The phrase "aboard a carrier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to being on or inside a carrier, such as an aircraft carrier or a transport vessel.
Example: "The pilots were aboard a carrier, preparing for their next mission."
Alternatives: "on a carrier" or "inside a carrier".
Never before has a president landed aboard a carrier at sea, much less taken the controls of the aircraft.
Maintenance problems and the difficulty of landing aboard a carrier caused some pilots give it the nickname of "Awful Monster".
On 8 and 9 November the Supermarine 510 research aircraft made the first ever landings by a swept-wing aircraft aboard a carrier.
Pilots found the Mauler a heavy handling aircraft that was difficult to fly in formation, and hard to land aboard a carrier because a less than perfect landing often caused the aircraft to bounce over the arresting wires and into the safety barrier.
Furthermore the positioning of the cockpit even with the trailing edge of the wing gave the pilot a very poor view over the nose and inhibited his ability to view his target and to land his aircraft aboard a carrier, enough so that Brown called it "a disaster as a deck-landing aircraft".
When you are aboard one, though, a carrier is an immense warren of spaces and passageways between bulkheads, each with a purpose.
Aboard each carrier is an air wing with about 70 aircraft, roughly 50 of which are strike planes".
Aboard a coastal carrier in the tramp trade, the crew will often not know the next port of call until the cargo is fully loaded.
Upon its completion on 10 March 1945, 801, 828, 880, and 1771 Squadrons reembarked with a total strength of 48 Seafires, 21 Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and a dozen Fireflies, the largest air group aboard a British carrier thus far.
When the refit was completed on 10 March 1945, the ship embarked an enlarged air wing with 81 aircraft (48 Seafires, 12 Fireflies, and 21 Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers), the largest number of aircraft aboard a British carrier up to that time.
A war correspondent aboard an aircraft carrier chatting with a fighter pilot.
