In fact, most early aircraft carriers were created by converting existing vessels by throwing a wooden flight deck on top. These didn't perform as well as a modern purpose-built carrier for ...

Actually, turning an aircraft carrier is far easier than turning a bureaucracy. A modern aircraft carrier is over 1,000 feet long, weighs 100,000 tons, and carries 6,000 sailors and 70 airplanes.

Modern carriers may appear impossible, but they’re engineered marvels, stable and meticulously designed for function. Few ...