List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

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Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion)). Beginning with the Forrestal-class, (CV-59 to present) all carriers commissioned into service are classified as supercarriers. The United States Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE) and airship aircraft carriers. This list does not include various amphibious warfare ships which can operate as carriers.

The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier (originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3),[1] Langley was soon followed by the Lexington-class, USS Ranger (the first purpose-built carrier in the American fleet), the Yorktown-class, and USS Wasp. These classes made up the entirety of the United States carrier fleet active prior to the Second World War.[2]

With World War II looming, two more classes of carriers were commissioned under President Franklin Roosevelt: the Essex-class, which are informally divided into regular bow and extended bow sub-classes, and the Independence-class, which are classified as light aircraft carriers.[3] Between these two classes, 35 ships were completed.[4] During this time, the Navy also purchased two training vessels, USS Wolverine and USS Sable.[5][6]

The Cold War led to multiple developments in the United States' carrier fleet, starting with the addition of the Midway-class and the Saipan-class.[7] One more class in the start of the Cold War, the United States-class, was canceled due to the Truman administration's policy of shrinking the United States Navy and in particular, the Navy's air assets. The policy was eventually revised after a public outcry and Congressional hearings sparked by the Revolt of the Admirals.[8]

Later in the Cold War era, the first of the classes dubbed "supercarriers" was born, starting with the Forrestal-class,[9] followed by the Kitty Hawk-class; Enterprise (CVN-65), the first nuclear powered carrier; and John F. Kennedy (CV-67), the last conventionally powered carrier. These were then followed by the Nimitz-class and the modern day post-cold war Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear supercarriers, the only two classes of supercarriers that are currently in active-duty service.[10] With the ten-ship Nimitz-class complete by 2009, October 2013 saw the launch of Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of the planned ten-ship Gerald R. Ford-class. This was followed by the launch of John F. Kennedy in October 2019, while construction is underway on Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller.[15]

List[]

