoy
Aircraft_carrier
Watercraft used as military accommodation
A barracks ship or barracks barge or berthing barge, or in civilian use accommodation vessel or accommodation ship, is a ship or a non-self-propelled barge
Barracks_ship
Chinese aircraft carrier
eighth sea trial at the end of May 2025, with ship-borne Shenyang J-35 stealth fighters, fitted for catapult launch, carrying out tests and flights at the
Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian
Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Fujian
Landing craft designed for carrying vehicles
military landing craft designed for carrying personnel and vehicles from ship to shore without requiring a pier or other shore-based structure. Multiple
Landing_craft_mechanized
Sailing naval ship
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (long guns or carronades)
Bomb_vessel
Naval auxiliary ship
A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during
Replenishment_oiler
Classification of Japanese naval vessel
Kaibōkan (海防艦; "sea defence ship") or coastal defense ship was a type of naval ship used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II for escort
Kaibōkan
Type of large war submarine
submarines remained vulnerable to damage from defensively equipped merchant ships (DEMS), were slow to dive if found by aircraft, offered a large sonar echo
Cruiser_submarine
Type of ship that supplies and supports submarines
A submarine tender, in British English a submarine depot ship, is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines. Submarines are small compared
Submarine_tender
Type of amphibious warfare ship
Landing craft carriers or landing craft depot ships were an innovative type of amphibious warfare ship developed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World
Landing_craft_carrier
Submarine capable of launching cruise missiles
cruise missiles (SLCMs consisting of land-attack cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles) as its primary armament. Missiles greatly enhance a warship's ability
Cruise-missile_submarine
Theoretical submarine equivalent of an amphibious assault ship
745 troops, 10 T-34 tanks, 12 trucks, 12 towed cannons, and 3 catapult-launched La-5 fighter aircraft for air cover. The troops and vehicles meanwhile would
Amphibious_assault_submarine
Flagships of the commander of a fleet
fleet activities. An auxiliary command ship features the command and control components prevalent on landing ships (command) and also features the capability
Command_ship
Sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts
a schooner, and may approach the magnitude of a full-sized, three-masted ship." Brigs vary in length between 75 and 165 ft (23 and 50 m) with tonnages
Brig
Type of warship intended to escort other larger ships
as "destroyers" in English. The antitorpedo boat origin of this type of ship is retained in its name in other languages, including French (contre-torpilleur)
Destroyer
Type of small to medium-sized warship
is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt
Light_cruiser
Submarine that can launch ballistic missiles
number of conventionally powered cruise missile submarines and surface ships fielded by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s, deploying
Ballistic_missile_submarine
Vessels equipped with cranes
An auxiliary crane ship is a vessel of the United States Military Sealift Command designed to operate where port facilities are limited or damaged to transfer
Auxiliary_crane_ship
Seagoing watercraft
sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. The term excludes landing ships, which are larger, and smaller craft, such as paddled soft-bottomed rubber
Landing_craft
British Second World War small high-speed military vessel
they patrolled along the western coast of Italy, attacking small coastal ships and E-boats until mid-1944. As Italy was progressively liberated, certain
Motor_gunboat
Vessel built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes
one knew these waters as well as local fishermen, and the trawler was the ship type these fishermen understood and could operate effectively without further
Naval_trawler
Type of aircraft carrier
a substantial part of the deck, which can extend the full length of the ship like HMS Ocean of the Royal Navy (RN), or extend only partway, usually aft
Helicopter_carrier
Type of submarine (naval vessel)
Amphibious assault ship Anti-submarine warfare carrier Balloon carrier Battlecarrier CAM ship Drone carrier Escort carrier Fighter catapult ship Fleet carrier
Coastal_submarine
Naval surface vessel capable of high speed designed to attack other watercraft
small, fast, agile, offensive, often affordable warship armed with anti-ship missiles, gun or torpedoes. FACs are usually operated in close proximity
Fast_attack_craft
Chinese fourth-generation carrier-based multirole fighter
through strict tests, and fighter jets can be deployed on the carrier. In July 2016, a prototype with a nose landing gear for catapult launch, called J-15T
Shenyang_J-15
British navy terminology
Landing ship logistics (LSL) was a term used by the United Kingdom armed forces to describe the Round Table class of landing ship used in the support
Landing_ship_logistics
Type of WWII aircraft carrier
merchant ship MV Hannover and commissioned in July 1941. For defense from German aircraft, convoys were supplied first with fighter catapult ships and CAM
Escort_carrier
German navy's fast attack craft of World War II
three landing ships, one repair ship, one naval tug, and numerous other merchant vessels. Sea mines laid by the E-boats sank 37 merchant ships totalling 148
E-boat
Merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes
CAM ship (from catapult armed merchantman) was a British merchantman fitted with a catapult that could launch, but not recover, a single fighter aircraft
Armed_merchantman
carrier fighter. Sea Hurricane IA The Sea Hurricane mk IA was a catapult only aircraft that was carried and launched from CAM ships. These ships only had
List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in World War II
List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_aircraft_in_World_War_II
Ship type
Ocean boarding vessels (OBVs) were merchant ships taken over by the Royal Navy during the Second World War for the purpose of enforcing wartime blockades
Ocean_boarding_vessel
FIGHTER CATAPULT-SHIP
FIGHTER CATAPULT-SHIP
Boy/Male
Native American
Fighter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for the smaller of two men with the same forename, from the comparative of Light.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Leiter.
Boy/Male
Irish
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Celtic Gaelic Irish
Fighter.
Girl/Female
French
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Celtic Scottish
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Irish
Fighter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a fisherman, Middle English fischer. The name has also been used in Ireland as a loose equivalent of Braden. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognates and names of similar meaning from many other European languages, including German Fischer, Dutch Visser, Hungarian Halász, Italian Pescatore, Polish Rybarz, etc.In a few cases, the English name may in fact be a topographic name for someone who lived near a fish weir on a river, from the Old English term fisc-gear ‘fish weir’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a fisherman, Yiddish fisher, German Fischer.Irish : translation of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. See Braden.Mistranslation of French Poissant, meaning ‘powerful’, but understood as poisson ‘fish’ (see Poisson), and assimilated to the more frequent English name.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Fighter.
Girl/Female
Swedish American Anglo Saxon Norse Teutonic English German
Fighter.
Girl/Female
Swedish American German Teutonic
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sathwaki | ஸதà¯à®µà®¾à®•ீ
Fighter
Sathwaki | ஸதà¯à®µà®¾à®•ீ
Boy/Male
Australian, Polish, Slavic
Warrior; To Fight; Battle Glory; Fighter; Boris
Boy/Male
Russian
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Celtic
Fighter.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Satwaki | ஸதà¯à®µà®¾à®•ீ
Fighter
Satwaki | ஸதà¯à®µà®¾à®•ீ
Boy/Male
Russian
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Irish
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Celtic English Norse Scottish
Fighter.
Boy/Male
Native American
Fighter.
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