List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
This list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy (ten are active) includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of those 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)) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion)). All units after CVA-58 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.
List
# | Name | Commissioned | Class | Status |
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CV-1 g | Langley | 1922 | Langley-class, lead ship | Sunk, 27 February 1942 65 nm south of Cilacap, Java |
CV-2 | Lexington | 1927 | Lexington-class, lead ship | Sunk, 8 May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea |
CV-3 | Saratoga | 1927 | Lexington-class | Sunk, 25 July 1946 in Operation Crossroads as a nuclear test target |
CV-4 | Ranger | 1934 | Ranger-class, lead ship | Decommissioned: 18 October 1946. Scrapped 1947 |
CV-5 | Yorktown | 1937 | Yorktown-class, lead ship | Sunk, 7 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway |
CV-6 | Enterprise | 1938 | Yorktown-class | Decommissioned: 17 February 1947. Scrapped 1960 |
CV-7 | Wasp | 1940 | Wasp-class, lead ship | Sunk, 15 September 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign |
CV-8 | Hornet | 1941 | Yorktown-class | Sunk, 27 October 1942 in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands |
CV-9 a, c, d | Essex | 1942 | Essex-class, lead ship | Decommissioned: 30 June 1969. Scrapped 1975 |
CV-10 a, c, d | Yorktown | 1943 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 27 June 1970. Preserved, Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA |
CV-11 b, c, d | Intrepid | 1943 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 15 March 1974. Preserved, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York, New York, USA |
CV-12 a, c, d | Hornet | 1943 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 26 June 1970. Preserved, USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California, USA |
CV-13 | Franklin | 1944 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 17 February 1947. Scrapped 1966 |
CV-14 b, c, d | Ticonderoga | 1944 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 1 September 1973. Scrapped 1975 |
CV-15 a, c, d | Randolph | 1944 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 13 February 1969. Scrapped 1975 |
CV-16 b, c, f | Lexington | 1943 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 8 November 1991. Preserved, USS Lexington Museum On the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas, USA |
CV-17 | Bunker Hill | 1943 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 9 January 1947. Scrapped 1973 |
CV-18 a, c, d | Wasp | 1943 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 1 July 1972. Scrapped 1973 |
CV-19 b, c | Hancock | 1944 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 30 January 1976. Scrapped 1976 |
CV-20 a, c, d | Bennington | 1944 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 15 January 1970. Scrapped 1994 |
CV-21 e | Boxer | 1945 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 1 December 1969. Scrapped 1971 |
CVL-22 | Independence | 1943 | Independence-class light carrier, lead ship | Nuclear test target in Operation Crossroads, July 1946. Decommissioned: 28 August 1946. Scuttled 29 January 1951 |
CVL-23 | Princeton | 1943 | Independence-class | Sunk, 24 October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf |
CVL-24 | Belleau Wood | 1943 | Independence-class | Transferred to France as Bois Belleau (R97) (1953–1960). Returned to U.S. Scrapped 1960 |
CVL-25 | Cowpens | 1943 | Independence-class | Decommissioned: 13 January 1947. Scrapped 1960 |
CVL-26 | Monterey | 1943 | Independence-class | Decommissioned: 16 January 1956. Scrapped 1971 |
CVL-27 | Langley | 1943 | Independence-class | Transferred to France as La Fayette (R96) (1951–1963). Returned to U.S. Scrapped 1964 |
CVL-28 | Cabot | 1943 | Independence-class | Transferred to Spain as Dédalo (R-01) (1967–1989). Returned to the U.S. Scrapped 2002 |
CVL-29 | Bataan | 1943 | Independence-class | Decommissioned: 9 April 1954. Scrapped 1961 |
CVL-30 | San Jacinto | 1943 | Independence-class | Decommissioned: 1 March 1947. Scrapped 1972 |
CV-31 b, c | Bon Homme Richard | 1944 | Essex-class | Decommissioned: 2 July 1971. Scrapped 1992 |
CV-32 d | Leyte | 1946 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 15 May 1959. Scrapped 1970 |
CV-33 a, c, d | Kearsarge | 1946 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 13 February 1970. Scrapped 1974 |
CV-34 a, b, c | Oriskany | 1950 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 30 September 1976. Scuttled as an artificial reef, May 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico[1] |
