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Helicopters Carriers
Rotary Wing Aircraft at Sea






Modern navies deploy helicopters from small escort vessels to enormous carriers designed exclusively to be operated with rotary wing aircrafts.

This page refers to the efforts of several navies for deploying the helicopters at sea along the years.
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I want to thank Andrew Toppan for helping me in this section with his great site at World Aircraft Carrier Lists

France
Arromanches : (R95)
It was a british 's Colossus class fixed wing aircraft carrier, but was used as a helicopter carrier with 20 / 25 helicopters on board from the 60s to 1974 by the french navy
Jeanne d'Arc : (R97)
In service since 1964, used as training ship in peacetime, can carry up to 14 Aerospatiale Super Frelon helicopters.
Italy
See photos taken by our Spotter!
Vittorio Veneto : (C550)
Third unit of the Andrea Doria class but strongly modified, begun service in 1970. Can carry up to 9 Agusta-Bell AB212 or 6 Agusta-Sikorsky ASH-3H Sea King.
San Giorgio Class :
Three small amphibious assault ships built in the 80s, could carry 5 / 7 Agusta-Bell AB212
ex - USSR
Moskva Class : ( Moskva and Leningrad )
They carry up to 18 Kamov Ka-25 Hormone or Ka-27 Helix, in service from end of the 60s to 1990
USA


Boxer Class : (WWII modified escort carriers)
In 1952, the WWII escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE 118) is the first to be transformed in an helicopter carrier for deploy in Korea where the marines will operate from their HRSs ( Sikorsky S-55 )

Iwo Jima Class : (LPH) page

Tarawa Class : (LHA)

Wasp Class : (LHD)



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