Why Aircraft Carriers are Smaller than Commercial Ships? 

Do they need to use the suez or panama canals?

Yes, which was mentioned toward the end of the video.

@@niel546 They no longer fit the Panama locks. Suez has no locks.

More concentrated armor layout, as shorter length = less area to armor, and so a shorter ship can have more densely armoring/compartmentalization throughout the ship than a longer ship with the same amount of materials. An example would be the North Carolina class battleships to the South Dakota class battleships difference, where the South Dadoka class, having a shorter aft section, had a more concentrated armor layout at that section. yes I know this required the South Dakota to install more powerfull engines to reach similar speeds, but I am focusing on how the ship was able to concentrate more armor in the aft section with a shorter length

@@ryanc5195 They have very limited armor.

Me in my head during those turns: ".. sings Tokyo drift melody...."

Bow thrusters and multiple engines

DEJA VU!

It's usually something that they only do during shake down cruises/testing... Or if they are desperately trying to avoid something. That's why you don't see aircraft on the flight deck. Even tying them down (which they do normally anyways), having a carrier listing that much can be too much strain on them and having them break free. Don't want a $70,000,000 aircraft rolling off the deck and into the ocean.

Would be helpful against torpedoes or smaller boats. Not so much against a missile. That's my reason for bigger is better. More defenses. Less chance to overwhelm the guns.

should have been a video of exactly 10 min though haha but still brilliant

That’s what she said!

STOP USING RETARD UNITS LIKE FAHRENHEIT AND FEET GET REAL!!! and

Just like my 🐓🤣

@@멸공의_횃불 Okay chinese spy

The CVN’s are still too big for the Panama Canal, the USS George Washington needed to sail around South America to get to Norfolk from San Diego. The LHD/LHA’s are small enough though.

Oh god Panama please upgrade your canal

@@shukriwafiq5220 They completed a big upgrade a couple of years ago, widened the locks. Probably lengthened them, I'm not 100% sure.

@@donjones4719 The new locks are still too small for American super carriers.

@@dundonrl Yes, definitely. I was just informing Shukri that his plea for an upgrade has already been fulfilled - to an extent. Since they just finished one, there's no way another upgrade will be done for decades.

Cost money to defend a country

@@theodoreolson8529 video said the same exact thing too.

literally the video could've just been an image of this comment

@@theodoreolson8529 what is your problem?

Argon Hammer The comments from "James C" have been removed making my replies seem out of context.

Avengers flashbacks

They have steam turbines.

"Captain, the Chief Engineer says we need to shut down the engines for a few hours for maintenance." "That's fine. We're surrounded by allies." "We're also at 18,000 feet."

Flying carrier renders the aircraft they carry sort of pointless.

But what if they could launch boats and submarines?

....and why a British commando raid on the _Normandie_ dock at St. Nazaire in March 1942 had to succeed to deny access to the only drydock on the Atlantic coast large enough to accommodate _Bismark's_ sister ship _Tirpitz_ in the event of it getting into the North Atlantic & needing repairs. Without the _Normandie_ drydock facility, _Tirpitz_ would've had to return to Germany for any repairs.

@@stephenphillip5656 exactly. The documentary (I believe it was called ‘the greatest raid’) with Jeremy Clarkson on it was fantastic

Thats just crazy

Ship refused to die.

Just like the uss yorktown american ship says not today

then

@@user-jf6uy4uv3s til she took a torpedo or 2 to the keel, immense flooding caused her to sink

Yesterday's Enterprise

Long live that blessed ship

They're making a new ship with the name

@@connormullins3711 yes I know of course I know

yea

Military ma boy

You gotta be fit if you wanna look intimidating and ready to fight at all time

STOP USING RETARD UNITS LIKE FAHRENHEIT AND FEET GET REAL!!!

Kinda Carrier's are like students with a lot of free time. The might be smart and hit the gym, but they also don't do much and are a money sink, as long as their skills don't come to use. Commercial ships are more the working man. Not as sleek or "smart" but the are working and providing every day of the week, no time for elaborate gym plans.

@@KorporalNoobs carriers are actually huge job producers. From the sailors and pilots onboard to the workers employed by the shipbuilding industry to produce, maintain and repair these vessels

That is intense! I've been wondering lately why they don't make ships that turn faster. I get that they heel over, but even a B-52 is able to turn better it seems, lol. Right now they are fast, but remind me of zepplins when it comes to turning. You might know better than me, thanks

It's called the Helm & the Lee helm..

Makes you think of the sharp turn at the end of "Battleship" when the anchor was dropped to drift a BB.... Edit: only this part is real...

@Jamie C so they had help against Nicaragua? Tell me, who helped them?

@Jamie C Who helped us in the Mexican-American War or the Spanish-American War?

