In the 1950s, America Had a Crazy Plan: To Build a Submarine Aircraft Carrier
The technology just wasn't there at the time.
Source: nationalinterest.org
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AN-1: America's Plan for Submarine Aircraft Carriers
AN-1: Americas Plan for Submarine Aircraft Carriers America would ultimately invest heavily in massive supercarriers that, while unable to hide from enemy missiles, offer a great deal more capability and versatility than the AN-1 submarine aircraft carrier ever could. Today, America’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and ballistic missile submarines represent two of the most potent forms of force projection wielded by any force in military history. For a short time in the late 1950s, America...
Source: nationalinterest.org
H I Sutton - Covert Shores
Original Artwork, CLICK for HIGH RESOLUTION: In the late 1950s the US Navy experimented with the concept of aircraft carrying submarines armed with jet fighters. Several submarines capable of carrying aircraft-sized cruise missiles had been built as a stop-gap and contingency to ballistic missile submarines: converted fleet boats USS Tunny and Barbero were fitted with external hangars on the aft deck for trials, each carrying two Regulus-I missiles. These were followed by two diesel-electric ...
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