Escort Carrier
Parent Type: Capital Ships
Quick Facts
- Era
- 20th Century
- Role
- Small convoy carrier
- Notable For
- Convoy air protection
Escort carriers were smaller aircraft carriers used mainly to protect convoys.
Related Types
- Aircraft Carrier
- Battlecruiser
- Battleship
- Carrier Strike Group Flagship
- Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ship
- Commando Carrier
- Dreadnought Battleship
- Fast Battleship
- Fleet Carrier
- Helicopter Carrier
- Light Carrier
- Merchant Aircraft Carrier
- Pocket Battleship
- Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
- Seaplane Carrier
- Super-Dreadnought Battleship