@Jamie C 1 week old account, uneducated, hates the U.S military. I'm going with CCP 50c army. Looking after your 45 dead from last clash with India?

Jamie C r u dumb?

Not sure they can fit. They couldn't before. But with they have done with the canal now, I don't know. CV-64, CVN-73 plank owner.

Length Width Depth Panama Canal locks 289.56m 32.31m 12.04m USS Gerald R. Ford (GRF) 333m 41m n.s. HMS Queen Elizabeth (QE) 280m n.s. 11m MN Charles de Gaulle (CdG) 261.5m 31.5m 9.43m n.s. not stated The length given for the ships is length over all (LOA) and the length between perpendiculars (LBP), which is usually shorter even adding back the bulbous bow if that protrusion is fitted, might be the more relevant metric but LBP is not stated in the publicly available sources researched. WRT depth the figures given for QE & CdG are the published draught for each vessel. Other factors such as air draught and structure overhang may also need consideration.

@@BernardLS Keep in mind that the Panama canal has added larger locks and deepened/widened the navigational channels to allow transit of the larger "Post-Panamax" cargo ships. The new lock chambers are 180 ft (54.86 m) wide, 1,400 ft (426.72 m) long, and 60 ft (18.29 m) deep. - Also, the numbers I found for the pre-expansion locks list them as 110 ft (33.53 m) wide and 1,050 ft (320.04 m) long, and 41.2 ft (12.56 m) deep. Which are not too far off the numbers you listed, in all fairness.

@@MonkeyJedi99 thanks, where did you find your numbers my research was limited to Wikipedia.

They can’t fit in the Panama Canal

The day before the Belgrano was sunk the Argentinian Carrier was due to launch its embarked aircraft in order to attack the British taskforce but couldn’t get enough wind over the deck due to the unusually good weather. Side note: Longer ships tend to be faster than shorter ships. An example of this is the Type 42 class destroyer, the later batches of ships were longer and faster.

​@@jamesalders896 longer proportionally.... basic drag, the longer ship exaggerates the streamlined shape, making it cut through the water better, rather than push through like your stirring something

@@jamesalders896 should that be ‘due to unusually low wind speed’? Seems strange that the embarked aircraft were unable to fly off. Did someone pick the wrong kit?

@@BernardLS If you watch Mark Feltons videos he goes into detail about it

@@jamesalders896 thank you for the tip. Lurking in the back of my mind is a half remembered fact the the Admiralty had a requirement that any aircraft type they commissioned had to be able to fly off in still air and without catapult assistance, seems a tough one to meet especially as they would have a number of unspecified parameters like fuel and weapon load, flight deck length and vessel speed. Is that sound a wrong tree being barked up.

@Iᴄʜɪɢᴏ Kᴜʀᴀsᴀᴋɪ shshsh don't tell him

@Iᴄʜɪɢᴏ Kᴜʀᴀsᴀᴋɪ It's not what you think! We started less than 4 months ago.

@@NotWhatYouThink :0

@@NotWhatYouThink That was smooth

NWYT is still a young channel, but it’s growing alright

Why don't they have nuke power then? 🤔

@@stephank9066 The carriers are nuclear powered

It's about being a hunter not about money. Freighters being fat hogs makes sense. Nimitz class carriers are predators make no mistake.

@@mikewaterfield3599 hunter 🤣. Carrier is a glorified transport for the planes they carry. They don't even control the aircraft after they launch. They fall under control of the Air Defense Coordinator, which is whichever Aegis ship is stuck following them around. As the only cruiser in the battle group, it was always us, which meant we couldn't pull into port until the carrier did. BTW, this is meant as a joke (due to the internet lacking a sarcasm font), though it is true. No matter how much the carrier crews would argue otherwise. 😁

@@bradgaines5091 they fall under control of the CAG. I served in three CAGs in my day. We did not answer to the boat chucks. The function is the same as in land based aviation. The individual operator be it a part 124 carrier, 135 charter, or 91 owner operator, they share one thing. We do not answer to airports. Never underestimate the import of a carrier. They are quite literally a mobile airbases and sovereign American territory.

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Search tinyverse and wtach his videos

True af

Couldn't agree with you more.👍

You should check out the channel Planet Biz! It has only 450 subs, but the videos are like of a 100k channel

never trust anything that mccain says. He caused the deaths of over a hundred of the crew of the USS Forrestal.

Sounds like something your mom said to your dad

@@murica1898 I served aboard USS John F. Kennedy CV-67. All of us know the REAL reason why the Forrestal caught fire.

@@tabithamartin4092 If you know about aviation then you do if you listen to rumors no you don't

@@braddblk wasent a rumor, it was FACT, and it was covered up because his dad had enough influence in high places.

Sucks that it won't happen, because it costs money :(

Bow prongs?

Last of the V8 interceptors, woulda been a shame to blow it up.

