The Five Greatest Aircraft Carriers of All Time

Commentary: The Five Greatest Aircraft Carriers of All Time | The National Interest:

And lastly, there's no separating the weapon from its user. 
A fighting ship isn't just a hunk of steel but a symbiosis of crewmen and materiel. 
The finest aircraft carrier is one that's both well-suited to its missions and handled with skill and derring-do when and where it matters most.
Those three indices—brute material capability, fitness for assigned missions, a zealous crew—are the indices for this utterly objective, completely indisputable list of the Top Five Aircraft Carriers of All Time.