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Would an aircraft carrier be more useful in an earlier era?

An aircraft carrier adds aircraft production and support demands to the problem of maintaining a displaced warship.

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Question

Would an aircraft carrier be more useful in an earlier era?

Short answer

Probably not, because sustaining the aircraft adds technologies and industrial requirements.

Notes

A carrier such as Victorious would require the earlier society to sustain its aircraft as well as the ship itself. Supporting and developing those aircraft adds capabilities the receiving society would have to establish.