Yorktown (aircraft carrier)

…However, with the rapid development of aircraft, the idea of ​​using aircraft from carriers to launch long-range preemptive attacks on enemy fleets prior to the battle at sea by capital ships to weaken the enemy fleet and gain an advantage in the fleet battle was developed. These aircraft carriers underwent numerous modifications based on their operational track records, and gradually became fully functional practical aircraft carriers. The American Yorktown (approximately 20,000 tons) and Wasp (approximately 15,000 tons), the Japanese Soryu (approximately 16,000 tons) and Hiryu (approximately 17,000 tons) were originally planned as fully functional practical aircraft carriers. During this period, the British built the Ark Royal (approximately 22,000 tons), which was a groundbreaking fleet aircraft carrier and is said to have become the prototype for subsequent flagship aircraft carriers. …

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…しかし航空機の急速な発達につれて，主力艦の洋上決戦に先立って，空母搭載機による遠距離先制攻撃で敵艦隊の戦力減殺を図り，艦隊決戦を有利に導こうとする構想が醸成され，これらの空母は，運用実績をもとに幾多の改造を重ねて，しだいに内容の充実した実用空母となっていった。当初から本格的実用空母として計画されたものとして，アメリカのヨークタウンYorktown(約2万トン)，ワスプWasp(約1万5000トン)，日本の蒼竜(約1万6000トン)，飛竜(約1万7000トン)がある。イギリスは，この時期にアーク･ローヤルArk Royal(約2万2000トン)を建造しており，これは艦隊空母として画期的なものとして，以後の主力空母の原型となったといわれている。…

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