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Why doesn't the aircraft carrier sink when it encounters bad weather at sea?

That's because the design level of the current aircraft carrier is much higher than before, and it can resist typhoon 12. But in the past, aircraft carriers were often ravaged by storms. Although it was not directly blown down by the strong wind, it was also terrible.

1, 1944, 1944 In February, 1944, the American Third Fleet led by Lieutenant General halsey, nicknamed "Bull", assembled near Mindoro Island in the central Philippines, ready to attack the Japanese-occupied Luzon Island in the Philippines. This fleet consists of battleship New Jersey, aircraft carriers CVE-74 Nihanta Bay and CVL-26 Monterey, destroyers and other ships.

12 18, the fleet was attacked by typhoon cobra. As a result, two aircraft carriers suffered heavy losses, three destroyers were buried at the bottom of the sea, more than 800 officers and men died, and the 146 fighter plane was destroyed:

2. Coincidentally, the hapless Lieutenant General Halsey. On June 5, 1945, the Pacific Third Fleet 1 task force led by him was hit by a strong typhoon again during its stay in Kyushu-Okinawa waters. Three battleships, two large aircraft carriers, two light aircraft carriers and four escort aircraft carriers belonging to the fleet were all damaged, with a loss of 142.

3. The Japanese aircraft carrier was also hit by a typhoon, resulting in huge losses:

On September 26th, 1935, the "Fourth Fleet" temporarily organized for maritime exercises, under the command of Lieutenant General Matsushita, was trained 250 nautical miles east of Iwate Prefecture. During the exercise, the fleet was attacked by a strong typhoon, which caused great losses to the whole fleet. The mast of the aircraft carrier Dragon Boat was blown down, the front deck of the aircraft carrier Fengxiang was overturned by huge waves, the rivet on the bow of the ship Miaogao was loosened, and the destroyers Juyue, Muyue and Sanriyue were destroyed.