Related Directory Categories
- Anti-Submarine Warfare (50)
- P-3 Orion (33)
- S-3 Viking (7)
- CP-140 Aurora (6)
- Squadrons (6)
- P-2 Neptune (2)
Sources
open directory project
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Anti-submarine warfare carrier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Anti-Submarine Warfare carrier (ASW carrier, also known as a helicopter carrier) is a type of small aircraft carrier whose primary role is to hunt and destroy submarines. This type of ship came into existence during the Cold War, and the most obvious examples are the three ships of the Invincible class, operated by the Royal Navy. Following the Falklands war, however, the role of these ships was reconsidered, and they were used as conventional, albeit light, fleet aircraft carriers, in the power projection role. If the Invincible class had fulfilled its initially intended role, it would have carried out patrols in the mid-Atlantic, searching for Soviet submarines with the use of ASW helicopters.
 |
This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |