Mitscher felt a stirring of battleship versus aircraft carrier rivalry. McCain was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations. Splashdown occurred with an impact comparable to landing a jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier. Far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. The Japanese applied the concept of the submarine aircraft carrier extensively. They are a cross between a cruiser and an aircraft carrier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier . Recovery was by the aircraft carrier . In the Pacific Ocean clashes occurred between aircraft carrier fleets. Numerous aircraft carrier groups were stationed near Taiwan. After 1933, the Kriegsmarine began to examine the possibility of building an aircraft carrier. World War II in the Pacific Ocean involved clashes between aircraft carrier fleets. India started the construction of , a 40,000-tonne, aircraft carrier in 2009. Planning for a "HMAS Melbourne" aircraft carrier replacement began in 1981. The first frogman from aircraft carrier arrived 43 minutes after splashdown.