CV-35 | Reprisal | Canceled (12 August 1945) |
Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled while under construction. Hull launched in 1946 and used for experiments and explosive tests. Scrapped 1949 |
CV-36 d | Antietam | 1945 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 8 May 1963. Scrapped 28 February 1974 |
CV-37 e | Princeton | 1945 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 30 January 1970. Scrapped 1971 |
CV-38 b, c, d | Shangri-la | 1944 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 30 July 1971. Scrapped 1988 |
CV-39 a,d | Lake Champlain | 1945 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 2 May 1966. Scrapped 1972 |
CV-40 d | Tarawa | 1945 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 13 May 1960. Scrapped 1968 |
CVB-41 b, c | Midway | 1945 | Midway-class, lead ship | Decommissioned: 11 April 1992. Preserved, USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA |
CVB-42 b, c | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1945 | Midway-class | Decommissioned: 30 September 1977. Scrapped 1978 |
CVB-43 b, c | Coral Sea | 1947 | Midway-class | Decommissioned: 26 April 1990. Scrapped 2000 |
CVB-44 | Canceled | Midway-class | Canceled | |
CV-45 e | Valley Forge | 1946 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 15 January 1970. Scrapped 1971 |
CV-46 | Iwo Jima | Canceled (12 August 1945) |
Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled while under construction. Scrapped 1946 |
CV-47 d | Philippine Sea | 1946 | Essex-class (extended bow) | Decommissioned: 28 December 1958. Scrapped 1971 |
CVL-48 | Saipan | 1946 | Saipan-class, lead ship | Converted to USS Arlington (AGMR-2) 1966. Decommissioned: 14 January 1970. Scrapped 1976 |
CVL-49 | Wright | 1947 | Saipan-class | Converted to USS Wright (CC-2) 1963. Decommissioned: 27 May 1970. Scrapped 1980 |
CV-50 | Canceled | Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled | |
CV-51 | Canceled | Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled | |
CV-52 | Canceled | Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled | |
CV-53 | Canceled | Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled | |
CV-54 | Canceled | Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled | |
CV-55 | Canceled | Essex-class (extended bow) | Canceled | |
CVB-56 | Canceled | Midway-class | Canceled | |
CVB-57 | Canceled | Midway-class | Canceled | |
CVA-58 | United States | Canceled (23 April 1949) |
United States–class supercarrier, lead ship | Canceled five days after the ship's keel was laid down |
CV-59 | Forrestal | 1955 | Forrestal-class supercarrier, lead ship | Decommissioned 11 September 1993. Sold for scrapping in Brownsville, Texas.[2][3][4] |
CV-60 | Saratoga | 1956 | Forrestal-class supercarrier | Decommissioned 20 August 1994. Sold for scrapping in Brownsville, Texas. |
CV-61 | Ranger | 1957 | Forrestal-class supercarrier | Decommissioned 10 July 1993. To be dismantled. Departed NISMF, Bremerton, WA under tow on March 5, 2015 enroute to Brownsville, Texas to be scrapped. |
CV-62 | Independence | 1959 | Forrestal-class supercarrier | Decommissioned 30 September 1998. Awaiting disposal, docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA |
CV-63 | Kitty Hawk | 1961 | Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier, lead ship | Decommissioned 12 May 2009. In reserve until 2015, docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA |
CV-64 | Constellation | 1961 | Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier | Decommissioned 6 August 2003. Sold for scrapping in Brownsville, Texas[5] |
CVN-65 | Enterprise | 1961 | Enterprise-class supercarrier, lead ship | Inactive 1 December 2012. Anticipated decommissioning 2015. Defueling, docked at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia.[6] Slated for disposal[6] |
CV-66 | America | 1965 | Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier | Decommissioned 9 August 1996. Scuttled in 2005 as a live-fire test platform |
CV-67 | John F. Kennedy | 1968 | Kennedy-class supercarrier, lead ship | Decommissioned 1 August 2007. On donation hold, docked at NISMF, Philadelphia, PA. |
CVN-68 | Nimitz | 1975 | Nimitz-class supercarrier, lead ship | Active; Homeport: Naval Station Everett, Everett, Washington |
CVN-69 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1977 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia (currently in Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, for maintenance)[7] |
CVN-70 | Carl Vinson | 1982 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California |
CVN-71 | Theodore Roosevelt | 1986 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia (moving to Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, effective 11/2015) |
