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- Escort_carrier abstract "The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, and the United States Navy in World War II. They were typically half the length and a third the displacement of larger fleet carriers. While they were slower, carried fewer planes, and were less well armed and armored, escort carriers were cheaper and could be built quickly - this was their principal advantage, as escort carriers could be completed in greater numbers as a stop-gap when fleet carriers were scarce. However, the lack of protection made escort carriers particularly vulnerable and several were sunk with great loss of life. The light carrier (hull classification symbol CVL) was a similar concept to escort carriers in most respects, but were capable of higher speeds to allow operation alongside fleet carriers.Most often built on a commercial ship hull, escort carriers were too slow to keep up with the main forces consisting of fleet carriers, battleships, and cruisers. Instead, they were used to escort convoys, defending them from enemy threats such as submarines and planes. In the invasions of mainland Europe and Pacific islands, escort carriers provided air support to ground forces during amphibious operations. Escort carriers also served as backup aircraft transports for fleet carriers, and ferried aircraft of all military services to points of delivery.In the Battle of the Atlantic, escort carriers were used to protect convoys against U-boats. Initially escort carriers accompanied merchant ships and fended off attacks from aircraft and submarines; later in the war, escort carriers were part of hunter-killer groups which sought out submarines instead of being attached to a particular convoy.In the Pacific theater, CVEs provided air support of ground troops in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. They lacked the speed and weapons to counter enemy fleets, relying on the protection of a Fast Carrier Task Force. However, at the Battle off Samar, one U.S. task force of escort carriers managed to successfully defend itself against a large Japanese force of battleships and cruisers. The Japanese were turned back by a furious defense of carrier aircraft, screening destroyers, and destroyer escorts, proving that CVEs had the striking force, if not speed and strength, of full CVs. Of the 151 aircraft carriers built in the U.S. during World War II, 122 were escort carriers. Though no examples survive to this day, the Casablanca class holds the distinction of being the most numerous single class of aircraft carrier ever built, with 50 having been launched. The Bogue class comes in a close second, with 45 launched.".
- Escort_carrier thumbnail HMS_Audacity_(D10).jpg?width=300.
- Escort_carrier wikiPageExternalLink www.bosamar.com.
- Escort_carrier wikiPageID "9932".
- Escort_carrier wikiPageRevisionID "606352363".
- Escort_carrier hasPhotoCollection Escort_carrier.
- Escort_carrier subject Category:Aircraft_carriers.
- Escort_carrier subject Category:Escort_carriers.
- Escort_carrier subject Category:Ship_types.
- Escort_carrier type Carrier109897696.
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- Escort_carrier comment "The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, and the United States Navy in World War II. They were typically half the length and a third the displacement of larger fleet carriers.".
- Escort_carrier label "Escort carrier".
- Escort_carrier label "Geleitflugzeugträger".
- Escort_carrier label "Lotniskowiec eskortowy".
- Escort_carrier label "Portaaviones de escolta".
- Escort_carrier label "Portaerei di scorta".
- Escort_carrier label "Porte-avions d'escorte".
- Escort_carrier label "Эскортный авианосец".
- Escort_carrier label "护航航空母舰".
- Escort_carrier label "護衛空母".
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- Escort_carrier sameAs Geleitflugzeugträger.
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- Escort_carrier sameAs Porte-avions_d'escorte.
- Escort_carrier sameAs Portaerei_di_scorta.
- Escort_carrier sameAs 護衛空母.
- Escort_carrier sameAs 호위항공모함.
- Escort_carrier sameAs Lotniskowiec_eskortowy.
- Escort_carrier sameAs m.02py1.
- Escort_carrier sameAs Q253555.
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- Escort_carrier wasDerivedFrom Escort_carrier?oldid=606352363.
- Escort_carrier depiction HMS_Audacity_(D10).jpg.
- Escort_carrier isPrimaryTopicOf Escort_carrier.