INDIA DEFENCE CONSULTANTS

WHAT'S HOT? –– ANALYSIS OF RECENT HAPPENINGS

WORLD'S LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN SERVICE

An IDC Report

New Delhi, 15 August 2011

The largest aircraft carriers in service mostly belong to USA, in contrast the Chinese carrier (converted Varyag) and our own INS Viraat are much smaller. (see below)

USS Theodore Roosevelt - 117,200 tons

USS George Washington - 116,700 tons

USS John C. Stennis - 116,400 tons

USS George H.W. Bush - 115,700 tons

USS Harry S Truman - 113,800 tons

USS Dwight D Eisenhower - 113,800 tons

USS Ronald Reagan - 113,600 tons

USS Carl Vinson - 113,500 tons

USS Abraham Lincoln - 110,000 tons

USS Nimitz - 110,000 tons

INS Viraat - 23,900 tons

Chinese Carrier - 67,000 tons

 

 

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