Aircraft Carrier Size Comparison

Largest aircraft carriers in the world.

[avnut]

When the Enterprise was stationed in the SF Bay we drove a 42ft boat to within about 100ft of the rear. That thing is HUGE. Armed navy waived us off. I am sure you would not be allowed to get that close today.

[lawren]

Didn't know they had angled flight decks in the 1920s

[geoffburrill]

Displacement is the only true measure of a ships size, not just the length.

[AxelPLasg]

There are so many errors that its not even funny. Ie. Uss midway was in service since '45 and was a typical straight carrier

[robertstone]

To many inaccuracies to mention but heads up thare are two Lexingtons and you have the newer one with the stats of the older one. Some of the ships are way off like completely wrong. Feels like just a little bit more effort woukd have went a long way.

[laughingman]

Shinano has been modernized and equipped with Angled flight deck

[shanekilpatrick]

The Big E still the largest. Original plan was for four of that class. Way too expensive. One and only. Served her Nation for 50 years. Magnificent

[NAA]

The French Carrier Clemenceau looks nothing like that.

[Istoeumapemba]

São Paulo seemed like Varyag. Being an occidental design, it didn't have an inclined launch ramp.

[sachinmistry]

How tall would each flagpole be? Over 100 feet tall? It would also be interesting to see a shot on how the largest aircraft carrier compares against the smallest. That would be a nice way to wrap up the video.

[General_Belu]

Can we agree that this channel holds the Guinness world record for the most inaccuracies in his size comparison videos while having the most subscribers for such a channel?

[khccbxy]

1:51 great model of shinano, strange how it looks like a united stats modern day aircraft carrier and not a 1945 Japanese one

[barnykirashi]

0:48 OH MY GOD NO WAY
OH MY GOD
THAT'S MY DEAR KAGA THERE.
(Also, wikipedia is wrong, Kaga is 260 meters long, as a Battleship hull, and in her first configuration she was 248m long, but in 1930.october 20. They rebuilt her into her final configuration, and lengthened her to 260m)

[telekommandant]

Nice but full of flaws. For instance angled flight decks were intruced years after WWII. So the models of the Lexington and the Japanese Shinano are nonsense.

[ppsh]

How and where do you make this type of animations/comparisons?

[sachx]

The Sao paulo was a french aircraft carrier, the Foch.

[Leptospirosi]

0:42 I think the model could simulate the to the RN Cavour (monolithic isle and slightly narrower bow ans Skyjump). the Trieste is slightly larger, taller, has a square bow with a larger skyjump and twin islands. it is also an amphibious operation vessel.
1:47 that would be the Forrestal, not the Shinano!

[rrtownsend]

I served aboard the USS Independence CVA-62. 1052' LOA, 88, 000 ton displacement. She was a great ship. Damage Control/Hull Tech 1968-1970..

[Camilo_Z]

My dude added the ARA Independencia but forgot about the 25 de mayo.

[Oxynidum]

damn didnt know the shinano was so big it gave the illusion of a nimitz class carrier. didnt know the lexington and the midway got the angled flight deck upgrade package. put some effort in please