Can Severe Weather Sink an Aircraft Carrier? - 3D Animation

Nobody wants to face the wrath of nature, even an entity as mighty as a navy fleet with an aircraft carrier, though there have been instances in the past where fleets have been stuck in crazy storms and typhoons. The question is, can severe weather be it a hurricane or a typhoon sink an entity as massive as an aircraft carrier? Let’s find out. Aircraft carriers have an average full load water displacement of 100 thousand tonnes, they are as long as three football fields with the flight deck as high 60 feet above water. They are built to handle just about any weather on the rough seas. Hurricanes or Typhoons are not something unheard of & these carriers are designed keeping everything in mind, after all they are worth a billion dollars. These vessels stay afloat as long as the water integrity of the structure is maintained. And that is ensured by an engineering design called the Compartmentalization. It is a technique to protect ships, aerospace vehicles, traffic tunnels, buildings, their vital machinery, from water and fire. Massive structures are sub-divided into compartments and different divisions are locked down in case of floods or fire to curb it from spreading & keep the rest of the structure safe. The technique of compartmentalization was invented by the Chinese during the Han and the Song dynasties & it got pretty popular with the sailors across the world via the Indian and Arab sea merchants. Navy’s contain the latest weather data via the weather satellites. They are fast enough to dodge and outrun any hurricane. These vessels have a very high deck. Approx. 60 feet above water, most waves don’t reach there. In a sea state of 9 which is termed as very rough, the waves go as high as 46 feet. Sinking is highly unlikely. Small boats might get toppled over but aircraft carriers are long & strong enough to cut through multiple waves. Still they are vulnerable to being hit from the rogue waves on the sides. Having said that, it’s never a good idea to get stuck in a storm, it may cause severe damage to the ship and the communication equipment. Visibility gets poor. It would be stupid to undermine how rough nature can get. Nothing stands tall before nature. In the year 1944 a US navy fleet got stuck in the center of a typhoon called Cobra which had 100 mph winds, high waves and torrential rain it capsized three destroyers, damaging nine battleships, over 100 aircrafts were wrecked & washed overboard. The aircraft carrier Monterey had to combat a serious fire on board caused by a colliding plane with a ruptured the fuel tank; To avoid all this, during storms, all the planes are generally removed from the deck, taken down in the hangar bay, all the exterior doors are sealed to avoid any water to get in. Guys, this is pretty much it for now, there will be several videos on aircraft carriers in future on this channel. Simply, because they are so cool. If you liked the episode, do hit that like button. Share it with your friends. Subscribe. Hit the bell icon to be notified of any new content on the channel. This is Curious Planet signing off. Until next time… Music: See You Tomorrow by GoSoundtrack http://www.gosoundtrack.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by Audio Library    • See You Tomorrow – GoSoundtrack (No Copyri...