List of longest naval ships

This is a list of longest naval ships.

Name Ships in class Type Length Displacement Status Main builder Operator
Enterprise class 1 Aircraft carrier 342 m 1,123 ft 93,500 In service Newport News Shipbuilding United States Navy
Nimitz class 10 Aircraft carrier 333 m 1,092 ft 102,000 All in service Newport News Shipbuilding / Northrop Grumman Newport News United States Navy
Ford class 3 Aircraft carrier 332 m 1,090 ft 100,000 Planned Northrop Grumman Newport News United States Navy
Kitty Hawk class 3 aircraft carrier 327 m
1073 ft		 83,960 decommissioned Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, New York Naval Shipyard, Newport News Shipbuilding United States Navy
Forrestal class 4 Aircraft carrier 325 m 1066 ft 80,000 decommissioned Newport News Shipbuilding, New York Naval Shipyard United States Navy
USS Kennedy 1 Aircraft carrier 320 m
(1,052 ft)		 83,960 decommissioned Newport News Shipbuilding United States Navy
Midway class 3 Aircraft carrier 306 m 1003 ft 45,000 decommissioned Newport News Shipbuilding, New York Naval Shipyard United States Navy
Admiral Kuznetsov class 2 aircraft carrier 302 m 990 ft 67,000 1 in service
1 under construction		 Chernomorsky Shipyard 444 Russian Navy
Queen Elizabeth class 2 aircraft carrier 284 m
931 ft		 65,000 Constructing Carrier Alliance Royal Navy
Lexington class 2 Aircraft carrier 270 m
888 ft		 50,000 1 sunk 1942, one destroyed in atomic bomb test Fore River Shipyard, New York Shipbuilding United States Navy
Iowa class 4 battleship 270 m
887 ft		 56,500 2 in reserve New York Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard United States Navy
Shinano 1 Aircraft carrier 266.1 m 872.9 ft 71,890 Sunk Yokosuka Navy Yard Imperial Japanese Navy
Essex class 24 aircraft carrier 265.8 m
872 ft		 36,380 4 preserved Newport News Shipbuilding, New York Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation United States Navy
Clemenceau class 2 aircraft carrier 265 m
870 ft		 32,800 1 in service, 1 being scrapped Chantiers de l'Atlantique French Navy
Brazilian Navy
Yamato class 2 battleship 263 m
863 ft		 72,809 Both sunk in WWII Kure Naval Dockyards Imperial Japanese Navy
HMS Hood 1 battlecruiser 262 m
(860 ft)		 45,200 Sunk 1941 John Brown & Company Royal Navy
Charles de Gaulle 1 Aircraft carrier 261.5 m 858 ft 42,000 in operation DCNS French Navy
Akagi 1 aircraft carrier 260.7 m
855.2 ft		 41,300 Sunk Kure Naval Dockyards Imperial Japanese Navy
Taiho 1 aircraft carrier 260.6 m
855 ft		 37,270 Sunk Kawasaki Heavy Industries Imperial Japanese Navy
Shokaku class 2 aircraft carrier 257.5 m
844.8 ft		 32,105 Both sunk Yokosuka Navy Yard, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Imperial Japanese Navy
Wasp class 8 amphibious assault ship 257 m
844 ft		 40,500 8 in service Ingalls Shipbuilding United States Navy
Kirov class 5 battlecruiser 252 m
(830 ft)		 28,000 (full load) 2/5 in operation Baltiysky Naval Shipyard Russian Navy
Bismarck class 2 battleship 251 m
(823 ft 6 in)		 50,900 Both sunk Blohm + Voss, Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Kriegsmarine
Tarawa class 5 Amphibious assault ship 250 m 820 ft 39,400 2/5 Ingalls Shipbuilding United States Navy