We generally apply the term aircraft carrier to a vessel that carries, launches and recovers aircraft from locations at sea.
Planes launched from boats
The attack planes at pearl harbor were Curtiss P-40 Warhawks
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The planes used to attack Tokyo and their military factories were the B12 bombers
Dorrie Miller was a cook/dishwasher on the ship rather than being a machine gunner which he had never been trained on and allegedly shot down four Japanese planes.
A train carries freight. A ship carries cargo.
A ferry is a ship that carries people and sometimes cars.
The planes used to attack on 9/11 were large passenger planes.
planes
Planes launched from boats
It is a cruise liner or cruise ship.
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They're named by their functions--a ship that carries ISOtainers is a "container ship," a ship that carries passengers across the oceans is an ocean liner, a naval ship that launches and retrieves aircraft is an aircraft carrier, and so on and so forth.
It carries treasures.
The Japanese with Kamikaze planes
The attack planes at pearl harbor were Curtiss P-40 Warhawks
Such a ship is called a privateer, like a pirate ship except that it holds a license to attack enemy ships.