List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

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This list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, and CVN. All units after CVA-57 are supercarriers.

For the smaller escort aircraft carriers (CVE), please see list of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.

For grouping by class, please see list of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy.

For airship aircraft carriers, please see list of airships of the United States Navy.

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Contents

List

# Name Commissioned Class Status
CV-1 Langley 1922 Langley-class, lead ship Sunk February 1942 65 nm south of Tjilatjap, Java
CV-2 Lexington 1927 Lexington-class, lead ship Sunk May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea
CV-3 Saratoga 1927 Lexington-class Sunk July 1946 in Operation Crossroads as a nuclear test target
CV-4 Ranger 1934 Ranger-class, lead ship Scrapped
CV-5 Yorktown 1937 Yorktown-class, lead ship Sunk June 1942 in the Battle of Midway
CV-6 Enterprise 1938 Yorktown-class Scrapped
CV-7 Wasp 1940 Wasp-class, lead ship Sunk September 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign
CV-8 Hornet 1941 Yorktown-class Sunk October 1942 in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
CV-9 b) Essex 1942 Essex-class, lead ship Scrapped
CV-10 b) Yorktown 1943 Essex-class Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
CV-11 b) Intrepid 1943 Essex-class Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York, New York, USA
CV-12 b) Hornet 1943 Essex-class Museum—Alameda, California
CV-13 b) Franklin 1944 Essex-class Scrapped
CV-14 b) Ticonderoga 1944 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-15 b) Randolph 1944 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-16 d) Lexington 1943 Essex-class USS Lexington Museum On the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas
CV-17 b) Bunker Hill 1943 Essex-class Scrapped
CV-18 b) Wasp 1943 Essex-class Scrapped
CV-19 Hancock 1944 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-20 b) Bennington 1944 Essex-class Scrapped
CV-21 c) Boxer 1945 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CVL-22 Independence 1943 Independence-class light carrier, lead ship Scuttled 1951
CVL-23 Princeton 1943 Independence-class Sunk, October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf
CVL-24 Belleau Wood 1943 Independence-class Scrapped
CVL-25 Cowpens 1943 Independence-class Scrapped
CVL-26 Monterey 1943 Independence-class Scrapped
CVL-27 Langley 1943 Independence-class Scrapped
CVL-28 Cabot 1943 Independence-class Scrapped
CVL-29 Bataan 1943 Independence-class Scrapped
CVL-30 San Jacinto 1943 Independence-class Scrapped
CV-31 b) Bon Homme Richard 1944 Essex-class Scrapped
CV-32 b) Leyte 1946 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-33 b) Kearsarge 1946 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-34 Oriskany 1950 Long hull Essex-class Scuttled as an artificial reef, May 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico [1]
CV-35 Reprisal Cancelled
(August 11, 1945)		 Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CV-36 b) Antietam 1945 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-37 c) Princeton 1945 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-38 b) Shangri-la 1944 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-39 b) Lake Champlain 1945 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-40 b) Tarawa 1945 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CVB-41 a) Midway 1945 Midway-class, lead ship USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA
CVB-42 a) Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945 Midway-class Scrapped
CVB-43 a) Coral Sea 1947 Midway-class Scrapped
CVB-44 Cancelled Midway-class Cancelled
CV-45 c) Valley Forge 1946 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CV-46 Iwo Jima Cancelled
(August 11, 1945)		 Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CV-47 b) Philippine Sea 1946 Long hull Essex-class Scrapped
CVL-48 Saipan 1946 Saipan-class, lead ship Scrapped
CVL-49 Wright 1946 Saipan-class Scrapped
CV-50 Cancelled Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CV-51 Cancelled Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CV-52 Cancelled Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CV-53 Cancelled Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CV-54 Cancelled Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CV-55 Cancelled Long hull Essex-class Cancelled
CVB-56 Cancelled Midway-class Cancelled
CVB-57 Cancelled Midway-class Cancelled
CVA-58 United States Cancelled
(April 18, 1949)		 United States-class, lead ship Cancelled
CV-59 Forrestal 1955 Forrestal-class supercarrier, lead ship To be scuttled—Date TBA—Docked at NISMF, Philadelphia, PA
CV-60 Saratoga 1956 Forrestal-class supercarrier decommissioned—docked at NS Newport, RI
CV-61 Ranger 1957 Forrestal-class supercarrier On donation hold—docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-62 Independence 1959 Forrestal-class supercarrier To be scuttled—date TBA—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-63 Kitty Hawk 1961 Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, lead ship Decommissioned—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-64 Constellation 1961 Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier To be scuttled—date TBA—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CVN-65 Enterprise 1961 Enterprise-class supercarrier, lead ship Active
CV-66 America 1965 Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier Used as target, then scuttled
CV-67 John F. Kennedy 1968 Kennedy-class supercarrier, lead ship Decommissioned in 2007, on Donation Hold—Docked at NISMF, Philadelphia, PA
CVN-68 Nimitz 1975 Nimitz-class supercarrier, lead ship Active
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1977 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-70 Carl Vinson 1981 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt 1986 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln 1989 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-73 George Washington 1992 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-74 John C. Stennis 1995 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-75 Harry S. Truman 1998 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan 2003 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-77 George H.W. Bush 2009 Nimitz-class supercarrier Active
CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford 2015 Ford-class supercarrier, lead ship Keel laid
CVN-79 unnamed 2019 Ford-class supercarrier Planned: A petition has also been set up for CVN-79 to be named as the ninth "USS Enterprise" after projected retirement of CVN-65 Enterprise in 2013.
CVN-80 unnamed 2023 Ford-class supercarrier Planned
a): converted for jets, CVA, 1952
b): converted for jets, CVA, 1952. Converted to ASW, CVS, 1953–69
c): converted to amphibious command ship, LPH, 1959
d): converted for training, CVT, 1969

Training ships

USS Sable

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 and lacked hangar decks, elevators or armaments. The role of these ships was for the training of pilots for carrier take-offs and landings.[2] Together the Sable and Wolverine trained 17,820 pilots in 116,000 carrier landings. Of these, 51,000 landings were on Sable alone.[3]

# Name Commissioned Class Status
IX-64 Wolverine 1942 Training ship Scrapped
IX-81 Sable 1943 Training ship Scrapped

Active

USS Enterprise with USS Long Beach and USS Bainbridge.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

The active carriers of the US Navy as of 2009

Active Enterprise-class carriers:

Active Nimitz-class carriers:

Aircraft-carrier museums

See: U.S. Navy Museum #Aircraft-carrier museums

See also

References

  1. ↑ Navy Ex-Aircraft Carrier Sunk, ‘Reefed’ off Pensacola
  2. ↑ "IX-64 Wolverine". Global Securtiy.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ix-64.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2009. 
  3. ↑ "The Greater Buffalo & The U.S.S. Sable". WNY Heritage Press. 2005. http://wnyheritagepress.org/photos_week_2005/greater_buffalo/greater_buffalo.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2009. 

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