The Tropsobor was an Ton-Falk-class escort carrier that served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. The Tropsobor delivered TIE Avenger prototypes to Victory-class Star Destroyer Protector near Gerbaud 2 during the Sepan campaign. Ton-Falk-class escort carriers. Escort carrier. Of the 151 aircraft carriers built in the U.S. During World War II, 122 were escort carriers. Though no examples survive to this day, the Casablanca class was the most numerous class of aircraft carrier, with 50 launched. Second was the Bogue class, with 45 launched.

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Main article:The is the Empire's battle station which can destroy planets. It appears throughout the Star Wars franchise.Dooku's solar sailer , also known as Count Dooku reaches aboard a Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop, better known as 'solar sailer', built by the Huppla Pasa Tisc Shipwright Collective, in. The ship, which also appears multiple times in, is equipped with a, that was originally part of the concept for the in The insectoid ship resembles both a beetle and a butterfly.

Its forward cockpit bubble was added when it was determined there was a need for a shot of Dooku sitting next to his pilot. It is somewhat similar to the private plane in real life. The sloop is often misidentified (also by official Star Wars media) as 'the Geonosian Solar Sailer', but, excluding the fact that the Huppla Pasa Tisc is Geonosian, there is no evidence that it is related to this planet.Ebon Hawk The Ebon Hawk is Darth Revan's ship in,. It is designed to be reminiscent of the. Gauntlet Fighter A Gauntlet Fighter, or Kom'rk class fighter, is a class of ship. Larger than most starfighters, it can carry a larger crew and accommodate passengers.

They were introduced in, with one known as the Nightbrother later serving as 's personal craft in. Ghost The Ghost is a modified VCX-100 light freighter, manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation. Owned and piloted by the gifted Twi'lek, it serves as 'home base' for a small band of during the Age of the Empire. Named for its ability to travel past Imperial sensors without detection on numerous missions and skirmishes, the craft included many hidden surprises that aided the crew in their fight against the Empire. Among its many features were a 360-degree dorsal laser cannon turret, two forward laser cannons, and two rear laser cannons, as well as sleeping quarters.

It also included the Phantom II, an auxiliary shuttle that doubled as a fully armed starfighter.The Ghost makes a cameo appearance in near the Great Temple of Massassi on Yavin IV. Its captain, Hera Syndulla, is briefly mentioned in the film, and its repair droid, Chopper, makes a brief appearance inside the Temple.Imperial Landing Craft Imperial landing craft were inserted into the Special Edition release of.

The all- ships were initially designed as part of the multimedia campaign. Lambda-class shuttle Lambda-class T4a shuttles first appeared in Return of the Jedi, and were later added to the Special Edition release of The Empire Strikes Back., and borrowed elements from the skyhopper designed for A New Hope when refining the shuttle's appearance. Earlier versions were boxy, boat-like, or had -like components. 's modelmakers made two shooting models, although versions were used for the craft's Special Edition appearance in The Empire Strikes Back. The in Revenge of the Sith was designed to appear like a predecessor to the Lambda class.

A Lambda-class shuttle makes a cameo appearance during the docking sequence of 's shuttle in ', the pilot episode of 's. Millennium Falcon. See also:The Radiant VII is the first vessel shown in The Phantom Menace.

and travel aboard the Radiant VII on their mission to end the 's blockade of the planet. After docking with the Federation's Droid Control Ship, the Radiant VII is destroyed to prevent the Jedi from escaping. Originally, the Radiant VII was going to be sleek like most ships depicted in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. However, Lucas suggested a design similar to the ships in the original trilogy; and the art department responded with a design similar to the model created for. Several antennae were added to focus attention to the cockpit during the opening sequence of The Phantom Menace. Raven's Claw A ship used by and in after Kyle's first ship, the Moldy Crow, was destroyed.Rebel blockade runner. Main article:Corellian CR90 and CR70 corvettes, often identified as 'the Rebel blockade runners', such as Leia Organa's and Bail Organa's Sunderhead Heart ( Tantive III in canon), are small starships, usually used by Alderaanian people.Republic Assault Ship Republic assault ships of the Acclamator-class appear in Attack of the Clones.

