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When and by whom were submarine and air aircraft carriers used?

Aircraft carriers are not only surface ships. There were projects of submarine aircraft carriers, the Japanese were especially successful in their creation during the Second World War - the aircraft took off from the surface position of the vessel. It was from one of these submarines that the Japanese carried out the only bombing of the continental United States during the war. Another unusual type is the aerial carrier, which is an aircraft that carries other aircraft. They were used in the First World War by the Germans, in the Second World War - by the Soviet and Japanese troops (in the latter, carried aircraft were delivered to the target by kamikaze). In addition, the Americans had two aircraft-carrying airships in the 1930s. Aircraft carriers have lost relevance as refueling aircraft have evolved.

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