supercarrier

plural supercarriers

1. informalThe largest type of aircraft carrier, usually displacing over 70,000 long tons.

   Sean J. Stackley, the Navy’s assistant secretary for acquisitions, gave the timetable for the 100,000-ton, 1,100-foot-long supercarrier in testimony prepared for the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.

   2016 April 7, Brad Lendon, “Supercarrier Ford to join Navy fleet in September”, in CNN

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   Even the Navy has jumped back into the Osprey game with the decision to use a variant of the V-22 as a replacement for the aging C-2 Greyhound, a fixed-wing cargo plane used to ferry material and personnel on and off Navy supercarriers at sea. And other nations are now interested in procuring the V-22.

   2015 November 6, Gabe Ramirez, “The Osprey finds its groove ahead of ISIS mission”, in CNN

   Displacing around 80,000 metric tons of water, according to the China Daily report, the Fujian is 50% larger than China’s two current in-service carriers and puts the PLA Navy in the league of supercarriers, like the 100,000-ton US Nimitz-class ships.

   2023 January 3, Brad Lendon, “China’s new supercarrier will soon undergo first sea trials, officer says”, in CNN