Much British carrier technology grew from institutional trauma in the First World War. Fires aboard Ben-my-Chree and other vessels encouraged protected aviation-fuel systems, while experience connected with Wilhelmshaven helped drive night and harbour-strike capability. The United States entered the interwar period without the same operational aviation experience. Lexington and Saratoga therefore exemplify an experimental effort to create capabilities the US Navy wished it had possessed during the war.
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Different experiences shaped British and American carrier innovation
British carrier safeguards grew from First World War losses, while American interwar development explored capabilities the US Navy had lacked during that war.