List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
Hull no. Name Image Class Commissioned Decommissioned Service life Status Refs.
CV-1 Langley USS Langley (CV-1) underway in June 1927 (520809).jpg Langley (lead ship) 20 March 1922 27 February 1942 19 years, 344 days Scuttled and sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942 [16][17][18]
CV-2 Lexington USS Lexington (CV-2) leaving San Diego on 14 October 1941.jpg Lexington (lead ship) 14 December 1927 8 May 1942 14 years, 145 days Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 [18][19]
CV-3 Saratoga USS Saratoga (CV-3) landing planes on 6 June 1935 (80-G-651292).jpg Lexington 16 November 1927 26 July 1946 18 years, 254 days Sunk as target ship near Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads in 1946 [18][20]
CV-4 Ranger USS Ranger (CV-4) underway at sea during the later 1930s.jpg Ranger (lead ship) 4 June 1934 18 October 1946 12 years, 136 days Scrapped in 1947 [21]
CV-5 Yorktown USS Yorktown (CV-5) Jul1937.jpg Yorktown (lead ship) 30 September 1937 7 June 1942 4 years, 250 days Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942 [22]
CV-6 Enterprise USS Enterprise (CV-6) in Puget Sound, September 1945.jpg Yorktown 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 8 years, 281 days Scrapped in 1960 [23]
CV-7 Wasp USS Wasp (CV-7).jpg Wasp (lead ship) 25 April 1940 15 September 1942 2 years, 143 days Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 [24]
CV-8 Hornet USS Hornet (CV-8).jpg Yorktown 20 October 1941 26 October 1942 1 year, 6 days Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942 [25][26]
CV-9 Essex USS Essex (CV-9) in Hampton Roads on 1 February 1943 (NNAM.1996.488.242.078).jpg Essex (lead ship) 31 December 1942 20 June 1969 26 years, 171 days Scrapped in 1975 [27]
CV-10 Yorktown USS Yorktown (CVS-10) underway at sea on 10 March 1963.jpg Essex 15 April 1943 27 June 1970 27 years, 73 days Preserved at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA [28]
CV-11 Intrepid USS Intrepid 1944;021125.jpg Essex 16 August 1943 15 March 1974 30 years, 211 days Preserved at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York City, New York, USA [29]
CV-12 Hornet USS Hornet (CVS-12) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin on 5 September 1967.jpg Essex 20 November 1943 26 May 1970 26 years, 187 days Preserved at USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California, USA [30]
CV-13 Franklin USS Franklin (CV-13) approaching New York, April 1945.jpg Essex 31 January 1944 17 February 1947 2 years, 351 days Scrapped in 1966 [31]
CV-14 Ticonderoga USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) refueling from USS Ashtabula (AO-51) off Vietnam c1966.jpg Essex (extended bow) 8 May 1944 1 September 1973 29 years, 116 days Scrapped in 1975 [32]
CV-15 Randolph USS Randolph (CVS-15) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 27 February 1962.jpg Essex (extended bow) 9 October 1944 13 February 1969 24 years, 127 days Scrapped in 1975 [33]
CV-16 Lexington USS Lexington (CVS-16) underway in the 1960s.JPEG Essex 17 February 1943 8 November 1991 48 years, 264 days Preserved at USS Lexington Museum on the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas, USA [34][35]
CV-17 Bunker Hill USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) at sea in 1945 (NH 42373).jpg Essex 25 May 1943 9 July 1947 4 years, 45 days Scrapped in 1973 [36][37][38]
CV-18 Wasp USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway at sea, circa in early 1967 (NH 97509).jpg Essex 24 November 1943 1 July 1972 28 years, 220 days Scrapped in 1973 [39]
CV-19 Hancock USS Hancock (CVA-19) off Pearl Harbor 1968.jpg Essex (extended bow) 15 April 1944 30 January 1976 31 years, 290 days Scrapped in 1976 [40]
CV-20 Bennington USS Bennington (CVS-20) underway at sea on 5 March 1965 (NH 97581).jpg Essex 6 August 1944 15 January 1970 25 years, 162 days Scrapped in 1994 [41]
CV-21 Boxer USS Boxer (CVA-21) underway off Korea in July 1953.jpg Essex (extended bow) 16 April 1945 1 December 1969 24 years, 229 days Scrapped in 1971 [42][43]
CVL-22 Independence USS Independence CVL-22.jpg Independence (lead ship) 14 January 1943 28 August 1946 3 years, 226 days Sunk as target ship near the Farallon Islands in 1951 [44]
CVL-23 Princeton USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway in Puget Sound on 3 January 1944 (NH 95651).jpg Independence 25 February 1943 24 October 1944 1 year, 242 days Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 [14]
