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Abattlecarrier is a large, often hypothetical, hybridnaval ship designed to combine aspects of both anaircraft carrier and either abattleship orbattlecruiser. This term is primarily used to refer to the following:
Since the early 1930s many plans and projects to make abattlecarrier was made, such a project which was close to being built was a project made by theUnited States and theSoviet Union, but was cancelled. Battlecarriers, theoretically, would perform poorly in battle if they were created. Their hangar and flight deck is inviting for enemy attacks and due to the same hangar, less armament can be carried, and vice versa.