CVN-72 | Abraham Lincoln | 1989 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia (in dry dock through November 2016 for Refueling and Complex OverHaul)[7] |
CVN-73 | George Washington | 1992 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan (moving to Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, effective 11/2015) |
CVN-74 | John C. Stennis | 1995 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington |
CVN-75 | Harry S. Truman | 1998 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia |
CVN-76 | Ronald Reagan | 2003 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California (moving to Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan, effective 8/2015) |
CVN-77 | George H.W. Bush | 2009 | Nimitz-class supercarrier | Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia |
CVN-78 | Gerald R. Ford | 2015[8] | Ford-class supercarrier, lead ship | Floated in dry dock 2013; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
CVN-79 | John F. Kennedy | ~2020[8] | Ford-class supercarrier | First steel cut; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
CVN-80 | Enterprise[6] | ~2025[8] | Ford-class supercarrier | Planned; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
(† = in active service)
- a): converted for jets, hydraulic catapults, 1950–54
- b): converted for jets, steam catapults, 1954–59
- c): converted to angled deck, 1956–59
- d): retasked to ASW (CVS), 1953–69
- e): converted to amphibious assault ship, LPH, 1959
- f): converted for training, CVT, 1969
- g): converted from collier, 1920; converted to seaplane tender, 1937
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.[9] Together the Sable and Wolverine trained 17,820 pilots in 116,000 carrier landings. Of these, 51,000 landings were on Sable.[10]
# | Name | Commissioned | Class | Status |
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IX-64 | Wolverine | 1942 | Training ship | Decommissioned: 7 November 1945. Scrapped 1947 |
IX-81 | Sable | 1943 | Training ship | Decommissioned: 7 November 1945. Scrapped 1948 |
Active
The active carriers of the US Navy
Active Nimitz-class carriers:
- Nimitz (CVN-68)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
- Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
- Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
- Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
- George Washington (CVN-73)
- John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
- Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
- Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
- George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
Under construction
Under-construction Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carriers:
- Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
- John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
Planned
Planned Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carriers:
Aircraft-carrier museums
- See: U.S. Navy Museum#Aircraft-carrier museums
See also
- List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
- List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy
- Aircraft carrier
- List of amphibious warfare ships
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers in service
- Timeline for aircraft carrier service
- Timeline of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
- List of aircraft carriers by configuration
- List of sunken aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
- List of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union
- List of German aircraft carriers
- Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
- List of ships of the Japanese Navy
- List of current French Navy ships
- List of active Spanish Navy ships
- List of Canadian Navy ships
- List of Italian Navy ships
- Ships of the Indian Navy
- List of aircraft carriers by country
- Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
References
- ↑ Navy Ex-Aircraft Carrier Sunk, ‘Reefed’ off Pensacola
- ↑ Navy Awards Contract for ex-Forrestal Scrapping, Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communication, 22 October 2013
- ↑ "Carrier sells for a penny". CNN. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ↑ "Departure time set for USS Forrestal". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ↑ This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Navy document "Navy awards contract to dismantle Constellation".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Ronald O'Rourke (26 July 2012). "Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress". Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "IX-64 Wolverine". Global Securtiy.org. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ↑ "The Greater Buffalo & The U.S.S. Sable". WNY Heritage Press. 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2009.