floating airports

during the second world war over ninety boats were specialy prepared as floating airports movable air-bases called aircraft carrier-boats
i organized them into categories so if you only know the name you will need to use search tool interface for the name or go to a database website kuz this list is better based on categories
World War II Aircraft Carrier-boats
the producers of the planes' boats usualy "described its class" for example "escort" meaning smaller or "light" meaning few planes, but  brits hid that theirs were weak.
i groupd them by number of planes they carryd kuz name. is "carrier" for planes
one: escorts, carry? 16 to 18 alates, but japs escorts carried 26. still less than 1/3 lexington 91.
two: lyt carryd around 30, 1/3 of "lexington class".  so not enuf planes for a marker in contrast to major. for game a transport marker should include lyt same as battlesships and smaller kuz not effective for attacking tunnels .
World War II Aircraft Carrier-boats, list
major only 19 less than twenty major until end 1941.  named carriers kuz carryd warplanes. like floating movable airports. but 26 of em carried a few around fifteen warplanes. around 500 feet long in contrast to big longer than 800 foot long ones. even lyt around 30 planes.
by end of 1941 how many each?
japan had NINE aircraft carrier boats besides many smaller lyt and escort size.
but four destroyd in end of spring june 4. so washingtons 6 more than 5 still some by africa uss-ranger or by britin.
soviets? not active. nazis one incomplete waited in river til 1945. brits? ten. surprise why no marker? kuz all carryd few same as lyt so i moved to lyt.
must learn brits n read 1944 kuz shorter.
u.s six but some in atlantic unjustly one against one marker but balance for all global.
get month 1942 for game v
GRAF 92 in categories. if you know the name goto ww2db. if you want groups my list is better.
Name Class Country Year of Launch
Akagi  Japan  1925
Ark Royal  b 1937  sunk 1941
Courageous  b  sunk 1939
Enterprise  Yorktown-class Aircraft Carrier  United States  1936 
Graf Zeppelin  nazi incomplete even in may 1942. 1945 scuttled but soviet got.
Hiryu  Soryu-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1937  
Hornet (Yorktown-class)  Yorktown-class Aircraft Carrier  United States  1940 
Kaga  Kaga-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1921  sunk june 1942
Lexington w 1925 scuttled after damij may 1942 south from solomon isle chain.
Nisshin  Seaplane Carrier  Japan  1939 
Ranger  United States  1934 in amazon ocean in july 1942 
Ryuho  Ryuho-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1933 
Ryujo  Ryujo-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1931  
Saratoga  Lexington-class Aircraft Carrier  United States  1925 
Shokaku  Shokaku-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1939 
Soryu  Soryu-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1935 
Wasp w 1939 
Yorktown w 1936 
Zuikaku  Shokaku-class Japan 1939  =19
ESCORT 26 ships around 500 feet long, 16-18 warplanes. 26 were involved.
by end of each year how many escorts? b only 3 escort aircraft carriers.
nazi none involved. soviet none involved. japan 7. w 16. by year?
end 1940: j4, w1 nutral.
added by end 1941: b1, j+2 , w+1 nutral til december til responded.
added by end 1942: b+2, others didnt complete escorts that year.
added by end 1943: j+1 , w+7.
added by end 1944: w+7 escorts
list escort 16-18 alates 26 escorts agtive
Activity, Escort b 1942, May same as solomon 513 ft 18 alates.
Ameer, Escort b 1942, 470 feet, 18 alates
Archer Escort b ? 1941v  16 alates one sank u-752 by rocket
Chuyo  Escort Japan  1939  longer 591 feet.
Copahee  Escort w=washington u.s 1941
Corregidor  25a Escort Carrier  w 1943 
Hiyo Escort Japan  1941
Junyo Hiyo-class Escort Japan 1941
Kaiyo Escort Japan 1938 
Long Island Escort w 1940
Makin Island  Casablanca-class 25 alates, Escort w 1944 
Manila Bay  25a, Escort  w 1943 
Marcus Island  25a Escort  w 1943
Natoma Bay 25a Escort   w 1943 
Nehenta Bay  25a Escort  w ? keel 1943 
Ommaney Bay 25a Escort  w 1943 launched end 1943
Petrof Bay  25a Escort  w  1944
Saginaw Bay  25a Escort  w,  ? commisiond 1944
Sargent Bay  25a, Escort  w  1944
Savo Island  25a, Escort  w 1943 
Shamrock Bay  25a, Escort  w  1944
Shinyo Escort Japan  ? 1943
Steamer Bay  25a, Escort  w  1944
Taiyo  Escort Japan  1940 
Unyo  Taiyo-class Escort Carrier  Japan  1939
Wake Island   25a, Escort  w 1943
LYT 25 that only carried around thirty alates sizes varyd between escort and fleet class
brits had 11 lyt carriers not including to aircraft carriers sunk in 1939 and 1941.
