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	Japanese Carriers of WW2
		Yacht Isabel (PY-10) is sighted by floatplane from Japanese seaplane carrier Kamikawa Maru of Indo China.
		Seaplane tender (destroyer) William B. Preston (AVD-7) is attacked by fighters and attack planes from Japanese carrier Ryujo in Davao Gulf, P.I. 14Dec41.
		Seaplane carriers Chitose and Chiyoda rebuilt as light aircraft carriers.
	www.ww2pacific.com /japcv.html (1680 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Though aircraft carriers are given their definition with respect to fixed-wing aircraft, the first known instance of using a ship for airborne operations occurred in 1806, when the British Royal Navy's Lord Thomas Cochrane launched kites from the 32-gun frigate HMS Pallas in order to drop propaganda leaflets on the French territory.
		Commissioned as a seaplane tender, and carrying float-equipped planes under hangars on the main deck, from where they were lowered on the sea with a crane, she participated in tactical exercises in the Mediterranean in 1912.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the U.S. Navy, this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aircraft_carrier (6983 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942 - Japanese intentions [Australian War Memorial]
		Meanwhile, the Japanese Carrier Strike Force had moved rapidly down the eastern flank of the Solomons and by midday on the 5th they were to the east of San Christobal Island, covering what they anticipated to be the US carriers' line of retreat.
		Meanwhile, the Japanese attacked the US carriers which they caught at a time when their combat air patrol had too little fuel to intercept and the relief patrol with insufficient time to scramble and intercept the attackers.
		Carrier task forces had conducted simultaneous raids on the Gilberts and Marshalls, Wake Island and Marcus Island during February and March in an attempt to divert Japanese strength from the South Pacific.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/coral_sea/doc.htm (3164 words)

	Top Literature - Seaplane tender
		A seaplane tender (or seaplane carrier) is a ship which provides the facilities necessary for operating seaplanes.
		Another early seaplane carrier was the HMS Hermes, an old cruiser converted and commissioned in 1913.
		During the Second World War both the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy built a number of seaplane tenders to supplement their aircraft carrier fleets; however these ships often had their catapults removed, and were used usually as support vessels which operated seaplanes from harbours rather than in a seaway.
	encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Seaplane_tender (602 words)

	Aircraft carrier information - Search.com
		Carriers steam at speed, for example up to 35 knots (65 km/h), into the wind during take-off in order to increase the apparent wind speed, thereby reducing the speed of the aircraft relative to the ship.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the U.S. Navy, this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
		At the Battle of Midway four Japanese carriers were sunk in a surprise attack by planes from three American carriers and this is considered to be the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
	www.search.com /reference/Aircraft_carrier (5384 words)

	Midway Atoll in World War II: the Battle of Midway
		The eyes and ears of the U.S. Navy at Midway in 1942, PBY seaplanes flew around the clock and seaplane ramps were used to launch and retrieve PBYs.
		Japanese fighter aircraft protecting their carriers are running gout of ammunition and fuel after mopping up after the torpedo bomber attacks.
		The two Japanese carriers hit on June 4 that did not sink were scuttled by the Japanese surface ships.
	midway.fws.gov /past/ww2.html (1875 words)

	Seaplane tender
		These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War - the first being HMS Hermes, and old cruiser converted and commissioned in 1913.
		USS Langley (CV-1) was the United States' first aircraft carrier, but converted from an aircraft carrier to a seaplane tender in 1937
		USS Mississippi (BB-23) was an obsolete battleship used as a seaplane tender in 1914.
	www.kiwipedia.com /seaplane-tender.html (463 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - The Early Years / Part 3
		In 1913, the cruiser HMS Hermes was converted to a seaplane carrier, becoming the first ship to set sail with the sole purpose of carrying aircraft into combat.
		The HMS Hermes also became the first carrier to be a casualty of war, when she was sunk by a German U-boat in October 1914.
		However, one disadvantage of carrying aircraft on battleships was that the planes could not return and land on the ships.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap1c.htm (1029 words)

	List of aircraft carriers \| Topic Definition \| Find the Meaning and Define the Answer of List of aircraft carriers
		Australia's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1982.
		Canada's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1970.
		See list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy for all US carriers past and present.
	www.thefreeencyclopedia.com /definition/word.aspx?w=List_of_aircraft_carriers (767 words)

	Aoshima 1/700 505 IJN Seaplane Carrier Chiyoda 1942 : hobby888.com
		Chiyoda was completed as seaplane carrier in 1938 but can be rebuilt into aircraft carrier.
		However, this conversion reduced the number of seaplanes that can be carried to 12.
		She too was lost off Cape Engano, sunk by cruiser fire and destroyer torpedoes in a confrontation with units from Task Force 38, 25 October 1944.
	www.hobby888.com /cgi/view.pl?c1=401272 (200 words)

	Kamoi Class Specs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The KAMOI was converted to a seaplane carrier in 1933 at the Uraga Dock Co. in Tokyo.
		The KAMOI was rerated a fleet oiler in 1943.
		The KAMOI was the only seaplane carrier of her class.
	www.combinedfleet.com /Kamoi_c.htm (172 words)

	Seaplane Bases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Aviation is pleased to present an updated edition of the Washington State Seaplane Landing and Seaplane Base Directory...
		There are 12 designated seaplane bases in the state...
		A seaplane base can be as simple as a body of water on which seaplanes are permitted to land,...
	www.aircraft.flight-info-center.info /flight/seaplane-bases.php (235 words)

	Auxiliary Ships, Page 4, Pacific War
		Carried 900 troops to Canton Island, dragged aground 13 Feb 42.
		Seaplane tender commissioned 16 Dec 1921, 11,000 tons.
		Tanker commissioned 1920; recommissioned 21 June 1938, assigned to Asiatic fleet carrying oil from Borneo to Manila where she was discharging oil as the war broke out.
	www.ww2pacific.com /ships4.html (1807 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Nisshin (Seaplane Carrier, 1942)
		A relatively large and fast ship, intended to carry both combat seaplanes and mines, she was commissioned in February 1942.
		As part of the Main Body during the Battle of Midway in early June 1942, she appears to have carried motor torpedo boats and midget submarines to equip the advanced base that the Japanese expected to establish at Midway.
		The large seaplane carrier in the center is probably Nisshin, which had carried Japanese reinforcements and artillery to Guadalcanal two days earlier.
	138.147.50.20 /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-n/nishin3.htm (376 words)

	Aoshima 1/700 504 IJN Seaplane Carrier Chitose 1942 : hobby888.com
		Chitose was completed as seaplane carrier in 1938 but can be rebuilt into aircraft carrier.
		After repair, together with her sister ship, Chiyoda, she was to be reconstructed as full carrier.
		On 25 October 1944, she was eventually sunk by aircraft from USS Essex and USS Lexington off Cape Engano, Northern Philippines.
	www.hobby888.com /cgi/view.pl?f=toy&c1=401271 (254 words)

	Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association, FAAOA
		Seaplane Carrier, RAN 1928-38, RN 1938-45 (also RANAS Nowra, NSW 1946-date): Atlantic 1939-43, Normandy 1944.
		Seaplane Carrier 1915 - 7 (sunk Jan 1917)
		Fleet carrier 1930 - 40 (sunk Jun 1940): Norway 1940.
	www.fleetairarmoa.org /asp/fleetairarm.asp?ServiceType=1 (1143 words)

	Research Guide - Cockatoo Island Dockyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross, designed by the British Admiralty in 1925, was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard for the Royal Australian Navy as ship number 106.
		These drawings for the seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross were provided by the Navy at the time of placing the order, or later, for information and guidance.
		This series is the contents of a dispatch sent by the Admiralty on 13 May 1927 to Cockatoo Island Dockyard, in addition to the original guidance drawings, to assist in the construction of the seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross.
	www.aa.gov.au /Publications/research_guides/guides/dockyard/chapt03/ships/albatros.htm (768 words)

	Dictionary :: seaplane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		a large seaplane that lands with its fuselage in the water.
		an aircraft equipped with floats for landing on water; a seaplane.
		The RNAS was amalgamated with the RFC in 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
	www.dictionaries.cc /seaplane (708 words)

	Seaplane tender - Free net encyclopedia
		Image:Albatross (AWM 300122).jpg A seaplane tender (or seaplane carrier) is a ship which provides the facilities necessary for operating seaplanes.
		The tenders allowed the aircraft to be rapidly deployed to new bases because their support facilities were mobile, in a similar way to depot ships for submarines or destroyers and runways did not have to be constructed.
		USS Currituck and USS Pine Island (USA WWII-era seaplane tender, both later participated in Operation Highjump, a 1947 mission to Antarctica)it:Nave appoggio idrovolanti
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Seaplane_tender (513 words)

	Seaplane Aircraft - Amazing Aircraft Guide
		Seaplanes also had poorer performance than other aircraft because of the...
		Seaplane tenders had largely been superseded by aircraft carriers in the...
		This is remarkable for the variety of seaplane model aircraft, postage stamps, trading cards, decals, post cards, seaplane base manuals and other...
	www.amazingaircraftguide.com /seaplane-aircraft.html (501 words)

