As for its use, you could say that a ship that allow planes to take off and patrol at sea may be useful to detect piracy and act quickly against it. A free fox in a free henhouse!
... or the Hyuga:
... which is carefully described as a helicopter platform, but then, so was the Illustrious when it was being built ... for political reasons then and now, as I understand. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
