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 Battleship - A battleship is defined as a large and heavily armored warship capable of accommodating a large range of weaponry and specialist equipment. These ships have been the main defense for many different countries.
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Aircraft carriers are the most efficient method of deploying and supplying aircraft support in remote areas of the world. Powered by nuclear engines these ships are able to sail long distances carrying a whole fleet of aircraft.
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Front view of the carrier (Click to enlarge)
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An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft in effect acting as a sea-going air base. These carriers allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for land based aircraft. Modern navies that operate such ships treat aircraft carriers as the centerpiece of the fleet, a role previously played by the battleship. The change, part of the growth of air power as a significant part of warfare, took place during World War II.
At its most basic level, an aircraft carrier is simply a ship outfitted with a flight deck, this is a runway area for launching and landing aircraft. This concept dates back almost as far as airplanes themselves. Within 10 years of the Wright Brothers' historic 1903 flight, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany were launching test flights from platforms attached to cruisers. The experiments proved largely successful, and the various naval forces started adapting existing warships for this purpose. The new carriers allowed military forces to transport short range aircraft all over the world.
Each propeller is mounted to a long shaft, which is connected to a steam turbine powered by a nuclear reactor. The carrier's two nuclear reactors, housed in a heavily-armored, heavily restricted area in the middle of the ship, generate loads of high pressure steam to rotate fan blades inside the turbine. The fans turn the turbine shaft, which rotates the screw propellers to push the ship forward, while massive rudders steer the ship. The propulsion system boasts something in excess of 280,000 horsepower.
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The most relevant links we could find, placed here free
 Aircraft carriers of WWII
- Listed aircraft transport ships which were used in World War II. www.voodoo.cz
Aircraft warship pictures
- Images of a large selection of naval warships. www.1000pictures.com
The aircraft carrier uses the steam produced from the nuclear turbines to power the aircraft catapults on the main deck, the catapults accelerate up to 100mph in less than 2 seconds which helps to launch the jets into the air. Upon landing, the aircraft attach themselves onto an arrester cable which rapidly slows their speed and controls their direction.
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Aircraft Carrier, Aircraft landing (Click to enlarge)
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