AN-1 with all eight aircraft in launch position. HI Sutton
Popular Mechanics: The U.S. Navy Could Have Had a Submarine Aircraft Carrier
AN-1 would have carried eight fighter jets, had virtually unlimited range.
During the 1950s, the advent of the atomic age forced the U.S. Navy to look at a number of alternate basing schemes for naval aviation. One such scheme was AN-1, an enormous nuclear-powered submarine that could launch eight fighter jets in just under eight minutes.
Although AN-1 was never built, it’s a fascinating look at a ship that could have been.
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