My favorite and most inspiring carrier is war hero Ben Parkinson, who carried the Olympic torch after learning to walk again on artificial limbs.
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It was one of the first ships to be converted to an aircraft carrier during World War I.
Back in November there was a curious story about the remains of a World War II carrier pigeon found in a British chimney with its coded message still intact.
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After paying a couple of the contested bills, Otari hunkered down into a yearlong tug-of-war with the carrier.
The programme gives voice to many different perspectives, from following an American aircraft carrier crew during the Iraq war to filming reporters on the Arab news channel al-Jazeera covering the same conflict.
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The war's main aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes, was about to be decommissioned as unsuitable for fighting Soviet submarines.
In 1967, during the Vietnam War, the U.S. aircraft carrier Forrestal was damaged by fire, killing 130.
Kerry underscored his military credentials -- he served in the Navy during the Vietnam War -- by delivering his speech in front of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.
The Clemenceau took part in the 1991 Gulf War, but was replaced in 1997 by the new nuclear-powered carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.
The US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is nothing short of a floating airport, capable of launching four war planes every minute from its 4.5 acre flight deck.
The carrier-based Prowler aircraft that jammed Taliban ground communications have their origins in the Korean War.
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