These ships, originally called 'Jedi troop transports', demonstrate a connection to the original trilogy's through their triangular hulls. Republic Attack Cruiser Republic attack cruisers, also known as Venator-class Star Destroyers, or the most known term Jedi Cruisers, appear throughout the Star Wars franchise.Republic Cruiser Consular-class Republic Cruisers like the Radiant VII are 'instantly recognizable throughout the galaxy'. Republic cruisers are generally unarmed and feature a red color scheme as a symbol of neutrality and 'diplomatic immunity'. Rogue Shadow The ship used by Starkiller and Juno Eclipse in. It was first used by Starkiller to hunt down and kill any surviving Jedi Knights who somehow lived through ', but it soon after became a part of the Rebel Fleet around 0 BBY after Starkiller was betrayed by his master, ', and became a Jedi Padawan to Rahm Kota.Sith Infiltrator pilots a infiltrator, named Scimitar, in The Phantom Menace. Its design includes elements of the. The vehicle has been made into toys by and and models kits by and.Slave I Slave I is the starship used by in The Empire Strikes Back and by his father in Attack of the Clones.

The ship's design is said to resemble the shape of a. However, the actual inspiration for the shape of the ship was a radar dish, according to Nilo Rodis-Jamero, the assistant art director and visual effects creator on The Empire Strikes Back. Rodis-Jamero created the initial design after seeing 's ideas for, and states that 'the original design I had was round, but when you looked at it from the side, it became elliptical.George Lucas thought it was elliptical, so that's what it became.' He goes on to say that 'when building the ship at, someone looked at the street lamps and pointed out that they looked like Boba's ship. So everyone began to think that was where I got the idea for the design.'

Its appearance in the original release of The Empire Strikes Back was realized by a combination of and a 69-centimeter (27 in) model. Imperial Star Destroyer. Main article:The Corellian corvette Tantive IV is the first ship to appear in Star Wars. It is used by in A New Hope, and a similar vehicle (the Sundered Heart) is used by her adoptive father, , in Revenge of the Sith.Techno Union Starship The Techno Union Starship is a capital ship used by both the Techno Union and the Intergalactic Banking Clan. It first appeared during the (in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones) where many of its kind had their fuel-cells taken out by Republic LAAT gunships, thus preventing them from escaping.

Before the Battle of Geonosis, there were 286 of the starships on Geonosis, but only 169 escaped to space. It was designated as a ' Hardcell-class transport starship', was 220 metres long, and was shaped like a rocket. It was used to deploy hailfire droids and later the Intergalactic Banking Clan's own battle droids, the IG lancers. The ship had a conical nose housing quarters for the organic crew, command decks and medical decks. It had six primary thruster units around its base that were capable of providing a fast take-off speed of 4,000 km/h.Theta-class Shuttle Emperor travels aboard a Theta-class shuttle in Revenge of the Sith. The ship was designed to appear like a predecessor to the.

Only the shuttle's boarding ramp was built for filming. Trade Federation battleship Trade Federation Lucrehulk-class battleships (or their enormous Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighter alter-egos) appear in all three of the prequel films. Lucas called for these ships to have a 'saucer' look with a distinct front and rear, achieved by placing the engines on one side of the ship and the antennae and docking bays on the other.The most famous Lucrehulk-class ship is the Trade Federation flagship cargo freighter Saak'ak, controlling the Invasion of Naboo in.Trade Federation Cruiser 's flagship in Revenge of the Sith is the Trade Federation Cruiser Invisible Hand. The raised spire helped differentiate the command ship from the other capital ships over Coruscant and to help map out the ship's various locations. More sets aboard the ship were built than seen in the film; several 'serial-type escapades' were cut from the final release. Other sets, built inside a mount that could rotate them, were used to depict the vessel's collapse. Trade Federation Landing Ship Trade Federation Landing Ships transport the Trade Federation's invasion forces to Naboo's surface in The Phantom Menace.

