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:''For other uses of the word "Carrier ," please see [[Other uses of Carrier|here.]]''

The Federation Class Carrier can trace its routes back to [[Earth]]'s Second World War. Naval battles determined that the Aircraft Carrier, with its ability to launch fighters and bombers against targets hundreds of miles away, was where a fleet's true strength lay. After the [[Third World War]], this knowledge was lost as [[Star Fleet]] focused on [[vessel]]s built for peaceful exploration. However, [[fighter]]s once again proved their worth during the [[Federation/Dominion War]], deployed from {{ShipClass|Akira}} [[heavy cruiser]]s they would wreak havoc among [[Cardassian]] fleets, drawing [[escort vessel]]s away in pursuit and allowing Star Fleet [[vessel]]s to engage the Cardassian fleet at point-blank range. This tactic was not without hazard and the [[Starfighter Corps]] lost dozens of [[Helm and Navigation#Helm Controls|pilots]] in every engagement. Star Fleet agreed that if Starfighters were to be any use in a major engagement, they would need to be deployed in vast numbers, a task unachievable by the pocket carriers of the time.  The [[First General War]] further emphasized this point, when carriers hastily converted from [[freighter]]s or mothballed [[cruiser]]s deployed swarms of fighters ahead of a Task Force. Losses among the Starfighter Corps remained high, but the Starfighters themselves proved to be of greater value when utilized in large numbers. When hostilities ended, the plans for the first true carrier in Star Fleet history was laid down at the [[Jupiter Fleet Yards]] a mammoth task that would take half a decade to complete. Seven years after the project started, the first ship of the class, the ''USS Federation, CV-01'', was finally completed after some teething issues with the four nacelle design. Heavily armed and able to carry sixteen [[shuttlecraft]] and eighty-eight starfighters she was a formidable achievement. After her maiden voyage, the class was put into full production under the orders of [[Star Fleet Command]]. Currently there are seven Federation-Class carriers in service, with the original USS Federation serving as the flagship of the entire [[Federation]].

|[[USS Federation, CV-01|USS ''Federation'']]<ref>Federation Flagship</ref> || CV-01 ||

|[[USS Democracy, CV-03|USS ''Democracy'']] || CV-03 ||

|[[USS Confederation, CV-04|USS ''Confederation'']] || CV-04 ||

|[[USS Empire, CV-05|''USS ''Empire'']] || CV-05 ||

|[[USS Theocracy, CV-06|USS ''Theocracy'']] || CV-06 ||

|[[USS Commonwealth, CV-08|USS ''Commonwealth'']] || CV-08 ||

|[[USS Dictator, CV-09|USS ''Dictator'']] || CV-09 ||

|[[USS Monarchy, CV-10|USS ''Monarchy'']] || CV-10 ||