France's uneven logistics still included a mobile answer to the problem of covering distant waters. A fast seaplane carrier could move into a defensible bay and establish an operating base. Its aircraft could provide maritime patrol without a permanent airfield or fully developed overseas station. If enemy pressure or the theatre shifted, the ship could pack up the facility and move it elsewhere. The vessel offered strategic mobility and adaptable surveillance rather than the tactical striking role of a fleet carrier.
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A French seaplane carrier creates a mobile patrol base
A fast French seaplane carrier could establish a relocatable maritime-patrol base in a defensible bay.