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Helicopter carrier

Type of aircraft carrier

Type of aircraft carrier

A helicopter carrier is a type of aircraft carrier whose primary purpose is to operate helicopters. It has a large flight deck that occupies a substantial part of the deck, which can extend the full length of the ship like of the Royal Navy (RN), or extend only partway, usually aft, as in the Soviet Navy's or in the Chinese Navy's Type 0891A. It often also has a hangar deck for the storage and maintenance of rotorwing aircraft.

Pure helicopter carriers are difficult to define in the 21st century. The advent of STOVL aircraft such as the Harrier jump jet, and now the F-35B, have complicated the classification; the United States Navy's , for instance, carries six to eight Harriers as well as over 20 helicopters. Only smaller carriers unable to operate the Harrier, and older, pre-Harrier-era carriers, can be regarded as true helicopter carriers. In many cases, other carriers, able to operate STOVL aircraft, are classified as "light aircraft carriers". Other vessels, such as the Wasp class, are also capable of embarking troops such as marines and landing them ashore; they are classified as landing helicopter docks.

Helicopter carriers have been used as anti-submarine warfare carriers and amphibious assault ships.

and two of her sisters were 22,000 ton fleet carriers converted to "commando carriers" only able to operate helicopters. Hermes was later converted to a STOVL carrier.

Helicopter carriers by country

CountryNavyIn serviceIn reserveFitting outUnder construction
2000
1000
4100 (8 planned total)
2000
3000
0000 (4 planned total)
2001
4000
0001
0010
0002 (3 planned total)
2000
1000
1000
1000
9302 (11 planned total)

Helicopter carriers

Helicopter carriers currently in service

CountryNameLengthTonnage (MT)ClassPropulsionTypeClassificationCommission
Australia230.82mftinabbr=on}}27500MTLT}}
(modified )ConventionalSTOVLLanding helicopter dock
Australia230.82mftinabbr=on}}27500MTLT}}
(modified )ConventionalSTOVLLanding helicopter dock
Brazil{{shipBrazilian aircraft carrierAtlântico2}}203.4mftinabbr=on}}21500MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLMultipurpose helicopter carrier
China*Hainan*232 m36000 MTType 075 (NATO reporting name Yushen class)ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock23 April 2021
China*Guangxi*232 m36000 MTType 075 (NATO reporting name Yushen class)ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock26 December 2021
China*Anhui*232 m36000 MTType 075 (NATO reporting name Yushen class)ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock1 October 2022
China*Hubei*232 m36000 MTType 075 (NATO reporting name Yushen class)ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock1 August 2025
Egypt{{shipEgyptian shipGamal Abdel Nasser2}}199mftinabbr=on}}21300MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
Egypt{{shipEgyptian shipAnwar El Sadat2}}199mftinabbr=on}}21300MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
France199mftinabbr=on}}21300MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
France199mftinabbr=on}}21300MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
France199mftinabbr=on}}21300MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
Japan{{JSKaga2}}248mftinabbr=on}}27000MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLHelicopter destroyer
Japan{{JSIzumo2}}248mftinabbr=on}}27000MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLHelicopter destroyer
Japan{{JSHyūga2}}197mftinabbr=on}}19000MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLHelicopter destroyer
Japan{{JSIse2}}197mftinabbr=on}}19000MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLHelicopter destroyer
South Korea199mftinabbr=on}}18800MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding platform helicopter
South Korea199mftinabbr=on}}18800MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding platform helicopter28 June 2021
Spain230.82mftinabbr=on}}27079MTLT}}ConventionalSTOVLLanding helicopter dock
Thailand{{HTMSChakri Naruebet2}}182.65mftinabbr=on}}11486MTLT}}{{shipSpanish aircraft carrierPríncipe de Asturias2}}ConventionalSTOVL
Turkey{{shipTCGAnadolu2}}232 m27079 MT{{shipTCGAnadolu2}}ConventionalSTOVL
US257.3mftinabbr=on}}45000MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter assault
US257.3mftinabbr=on}}45000MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter assault
US257mftinabbr=on}}40532MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
US257mftinabbr=on}}40650MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
US257mftinabbr=on}}40500MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
US257mftinabbr=on}}40722MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
US257mftinabbr=on}}40358MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
US257mftinabbr=on}}40530MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock
US258mftinabbr=on}}41649MTLT}}ConventionalVTOLLanding helicopter dock

Retired helicopter carriers

  • United Kingdom (Royal Navy) – converted from light carrier and operating in helicopter carrier role from 1962 to 1973
  • Italy (Italian Navy) – an helicopter cruiser active from 1964 to 1992
  • US (United States Navy) – landing helicopter dock, active 1998–2020
  • United Kingdom (Royal Navy) – converted from light carrier and operating in helicopter carrier role from 1960 to 1981
  • Italy (Italian Navy) - an Andrea Doria-class helicopter cruiser active from 1964 to 1989
  • United States (US Coast Guard), decommissioned in 1946 – world's first helicopter carrier.
  • United Kingdom (Royal Navy) – an light aircraft carrier, which operated as a helicopter carrier when HMS Ocean was being refitted.
  • United States (United States Navy) – lead of the seven-ship , active from the early 1960s to the early 2000s
  • France (French Navy), decommissioned in 2010
  • USSR (Soviet Navy) – second of the two-ship - active 1969–1991
  • USSR (Soviet Navy) – lead of the two-ship Moskva class, active 1967–1991
  • United Kingdom ex- (Royal Navy) – helicopter carrier 1998–2018, decommissioned March 2018.
    • Sold to Brazil in February 2018, renamed Atlântico
  • Italy (Italian Navy) – a helicopter cruiser active from 1969 to 2003

Notes

References

References

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  12. (16 September 2016). "DCNS delivers the second Mistral-class helicopter carrier to the Egyptian Navy, the LHD Anwar El Sadat".
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