Carrier

picture of carrier

History:

As early as 1910 a U.S. civilian pilot, Eugene Ely, flew a plane off a specially built platform on the deck of a cruiser "Birmingham" at Hampton Roads, Virginia. In 1911 Ely landed on a platform built on the quarterdeck of the cruiser "Pennesylvania", using wires attached to sandbags on the platform as primitive arresting gear, and then took off the same ship. Lt. T.G. Ellyson of the U.S. navy experimented with a catapult launching device in 1912. Prior to the start of World War I in 1914, naval opinion had looked to seaplanes, i.e. planes that could alight and take off from water, as the type of aircraft best suited to accompany the fleet to sea. Before World War II, prevailing opinion held that the battleship wo uld continue to dominate naval warfare. Although the increasing power of aircraft tended to enlarge the role of aviation, carriers were still belived to have a supporting rather than a principal function in naval tactics. Carrier aircrafts were used for stressed enemy air defence, control of the air over enemy fleet, scouting and to conduct surprice raids on enemy bases. Carrier aircrafts were developed in three principal types: Fighters, torpedo planes and dive bombers. In fact, by the end of World War II the carrier had succeeded the battleship as the dominant type of combatant vessel in the principal na vies of the world.

Hint:

Large visibility range, can carry up to eight units of type: Fighter, Bomber and Nuclear.

Specifications:

Advance Attack: Defence Move Resource cost
Advanced Flight 1 12 5 160

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