World War Two carriers were smaller than many of their modern equivalents but carried as many or even more aircraft than modern vessels (the average propeller-driven aircraft was positively dinky compared to a modern jet). When it comes to the navy, the aircraft carrier is the first and last word in 'Peace through Superior Firepower'.

Modern carriers are found with plenty of aircraft on top and inside, and always accompanied by several escorts. All aircraft carriers have a flat, wide deck to allow aircraft to take off and land. A modern Nimitz-class supercarrier is the largest, heaviest warship ever built, more than a thousand feet in length and weighing upwards of 100,000 tons. Aircraft carriers are mostly bigger and better (American supercarriers are colossal, but not all carriers are that big), and destroyers have grown to the size of the old light cruisers, with frigates taking the size category of WW2 destroyers.Īn aircraft carrier can be spotted from miles away, literally. Some types of ship from that era have gone altogether- for instance, battleships have been mostly relegated to being museum pieces since the 1950s (Except for a few American ships) and the distinction between 'heavy' and 'light' cruisers is long gone, with nearly all cruiser types being referred to as plain 'cruiser'. The 'historical warships' of Evangelion belong to the World War Two era. 6.23 Ohio-Class Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine.6.21 RFS Nastoychivyy/ Sovremenniy Class DDG.6.17 USS Ticonderoga (Ticonderoga-class CG).6.16 USS Ramage (Arleigh Burke Class DDG).6.12 Hyuga-class DDH (helicopter destroyer).6.10 Heavy Aviation Cruiser (Aircraft Carrier) Kuznetsov.6.9 Heavy Aviation Cruiser(Aircraft Carrier) Novorossiysk.6.7 Command and Control Ship SSV-33 Ural.6.6 Heavy Missile Cruiser Kirov(Currently Admiral Ushakov).6 Warships seen in Episode 08, Evangelion 3.0 and Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0.4 Character Namesakes (Non-Japanese Naval Vessels).

3 Character Namesakes (Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels).2.14 IJN Sakura and IJN Sumire (suspect).2 Character Namesakes (WWII era Imperial Japanese Navy warships).

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