...The American Yorktown (about 20,000 tons), Wasp (about 15,000 tons), and Japanese Soryu (about 16,000 tons) and Hiryu (about 17,000 tons) were originally planned as fully operational aircraft carriers. The British built the Ark Royal (about 22,000 tons) during this period, which is said to have been a groundbreaking fleet carrier and the prototype for subsequent main aircraft carriers. Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom all unintentionally focused on developing aircraft carriers with roughly the same capabilities at the same time, but until the start of World War II, aircraft carriers were still considered vulnerable, with weak defensive firepower and the immediate loss of function if the flight deck was damaged, so they could not play a major role in the fleet. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ark Royal" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。日本,アメリカ,イギリス各国とも期せずして同じ時期に,ほぼ同じ能力の空母の整備に力を入れたが,第2次大戦が始まるまでは,依然として空母は,防御火力が弱いこと,飛行甲板に損傷を被るとたちまち機能を喪失することなどの脆弱(ぜいじやく)性が危惧されて,艦隊の主役とはなりえなかった。… ※「アーク・ローヤル」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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