	Java Sea
		Japanese carrier striking force attacks Darwin, Australia, and Japanese naval land attack planes bomb the airfield at Darwin.
		Seaplane tender Langley (AV-3), carrying 32 USAAF P-40s earmarked for the defense of Java, is bombed by Japanese naval land attack planes 75 miles south of Tjilatjap, Java.
		Irreparably damaged, the ship that had once been the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier (she had been converted to a seaplane tender in 1936) is put under by destroyer Whipple (DD-217).
	www.ww2pacific.com /java.html (2070 words)

	seaplane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Seaplane [Categories: Seaplanes and flying boats] A seaplane is an (A vehicle that can fly) aircraft designed to take off and alight upon water.
		Wednesday, March 24, 2004 Seaplane I keep forgetting to mention this, but since I'm on a sort of "regional" streak, I wanted to draw your attention to the lovely Seaplane boutique out of Portland...
		June 12th Seaplane Tour Special thanks to Mackinac Seaplane Tours Mackinaw City Mighty Mac Home Sunday, June 12, 2001, I was up at 5:20AM (4:20 AM my time) and drove north to Kinross, Michigan where...
	www.i-canada-jet-charter.com /notepad/seaplane (820 words)

	Naval Aviation history and the Fleet Air Arm
		At the beginning of the war the RNAS was engaged in north-sea patrols, and until February 1916 was also responsible for the Air Defence of Britain and was the pioneer of Strategic bombing, the first raid being mounted on German territorials six weeks into the war, against the Zeppelin hangers at Düsseldorf.
		However, there is some concern over whether the projected 2 carriers will be able to cope with the load the three Invincibles now carry, with one of the carriers being out of service for refits and upgrades some of the time.
		The Australian government was again asked to consider the formation of a Fleet Air Arm in 1944 with a proposal to transfer the carrier, HMS Hermes to the RAN but the plans were abandoned when the manning required proved to be too large.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /History/Index.htm (3657 words)

	Japanese Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hosho (1922) - 7,470 tons - 21 aircraft - was an oiler converted to a carrier with British technical assistance.
		Notoro (1922) - 14,050 tons - 10 aircraft - converted from an oiler to a seaplane carrier in 1924 and then back to an oiler in 1942.
		Chiyoda and Chitose (1938) - 11,023 tons - 24 aircraft each - seaplane carriers converted in 1941 to carry midget subs (aircraft capacity cut in half) and then to aircraft carriers after Midway.
	www.mnstarfire.com /ww2/history/countries/Japan/Navy/JapanNavy.html (247 words)

	Aviation Books for Sale
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		The fully- illustrated story of WWII's foremost fighter plane, commencing with the foundation of the Supermarine works in 1912, details of the Schneider Trophy seaplanes and other experimental aircraft that led to the Spitfire, and the history of the Spitfire itself right through to 1960, ending with a listing of surviving examples at that time.
		This is a capsule history of Boeing design evolution from the stick- and-wire B&W seaplane of 1916, to the military and commercial jets, missiles and space vehicles of the early '60's.
	www.stillmanbooks.com /aviation.htm (10060 words)

	WarChron.com :: View topic - German Seaplane Carriers - Baltic Sea
		The Germans had four seaplane carriers in the Baltic Sea.
		German cruiser SMS Friedrich Karl carried two floatplanes and on 25.10.1914 carried out a reconnaissance in the Gulf of Finland; on 17.11.1914 she was mined and sunk 53 km west of Memel.
		I was not aware that one seaplane was on board the Augsburg, Bremen, or V-100.
	www.warchron.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=78&view=previous (432 words)

	The Website Located at TomStockton.us - Ships - ENGADINE - Seaplane carrier - 1914
		She was hampered by poor performance of her seaplanes, and several attempts to attack shore targets were hampered by the difficulties of handling the aircraft.
		Refitted by Cunard Co. in 1915; thereafter, carried four seaplanes.
		Was present at Jutland on 31 May 1916; one of her seaplanes sighted the High Seas Fleet, but failed to get the message through.
	www.tomstockton.us /ships/ships_-_e/ships-engadine_seaplane_carrier_1914.htm (184 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Lists
		The World Aircraft Carriers Lists are a comprehensive, detailed listing of all the world's aircraft carriers and seaplane tenders, from the start of naval aviation into the 21st century.
		Every carrier and seaplane tender ever built or planned is listed, with complete technical data, historical sketches and photographs for virtually every ship.
		The only requirements are that (1) the site must contain significant carrier-related material, not just a passing reference to carriers, (2) the site must not violate the copyrights of this or any other site, and (3) the site must be reasonably well maintained, i.e.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers (979 words)

	SEAPLANE SEXTANT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He is an avid seaplane pilot and mountaineer and has climbed in North America, Europe, and the...
		Journal of a Seaplane Cruise Around The World Part Four: North America Tuesday, January 1, 1935 The...
		The bubble sextant which we carry can be used any time during day or night when heavenly bodies are...
	www.rebels92.de /seaplanesextant-88606 (306 words)

	Fairey Campania - recon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Fairey Campania two-seat seaplane got its name from the ex-Cunard ocean liner Campania which the Admiralty had converted into
		a seaplane carrier during the winter of 1914-15.
		A total of about 60 Campanias were built from the contracts placed with Fairey (for 50 aircraft in two batches), Barclay Curie and Company (for 50) and Frederick Sage and Company/Sunbeam Motor Car Company (for 70).
	avia.russian.ee /air/england/fairey_campania.html (148 words)

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