Evolution of American Aircraft Carriers, etc.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfG5lNVK0WM

The history_of_the_aircraft_carrier sure started with a lot of trial and error.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_aircraft_carrier#Genesis_of_the_flat-deck_carrier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_aircraft_carrier#Important_innovations_just_before_and_during_World_War_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_ship#Aircraft_carrier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_aircraft_carrier#Angled_decks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_aircraft_carrier#U.S._carrier_operations_in_Southeast_Asia

Eventually with enough time, there will be space versions. Hence the terms, spaceship and intergalactic spacecraft and star-ship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(fictional_spacecraft)

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ships