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"An aircraft carrier is a noble thing. It lacks
almost everything that seems to denote nobility,
yet deep nobility is there. A carrier has no
poise. It is top-heavy and lopsided. It has the
lines of a well-fed
cow. It doesn't cut through
the water like a cruiser, knifing romantically
along. It doesn't dance and cavort like a
destroyer.
It just plows. You feel it should be
carrying a hod. Yet a carrier is a ferocious
thing, and out of its heritage of
action has
grown its nobility, I believe that every Navy in
the world has as its No. I priority the destruction
of
enemy carriers. That's a precarious
honor, but it's a proud one."
Ernie Pyle
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