Although initial designs were reminiscent of, the final design is based on a. George Lucas liked the ship's similarity to a. Virago The Virago is 's ship in Shadows of the Empire.

Its clamshell design, styled after a, is inspired by pulley castings. TIE Fighter. Main article:The TIE Fighter is one of the most commonly used spacecraft in the galaxy. It is one of the many ships the Empire uses.YT-1300 light freighter The YT-1300 Corellian light freighter, manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation, was essentially a giant 'forklift' designed to around giant container ships. As one of the most successful designs in history, the appeal of the vessel is not its basic equipment, but its modular ability to take an extraordinary amount of modifications and alterations. Its popularity amongst freighter captains throughout the galaxy guaranteed commercial operation in the galaxy during the final days of the Galactic Republic and the reign of the Galactic Empire. The, a smuggling vessel that becomes part of the fleet, is heavily modified a YT-1300 of the YT-1300F variety.See also.

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Escort carrierThe escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (US CVE), also called a 'jeep carrier' or 'baby flattop' in the (USN) or 'Woolworth Carrier' by the, was a small and slow type of used by the Royal Navy, the United States Navy, the and in. They were typically half the length and a third the displacement of larger. While they were slower, carried fewer planes and were less well armed and armored, escort carriers were cheaper and could be built quickly, which was their principal advantage. Escort carriers could be completed in greater numbers as a stop-gap when fleet carriers were scarce.

However, the lack of protection made escort carriers particularly vulnerable and several were sunk with great loss of life. The (hull classification symbol CVL) was a similar concept to escort carriers in most respects, but were capable of higher speeds to allow operation alongside fleet carriers.Most often built on a commercial ship hull, escort carriers were too slow to keep up with the main forces consisting of fleet carriers, battleships, and cruisers. Instead, they were used to escort, defending them from enemy threats such as submarines and planes. In the invasions of mainland Europe and Pacific islands, escort carriers provided to ground forces during. Escort carriers also served as backup aircraft transports for fleet carriers and ferried aircraft of all military services to points of delivery.In the, escort carriers were used to protect convoys against. Initially escort carriers accompanied the merchant ships and helped to fend off attacks from aircraft and submarines.

As numbers increased later in the war, escort carriers also formed part of hunter-killer groups that instead of being attached to a particular convoy.In the Pacific theater, CVEs provided air support of ground troops in the. They lacked the speed and weapons to counter enemy fleets, relying on the protection of a. However, at the, one U.S. Task force of escort carriers managed to successfully defend itself against a much larger Japanese force of battleships and cruisers. The Japanese met a furious defense of carrier aircraft, screening destroyers, and destroyer escorts, proving that CVEs could appear to have the same striking power as full CVs.Of the 151 aircraft carriers built in the U.S. During World War II, 122 were escort carriers.

Though no examples survive to this day, the was the most numerous class of aircraft carrier, with 50 launched. Second was the, with 45 launched. Contents.Development In the early 1920s, the imposed limits on the maximum size and total tonnage of aircraft carriers for the five main naval powers. Later treaties largely kept these provisions.

As a result, construction between the World Wars had been insufficient to meet operational needs for aircraft carriers as World War II expanded from Europe. Too few fleet carriers were available to simultaneously transport aircraft to distant bases, support amphibious invasions, offer carrier landing training for replacement pilots, conduct anti-submarine patrols, and provide defensive air cover for deployed battleships and cruisers. The foregoing mission requirements limited use of fleet carriers′ unique offensive strike capability demonstrated at the and the. Conversion of existing ships (and hulls under construction for other purposes) provided additional aircraft carriers until new construction became available.Conversions of cruisers and passenger liners with speed similar to fleet carriers were identified by the U.S. As ' ( CVL) able to operate at battle fleet speeds. Slower conversions were classified as 'escort carriers' and were considered naval auxiliaries suitable for pilot training and transport of aircraft to distant bases.The Royal Navy had recognized a need for carriers to defend its trade routes in the 1930s.

