As a direct follow up to my video on Escort Carriers, we come to their counterpart in the Light Carrier. While an idea that predates World War Two, these ships are best known for their service in that war...or after it, with wartime designs.
Largely emergency builds, Japanese conversions excepted, these ships would give good service. Even though the cruiser conversions were...not ideal in a lot of ways.
And the British take, the Light Fleet Carriers, would endure into the 21st Century. Not a bad run for ships intended to last three years.
Even in the modern day, smaller navies still look to the light carrier- though these are bigger than their WW2 forebears -to get some form of aircraft carrier capability.
13 май 2023