CVL-24 Belleau Wood Uss belleau wood cvl-24.jpg Independence 31 March 1943 13 January 1947 3 years, 288 days Scrapped in 1960 [14]
CVL-25 Cowpens USS Cowpens (CVL-25) underway at sea in 1945 (80-G-468977).jpg Independence 28 May 1943 13 January 1947 3 years, 230 days Scrapped in 1960 [14]
CVL-26 Monterey USS Monterey (CVL-26) at anchor in Ulithi Atoll on 24 November 1944.jpg Independence 17 June 1943 16 January 1956 12 years, 213 days Scrapped in 1971 [14]
CVL-27 Langley USS Langley (CVL-27) underway off Cape Henry on 6 October 1943 (80-G-87113).jpg Independence 31 August 1943 11 February 1947 3 years, 164 days Scrapped in 1964 [14]
CVL-28 Cabot USS Cabot (CVL-28).jpg Independence 24 July 1943 21 January 1955 11 years, 181 days Scrapped in 2002 [14]
CVL-29 Bataan USS Bataan.jpg Independence 17 November 1943 9 April 1954 10 years, 143 days Scrapped in 1961 [45]
CVL-30 San Jacinto USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) underway at sea on 23 January 1944 (80-G-212799).jpg Independence 15 December 1943 1 March 1947 3 years, 76 days Scrapped in 1972 [14]
CV-31 Bon Homme Richard USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) underway at sea c1965.jpg Essex 26 November 1944 2 July 1971 26 years, 218 days Scrapped in 1992 [46]
CV-32 Leyte USS Leyte (CV-32) with F9Fs.jpg Essex (extended bow) 11 April 1946 15 May 1959 13 years, 34 days Scrapped in 1970 [14]
CV-33 Kearsarge USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) underway c1957.jpeg Essex (extended bow) 2 May 1946 15 January 1970 23 years, 258 days Scrapped in 1974 [47]
CV-34 Oriskany USS Oriskany (CVA-34) near Midway Atoll 1967.jpeg Essex (extended bow) 25 September 1950 20 September 1979 28 years, 360 days Scuttled as artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006 [14]
CV-35 Reprisal CV-35 Reprisal.jpg Essex (extended bow) N/A N/A N/A Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949 [48]
CV-36 Antietam USS Antietam (CVS-36) operating training aircraft on 19 April 1961 (KN-4834).jpg Essex (extended bow) 28 January 1945 8 May 1963 18 years, 100 days Scrapped in 1974 [49]
CV-37 Princeton Uss princeton lph-5.jpg Essex (extended bow) 18 November 1945 30 January 1970 24 years, 73 days Scrapped in 1971
CV-38 Shangri-La USS Shangri-La (CV-38) underway in the pacific, 1946.jpg Essex (extended bow) 15 September 1944 30 July 1971 26 years, 318 days Scrapped in 1988 [50]
CV-39 Lake Champlain Uss lake champlain cvs-39.jpg Essex (extended bow) 3 July 1945 2 May 1966 20 years, 303 days Scrapped in 1972
CV-40 Tarawa USS Tarawa (CVA-40) underway at sea on 18 December 1952.jpg Essex (extended bow) 8 December 1945 13 May 1960 14 years, 157 days Scrapped in 1968
CVB-41 Midway USS Midway (CVA-41) after SCB-110 modernization in 1958.jpg Midway (lead ship) 10 September 1945 11 April 1992 46 years, 214 days Preserved at the USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA [51]
CVB-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) Sep 1967.jpeg Midway 27 October 1945 1 October 1977 31 years, 339 days Scrapped in 1978 [52]
CVB-43 Coral Sea USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in 1972 (NNAM.1996.488.120.058).jpg Midway 1 October 1947 26 April 1990 42 years, 207 days Scrapped in 1993 [53]
CV-44 No name assigned (no image available) Midway N/A N/A N/A Cancelled before construction began. [54]
CV-45 Valley Forge Uss valley forge lph-8.jpg Essex (extended bow) 3 November 1946 15 January 1970 23 years, 73 days Scrapped in 1971
CV-46 Iwo Jima CV-46 Iwo Jima.jpg Essex (extended bow) N/A N/A N/A Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1946 [55]
CV-47 Philippine Sea USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) underway off Korea on 3 May 1953 (80-G-629442).jpg Essex (extended bow) 11 May 1946 28 December 1958 12 years, 231 days Scrapped in 1971
CVL-48 Saipan USS Saipan CVL-48 1956.jpg Saipan (lead ship) 14 July 1946 14 January 1970 23 years, 184 days Scrapped in 1976
CVL-49 Wright USS Wright (CVL-49) underway in the early 1950s.jpg Saipan 9 February 1947 15 March 1956 9 years, 35 days Scrapped in 1980 [14]
CV-50 – CV-55 No names assigned (no images available) Essex These hulls were all cancelled before construction began. [54]
CVB-56, CVB-57 Midway
CVA-58 United States Artist's impression of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS United States (CVA-58) in October 1948.jpg United States (lead ship) N/A N/A N/A Cancelled during construction. Scrapped on slip in 1949 [56]
CV-59 Forrestal USS Forrestal (CVA-59) underway at sea in 1957.jpg Forrestal (lead ship) 1 October 1955 30 September 1993 37 years, 364 days Scrapped in 2014 [57][58]