Argus b 1917  lyt [size lyt n 18 alates].
Bearn french 1927, lyt servd ally carryd half alates of lexington. 
Belleau Wood  Independence-class Light Carrier  w=United States dec. 1942
Chitose  Light Carrier  Japan  1936
Chiyoda  Chitose-class Light Carrier  Japan  1936 
Colossus  Light Carrier  b 1943 
Cowpens  Independence-class Light Carrier  w  1943
Eagle lyt  20 alates b  1918
Formidable  lyt [long but 30p] b  1939 
Furious  lyt b  1916 
Glorious  lyt b 1916 
Glory  Colossus-class Light Carrier  b 1943 
Hermes  Light Carrier  b 1919 
Hosho  Light Carrier  Japan  1921 
Ibuki  Light Carrier  Japan  1943 
Illustrious lyt b  1939 
Independence  Light   w 1942 
Indomitable  lyt b  1940 
Langley  Light Carrier  United States  1943 
Monterey  lyt w 1943 
Princeton  lyt w  1942 
San Jacinto  Light Carrier  United States  1943 
Shoho  Zuiho-class Light Carrier  Japan  1935 
Victorious  lyt 30 alates b  1939 
Zuiho Light Carrier  Japan  1936 
1943 japan built four but washington built TWELVE. brits made one small boat that year
including Aircraft Carrier boats ready september 1942 or later: 17.
Bunker Hill  Essex-class= 90 warplanes. w dec. 1942.
Essex  w dec. 1942
Lexington Essex-class w sep. 1942  replaced lex. sunk in may 1942 south from solomon isles.
later: Amagi, Unryu-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1943 
Anzio, Casablanca-class Escort Carrier  w1943 
Arbiter, Ruler-class Escort Carrier  b1943 
Bataan, Independence-class Light Carrier  United States  1943 
Cabot, Independence-class Light Carrier  United States  1943 
Casablanca  Escort Carrier  w 1943 
Franklin  Essex-class Aircraft Carrier  United States  1943 
Hornet (Essex-class) Essex-class Aircraft Carrier  United States  1943 
Intrepid  Essex-class Aircraft Carrier  United States  1943 
Katsuragi  Unryu-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1943 
Taiho  Taiho-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1943 
Unryu  Unryu-class Aircraft Carrier  Japan  1943 
Wasp (Essex-class)  Essex-class   United States  1943 
Yorktown Essex-class w 1943 
1944 built 5. washington built four major Aircraft Carrier-boats this year but japan completed only one which sunk a few hours after it started cruising.
Bennington  Essex-class  w 1944  this class carried over ninety warplanes and small bombers could start flying from it.
Hancock  Essex-class w  1944 
Randolph  Essex-class w  1944 
Shinano  Japan  1944, in 1942 started changing a battleship to runway. cruisd in nov. 1944 but a submarine of w saw and followd. at niit destroyer tryd to stop sub, instead sub succeeded to shoot six torpedoes some hit shinano. it started to tilt. its top soon sunk "cap-sized" turnd over, only a few hours  after started cruise. many of the crew chose honor to die inside, despite knowing it tilted, kuz that was japanese culture based on kamikaze legend which was not only legend but used in warplane tactics in practice. others wanted to defend their emperor god named showa. i add the  tilt prevented fifty planes from escaping.
Ticonderoga  Essex-clas  United States  1944
1945
by this year washington decided they had plenty. even more than enuf considering smaller battle area now that japans territory had shrunk ergo did not build more despite japan preparing for a battle on its home island rather than shame of surrender. from january japan lost over 1300 warplanes yet refused to tell its soldiers to stop shooting. even the atomic bomb [singular] was not enuf to caus emperor to tell his soldiers to stop shooting...  needed a second on august 9, while other planes waited for better weather. so on 11 august washington demanded "tell your soldiers to stop shooting or else..." but he didnt. on 13 august u.s bombd more airfields near tokyo, still no order to japanese soldiers to stop shooting. only a week after second atomic bomb, as soviets took more land, emperor announced surrender yet japanese soldiers kept shooting... only a trick. he said he would tell the soldiers to "surrender their weapons" to allies not only to stop shooting and bring gun home! but only to fool the naive president roosevelt democrat who stopd offense. emperor never orderd his side to end the war that day, until afternoon of following day date 16. fiiting continued as japanese claimd their radios broke so even after surrender the japanese soldiers shot and llies returned fire. when did japanese stop shooting nobody preserved... naive roosevelt democrat only cared bout paper not lives. imagine if regan woulda negotiated then the japs woulda stopd shooting.