What's in the canister

😊👍🏼

Yeah carriers always turn into the wind at Midway the constant air attacks precluded them from launching a strike . It also helps the planes to land if they are turned into the wind

A carrier is only as fast as it's escorts though, and those escorts are not nuclear and require regular refueling.

@@krashd Very true, but the core of the carrier group can break off, refuel and rejoin the group. Other possibilities another vessel tag teams the vessel low on fuel or the entire group pulls back to refuel. It should also be noted that the vessels can be refueled under way somewhere between 10 kts to 15 kts. At cruise speed, a carrier group can travel at 20 kts plus for over 4,000 nm with burst speeds up to 30 kts. I can't be sure, but I think it ight be able to do 2,000 nm at that speed. That isn't shabby.

Not really shields helicaria does it all the time

You should take those pills before the nausea kicks in. My mom took them when she felt sick and then it was already too late. At least she didn’t vomit but she could have had an easier time on that ship.

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What was your rate?

@@heezawk3611 AT Aviation Electronics Tech

Lmao

Or touch and goes? Do they do that on carriers?

@@asdaf967 "lmao" like it's an easy job.

@@outboundprojectworkshop1270 I don't think so. Looks like they missed the arresting cables and forced to abort the landing.

@@outboundprojectworkshop1270 yes they do

Lol you didn’t finish , but to dodge bombs they have a dedicated observer on the top deck that signals the exact time the bomb is released and then steer max port or starboard . Kind of hard with a dive bomber that’s pretty close to dodge . Dodging B17s worked better as you have quite a bit of time to dodge after the bombs are released

His keyboard died half way writing

I havent played that game this year

What is that background you have there? It's beautiful.

Mind blowing? Simple Archimedes' principle.

@@Twiggy163 Shut up, Nerd.

@@monkemode8128 No

@@Twiggy163 Gringo.

@@monkemode8128 lol, no.

No, that is incorrect. My Son is a Conning Officer on The USS Ford. He calls out commands for speed and rudder. He has to read wind speed over the deck based on type of aircraft being lainched or retrieved. He turns the ship to get in the correct attitude.

@@CIRCUS1944 You misunderstand what I am saying. Modern aircraft carriers do not need to turn into the wind to launch and recover aircraft but they do because it makes it easier to launch and recover aircraft.

@@hresvelgr7193 I just had this conversation with my Son last week. He is on the bridge of the USS Ford as a Conning Officer. We talked extensively about his job and he explained how the USS Ford operates. He said it is critical that he judge the attitude of the ship to launch and retieve F-18, E2s and Helicopters all requiring different attitude of the ship. Your reply is confusing, they do, but do not???? No further response.

@@CIRCUS1944 They do it because it makes launch and recovery operations easier but they don’t need to. If they have no other choice they can launch and recover aircraft without turning the ship into the wind

That’s one 👍🏼

I don't think that would limit their length, just the width.

@@kimjonglongdong3158 you would need to be able to fit in the locks. They can’t fit over a certain length.

Panama canal locks? No. Suez canal has no locks.

@@Darthybuddy Yes they obviously need to be under a certain length, but I'm pretty sure the current length of US carriers is a decent bit shorter than the limit.

The amount of people that fit this description who may have asked are OVER 9000

The engineers will ask, because they need to figure out how large they need to build the next ship

Yes.... a majority of the population are not sailers, navel engineers and navel architects

or lacks any kind of common sense lol

For me it were the first 4 seconds

One, Iowa and her sisters ain't that small. Two, I think this is an older picture?

That small battleship is 900 feet long the longest class of battleship ever commissioned

*aircraft Carrry*

@@chris52209 didn’t know RU-vid comments was a spelling bee💀

@@Warccc relax I misspelled carry also lol

Kamikaze bomber jets? Bruh

@@9ryo974 Oh. I did say "jets" huh. Correction: kamikaze fighter planes. 😎

Kamikaze's were not employed at the Battle of Midway in 1942. They were introduced much later in the war

@@tamaking86 *Manned suicide rockets

I'm honestly not that surprised, classifications have remained the same for almost 200 years (with exceptions) For example the Frigate class has been around for longer than any other ship class. It's not too improbable that 200 years in the future, the United States will still have the same classifications as present day. Also 100% agree, Expanse is amazing.

Ayye beltalowda

Oye beltalowda

A greater hull length equals greater top speed. Also these are all nuclear powered so fuel consumption is negligible.

Which ship did you serve aboard? One of the eight remaining American battleships or one that got scrapped/sunk?

Maneuvering is still a huge issue though.

Only on ski ramp ships. They run the deck.

The higher ship speed translates to safer launch of heavier payloads on the aircraft

Speed of the ship is irrelevant. It’s the wind speed and direction that allows for safe launch’s and traps.

@@mcnugget3851 Speed is needed to make wind over the deck.