Captain Henry M Burrell RAN assumed command on 2 December 1952. She was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Vengeance (I), on loan from the Royal Navy, at Devonport, England, on 13 November 1952, under the temporary command of Commander Clive M Hudson, RAN with a steaming party of 550 officers and men who had arrived in England from Australia in the SS Asturias. These helicopters were purchased by the RAN to fullfil the Search and Rescue (SAR) role. This article appeared a few years ago and is being reposted due to reader interest.An RAN Bristol Sycamore helicopter ranged on Vengeance's flight deck. He is the author of the graphic novels War Fix, War Is Boring and Machete Squad.
"While the amphibious assault ship will never replace the aircraft carrier, it can be complementary, if employed in imaginative ways," the Corps stated.ĭavid Axe served as Defense Editor of the National Interest. Likewise, the bigger supercarriers can embark specialist aircraft such as radar-early-warning planes, radar-jamming planes and tanker drones that are too big for a light carrier to handle.Ī light carrier "would not be a viable option for the eventual carrier force unless displaced capabilities were reassigned to new aircraft or platforms in the joint force, which would be costly," California think-tank RAND pointed out.Ī compromise could involve the Navy slightly reducing its supercarrier fleet while buying more assault ships and more frequently operating them as light carriers with larger numbers of F-35s. A supercarrier with its larger size and nuclear powerplant possesses endurance that a conventionally-powered assault ship never could match.
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