While designs had been prepared for 'trade protection carriers' and five suitable liners identified for conversion, nothing further was done mostly because there were insufficient aircraft for even the fleet carriers under construction at the time. However, by 1940 the need had become urgent and was converted from the captured German merchant ship MV Hannover and commissioned in July 1941. For defense from German aircraft, convoys were supplied first with and that could carry a single (disposable) fighter. In the interim, before escort carriers could be supplied, they also brought in that could operate four aircraft.In 1940, Admiral recommended construction of naval auxiliaries for pilot training. In early 1941 the British asked the US to build on their behalf six carriers of an improved Audacity design but the US had already begun their own escort carrier.

On 1 February 1941, the United States Chief of Naval Operations gave priority to construction of naval auxiliaries for aircraft transport. Ships built to meet these needs were initially referred to as auxiliary aircraft escort vessels ( AVG) in February 1942 and then auxiliary aircraft carrier ( ACV) on 5 August 1942.

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The first U.S. Example of the type was. And North Atlantic anti-submarine warfare proved these ships capable aircraft carriers for ship formations moving at the speed of trade or amphibious invasion convoys.

Classification revision to escort aircraft carrier ( CVE) on 15 July 1943 reflected upgraded status from auxiliary to combatant. They were informally known as 'Jeep carriers' or 'baby flattops'. It was quickly found that the escort carriers had better performance than light carriers, which tended to pitch badly in moderate to high seas. The Commencement Bay class was designed to incorporate the best features of American CVLs on a more stable hull with a less expensive propulsion system.Among their crews, CVE was sarcastically said to stand for 'Combustible, Vulnerable, and Expendable'.

Magazine protection was minimal in comparison to fleet aircraft carriers. Was sunk within minutes by a single torpedo, and exploded from undetermined causes with very heavy loss of life. Three escort carriers—, and —were destroyed by, the largest ships to meet such a fate.Allied escort carriers were typically around 500 ft (150 m) long, not much more than half the length of the almost 900 ft (270 m) fleet carriers of the same era, but were less than 1/3 of the weight. A typical escort carrier displaced about 8,000 (8,100 ), as compared to almost 30,000 long tons (30,000 t) for a full-size fleet carrier. The aircraft typically ran only 1 / 3 of the way under the flight deck and housed a combination of 24–30 fighters and bombers organized into one single 'composite squadron'. By comparison, a late could carry a total of 103 aircraft organized into separate fighter, bomber and torpedo-bomber squadrons.The island on these ships was small and cramped, and located well forward of the (unlike on a normal-sized carrier where the funnels were integrated into the island). Although the first escort carriers had only one aircraft elevator, having two elevators (one fore and one aft), along with the single aircraft catapult, quickly became standard.

The carriers employed the same system of arresting cables and tail hooks as on the big carriers, and procedures for launch and recovery were the same as well.The crew size was less than ​ 1⁄ 3 of that of a large carrier, but this was still a bigger complement than most naval vessels. It was large enough to justify the existence of facilities such as a permanent canteen or snack bar, called a, in addition to the mess. The bar was open for longer hours than the mess and sold several flavors of, along with cigarettes and other consumables.

There were also several available on board.In all, 130 Allied escort carriers were launched or converted during the war. Of these, six were British conversions of merchant ships:,. The remaining escort carriers were U.S.-built. Like the British, the first U.S. Escort carriers were converted merchant vessels (or in the, converted military oilers). The Bogue-class carriers were based on the hull of the.

The last 69 escort carriers of the and classes were purpose-designed and purpose-built carriers drawing on the experience gained with the previous classes.Royal Navy. This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged. ( September 2011) Originally developed at the behest of the to operate as part of a North Atlantic escort, rather than as part of a naval strike force, many of the escort carriers produced were assigned to the Royal Navy for the duration of the war under the act.

They supplemented and then replaced the converted that were put into service by the British and Dutch as an emergency measure until the escort carriers became available. As convoy escorts, they were used by the Royal Navy to provide air scouting, to ward off enemy long-range scouting aircraft and, increasingly, to spot and hunt submarines.

