Imperial Germany had a carrier under construction when World War I ended, although it never entered service. The unfinished project makes it possible to examine Imperial German carrier development despite the absence of an operational carrier. Alex Clarke considers the 1918 project further along its construction path in some respects than the later Graf Zeppelin. His comparison distinguishes a navy's attempted capability from the ships it actually commissioned.
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Imperial Germany had a carrier under construction in 1918
The Kaiserliche Marine never commissioned an aircraft carrier, but it was building one when World War I ended.