Battlecarrier
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A battlecarrier is a ship that is a combination of an aircraft carrier and a battleship. They are also mentioned in the PS2 game series Naval Ops.
The only real battlecarriers in history were the Ise class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
The battleships Ise (伊勢) and Hyūga (日向) were converted to battlecarriers in 1943. They each could carry 22 dive bombers. Unfortunately, due to the shortness of the runaways, the dive bombers could only take off, without being able to land back. They were retrieved by a following aircraft carrier after completing their mission.
In practical use, the ships, with half a flight deck and half of a battleship's armament, were singularly worthless, and seldom left port.