Often additional escort carriers also joined convoys, not as fighting ships, but as transporters, ferrying aircraft from the U.S. In this case, the aircraft cargo could be doubled by storing aircraft on the flight deck as well as in the hangar.The ships sent to the Royal Navy were slightly modified, partly to suit the traditions of that service. Among other things the ice cream making machines were removed, since they were considered unnecessary luxuries on ships, which served and other. The heavy duty of the laundry room were also removed since 'all a British sailor needs to keep clean is a bucket and a bar of soap' (quoted from Warrilow).Other modifications were due to the need for a completely enclosed hangar when operating in the and in support of the.U.S. Navy service Meanwhile, the U.S. Discovered their own use for the escort carriers.

In the North Atlantic, they supplemented the escorting by providing air support for anti-submarine warfare. One of these escort carriers, was instrumental in the capture of off North Africa in 1944.In the, escort carriers lacked the speed to sail with fast carrier attack groups, so were often tasked to escort the landing ships and troop carriers during the campaign. In this role they provided air cover for the troopships and flew the first wave of attacks on beach fortifications in amphibious landing operations. On occasion, they even escorted the large carriers, serving as emergency airstrips and providing fighter cover for their larger sisters while these were busy readying or refueling their own planes. They also transported aircraft and spare parts from the U.S.

To remote island airstrips.The brought up an urgent need for, so some were converted to escort carriers, is example of how a T3 tanker AO-33 was rebuilt to be an escort carrier. The T3 tanker size and speed made the T3 a useful escort carrier.

There were two classes of T3 hull carriers: Sangamon class and Commencement Bay class. Battle off Samar. Burning from earlier gunfire damage, is bracketed by a salvo from a Japanese (faintly visible in the background, center-right) shortly before sinking during the Battle off Samar.A major battle for these escort carriers was the in the Philippines on 25 October 1944. The Japanese lured Admiral into chasing a decoy fleet with his. This left aircraft from 16 small and slow escort carriers in three task groups armed primarily to bomb ground forces; along with their protective screen of destroyers and slower, with 'Taffy 3' bearing the brunt of the fight. They faced a Japanese force of four, including the formidable, eight, and 11 destroyers. The American ships held off the Japanese.The slow carriers could not outrun 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) cruisers.

They launched their aircraft and maneuvered to avoid shellfire for over an hour. They took dozens of hits, mostly from armor-piercing rounds that passed right through their thin, unarmored hulls without exploding., sunk in this action, was the only U.S. Carrier lost to enemy surface gunfire in the war, and the Japanese concentration of fire on this one carrier assisted the escape of the others. The carriers′ only substantial armament—aside from their aircraft—was a single 5 in (127 mm) mounted on the stern, but the pursuing Japanese cruisers closed to within range of these guns.

One of the guns caused critical damage to the burning Japanese heavy cruiser and a subsequent bomb dropped from one of the task force′s aircraft hit the heavy cruiser′s forward machinery room, leaving her dead in the water. Several kamikaze aircraft were shot down by carrier gunners, with only lost to air attack. The Americans lost a similar number of ships and men to the and combined. Main article:Many escort carriers were to the, this list specifies the breakdown in service to each navy.: Two ships, one in USN service and one in British service.: Four ships, one mainly in USN service (as ) and three in British service.: Four ships, all in USN service.: 45 ships, 11 in USN service, 34 in British service as Attacker class (first group) and Ruler class (second group).: 50 ships, all in USN service.: 19 ships, all in USN service, including two that were accepted but not commissioned and laid up for many years after the war. Four more units were canceled and scrapped on the building slips. The Commencement Bay-class ships were seen as the finest escort carriers ever built, and several units continued in service after the war as training carriers, aircraft ferries and other auxiliary uses.In addition, six escort carriers were produced by the British during the war (all converted from other vessels).The table below lists escort carriers and similar ships performing the same missions. The first four were built as early fleet aircraft carriers.

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