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March 12, 2026

IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME CARRIERS HAD BEEN PRONOUNCED OBSOLETE…:

The hysterical predictions of obsolescence of the aircraft carrier were all wrong https://t.co/3kFbar4q0d

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) March 12, 2026

The last USN fleet carrier sunk by enemy action was the USS Hornet (CV-8) at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942.

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