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CV-60 Saratoga USS Saratoga (CV-60) underway in the Adriatic Sea on 29 July 1992 (6480624).jpg Forrestal 14 April 1956 20 August 1994 38 years, 128 days Scrapped in 2015 [61]
CV-61 Ranger USS Ranger (CV-61) departing San Diego, in February 1987 (NH 97689-KN).jpg Forrestal 10 August 1957 10 July 1993 35 years, 334 days Scrapped in 2017 [62]
CV-62 Independence USS Independence (CV-62) at sea during the later 1980s or early 1990s (NH 97715).jpg Forrestal 10 January 1959 30 September 1998 39 years, 263 days Scrapped in 2019 [63]
CV-63 Kitty Hawk US Navy 050517-N-0120R-127 The conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) sails past a small group of Japanese fishing vessels and heads toward Sagami Bay.jpg Kitty Hawk (lead ship) 29 April 1961 12 May 2009 48 years, 13 days Sold for scrap in 2021 [64][65][66][67]
CV-64 Constellation USS Constellation (CV-64) off Perth, Australia, on 29 April 2003.jpg Kitty Hawk 27 October 1961 7 August 2003 41 years, 284 days Scrapped in 2015 [68]
CVN-65 Enterprise USS Enterprise (CVN-65).jpg Enterprise (lead ship) 25 November 1961 3 February 2017 55 years, 70 days Struck, to be scrapped [69]
CV-66 America USS America (CV-66) underway in the Indian Ocean on 24 April 1983.jpg Kitty Hawk 23 January 1965 9 August 1996 31 years, 199 days Sunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 [70]
CV-67 John F. Kennedy USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) departs Naval Station Mayport on 11 November 2003.jpg John F. Kennedy (lead ship) 7 September 1968 23 March 2007 38 years, 197 days Sold for scrap in 2021 [71][72]
CVN-68 Nimitz USS Nimitz (CVN-68).jpg Nimitz (lead ship) 3 May 1975 — 46 years, 232 days Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington [73]
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower US Navy 060617-N-0490C-010 The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conducts a turn in the Atlantic Ocean. Eisenhower is underway conducting routine carrier operations.jpg Nimitz 18 October 1977 — 44 years, 64 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [74]
CVN-70 Carl Vinson USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 31 May 2015.JPG Nimitz 13 March 1982 — 39 years, 283 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [75][76]
CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt 200125-N-LH674-1073 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).jpg Nimitz 25 October 1986 — 35 years, 57 days Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington [77][78]
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 January 2019 (190130-N-PW716-1312).JPG Nimitz 11 November 1989 — 32 years, 40 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [79]
CVN-73 George Washington US Navy 101206-N-5538K-395 The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 76) transits the East China Sea.jpg Nimitz 4 July 1992 — 29 years, 170 days Stationed at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia [80]
CVN-74 John C. Stennis USS John C. Stennis, 2007May11.jpg Nimitz 9 December 1995 — 26 years, 12 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [81]
CVN-75 Harry S. Truman USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 11 September 2018 (180911-N-EA818-2106).JPG Nimitz 25 July 1998 — 23 years, 149 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [82]
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan USSRONALDREAGANgoodshot.jpg Nimitz 12 July 2003 — 18 years, 162 days Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan [83]
CVN-77 George H.W. Bush US Navy 110129-N-3885H-158 USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is underway in the Atlantic Ocean.jpg Nimitz 10 January 2009 — 12 years, 345 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [84]
CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on 8 April 2017.JPG Gerald R. Ford (lead ship) 22 July 2017 — 4 years, 152 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [85]
CVN-79 John F. Kennedy Illustration of USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) (110623-N-ZZ999-203).jpg Gerald R. Ford ~2022 — — Fitting out [11][86]
CVN-80 Enterprise USS Enterprise (CVN-80) artist depiction.jpg Gerald R. Ford ~2028 — — Under construction [11][87][12]
CVN-81 Doris Miller Bow view of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on 8 April 2017.JPG Gerald R. Ford ~2032 — — Under construction [11][88][89]
CVN-82 tba Bow view of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on 8 April 2017.JPG Gerald R. Ford ~2034 — — Ordered [11]
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Training ships[]

During World War II, the United States Navy purchased two Great Lakes side-wheel paddle steamers and converted them into freshwater aircraft carrier training ships. Both vessels were designated with the hull classification symbol IX (Unclassified Miscellaneous) and lacked hangar decks, elevators or armaments. The role of these ships was for the training of pilots for carrier take-offs and landings.[90] Together the Sable and Wolverine trained 17,820 pilots in 116,000 carrier landings. Of these, 51,000 landings were on Sable.[91]

# Name Image Class Commissioned Decommissioned Service life Status Refs.
IX-64 Wolverine USS Wolverine (IX-64) Lake Michigan 1943.jpg n/a
(converted side-wheel steamer) 		12 August 1942 7 November 1945 3 years, 2 months and 26 days Scrapped in 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States [13][14]
IX-81 Sable USS Sable (IX-81).jpg n/a
(converted side-wheel steamer) 		8 May 1943 7 November 1945 2 years, 5 months and 30 days Scrapped in 1948 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [13][14]

Aircraft carrier museums[]

  • National Museum of the United States Navy – Aircraft carrier museums

See also[]

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