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 ships are designated with hull classification symbols such as CV (Aircraft Carrier), CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier), CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier), CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier), CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier), CVS (Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier) and CVN (Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Propulsion)). Beginning with the Template:Sclass, (CV-59 to present) all carriers commissioned into service are classified as supercarriers.
The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS). In addition, various amphibious warfare ships (LHA, LHD, LPH, and to a lesser degree LPD and LSD classes) can operate as carriers; two of these were converted to mine countermeasures support ships (MCS), one of which carried minesweeping helicopters. All of these classes of ships have their own lists and so are not included here.
Historical overview
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was Template:USS on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was soon followed by the other pre-World War II classes: the Template:Sclass; Template:USS, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theTemplate:Sclass, and Template:USS.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
As World War II loomed, two more classes of carriers were commissioned under President Franklin Roosevelt: the Template:Sclass, which is informally divided into regular bow and extended bow sub-classes, and the Template:Sclass ships, which are classified as light aircraft carriers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Between these two classes, 35 ships were completed.Template:Cn The Navy also purchased two training vessels, Template:USS and Template:USS, which were given the unclassified miscellaneous (IX) hull designation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Template:Sclass and the Template:Sclass were built later in World War II, but entered service too late to serve in the war. The Midway class would serve during the entire Cold War.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
At the start of the Cold War, the first supercarriers, the United States class, were 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 revised after a public outcry and Congressional hearings sparked by the Revolt of the Admirals.Template:Cn
Later in the Cold War, supercarrier construction began with the Template:Sclass,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> followed by the Template:Sclass; Template:USS, the first nuclear-powered carrier; and Template:USS, the last conventionally powered carrier. These were followed by the Template:Sclass and the modern-day post-cold war Template:Sclass nuclear supercarriers, the only two classes of supercarriers that are currently in active-duty service.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> With the ten-ship Nimitz class complete by 2009, October 2013 saw the launch of Template:USS, lead ship of the planned ten-ship Gerald R. Ford class. This was followed by the launch of Template:USS in October 2019, while construction is underway on Template:USS and Template:USS.Template:Refn
List
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| Hull Template:Abbr | Name | Image | Class | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Service life | Status | Template:Reference heading | ||||
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| CV-1 | Template:USS | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 20 March 1922 | 27 February 1942 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942 | <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref> | |||||
| CV-2 | Template:USS | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 14 December 1927 | 8 May 1942 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | ||||
| CV-3 | Template:USS | Lexington | 16 November 1927 | 25 July 1946 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk as target ship near Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads in 1946 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | ||||
| CV-4 | Template:USS | Template:USS Template:Nowrap | 4 June 1934 | 18 October 1946 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1947 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-5 | Template:USS | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 30 September 1937 | 7 June 1942 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-6 | Template:USS | Yorktown | 12 May 1938 | 17 February 1947 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1960 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-7 | Template:USS | Template:USS Template:Nowrap | 25 April 1940 | 15 September 1942 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-8 | Template:USS | Yorktown | 20 October 1941 | 27 October 1942 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-9 | Template:USS | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 31 December 1942 | 30 June 1969 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1975 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-10 | Template:USS | Essex | 15 April 1943 | 27 June 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Preserved at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-11 | Template:USS | Essex | 16 August 1943 | 15 March 1974 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Preserved at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York City, New York, USA | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-12 | Template:USS | Essex | 29 November 1943 | 26 June 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Preserved at USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California, USA | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-13 | Template:USS | Essex | 31 January 1944 | 17 February 1947 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1966 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-14 | Template:USS | Essex (extended bow) | 8 May 1944 | 1 September 1973 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1975 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-15 | Template:USS | Essex (extended bow) | 9 October 1944 | 13 February 1969 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1975 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-16 | Template:USS | Essex | 17 February 1943 | 8 November 1991 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Preserved at USS Lexington Museum on the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-17 | Template:USS | Essex | 25 May 1943 | 9 January 1947 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1973 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-18 | Template:USS | Error creating thumbnail: | Essex | 24 November 1943 | 1 July 1972 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1973 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-19 | Template:USS | File:USS Hancock (CVA-19) off Pearl Harbor 1968.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 15 April 1944 | 30 January 1976 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1976 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |||
| CV-20 | Template:USS | File:USS Bennington (CVS-20) underway at sea on 5 March 1965 (NH 97581).jpg | Essex | 6 August 1944 | 15 January 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1994 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |||
| CV-21 | Template:USS | File:USS Boxer (CVA-21) underway off Korea in July 1953.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 16 April 1945 | 1 December 1969 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1971 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVL-22 | Template:USS | File:USS Independence CVL-22.jpg | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 14 January 1943 | 28 August 1946 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk as target ship near the Farallon Islands in 1951 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVL-23 | Template:USS | File:USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway in Puget Sound on 3 January 1944 (NH 95651).jpg | Independence | 25 February 1943 | 24 October 1944 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CVL-24 | Template:USS | File:Uss belleau wood cvl-24.jpg | Independence | 31 March 1943 | 13 January 1947 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1960 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CVL-25 | Template:USS | File:USS Cowpens (CVL-25) underway at sea in 1945 (80-G-468977).jpg | Independence | 28 May 1943 | 13 January 1947 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1960 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CVL-26 | Template:USS | File:USS Monterey (CVL-26) at anchor in Ulithi Atoll on 24 November 1944.jpg | Independence | 17 June 1943 | 16 January 1956 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1971 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CVL-27 | Template:USS | File:USS Langley (CVL-27) underway off Cape Henry on 6 October 1943 (80-G-87113).jpg | Independence | 31 August 1943 | 11 February 1947 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1964 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CVL-28 | Template:USS | File:USS Cabot (CVL-28).jpg | Independence | 24 July 1943 | 21 January 1955 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2002 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CVL-29 | Template:USS | File:USS Bataan.jpg | Independence | 17 November 1943 | 9 April 1954 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1961 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVL-30 | Template:USS | File:USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) underway at sea on 23 January 1944 (80-G-212799).jpg | Independence | 15 November 1943 | 1 March 1947 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1972 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CV-31 | Template:USS | File:USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) underway at sea c1965.jpg | Essex | 26 November 1944 | 2 July 1971 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1992 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |||
| CV-32 | Template:USS | File:USS Leyte (CV-32) with F9Fs.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 11 April 1946 | 15 May 1959 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1970 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CV-33 | Template:USS | File:USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) underway c1957.jpeg | Essex (extended bow) | 2 March 1946 | 13 February 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1974 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-34 | Template:USS | File:USS Oriskany (CVA-34) near Midway Atoll 1967.jpeg | Essex (extended bow) | 25 September 1950 | 20 September 1976 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scuttled as artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| CV-35 | Template:USS | File:CV-35 Reprisal.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |||
| CV-36 | Template:USS | File:USS Antietam (CVS-36) operating training aircraft on 19 April 1961 (KN-4834).jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 28 January 1945 | 8 May 1963 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1974 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |||
| CV-37 | Template:USS | File:Uss princeton lph-5.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 18 November 1945 | 30 January 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1971 | Template:Citation needed | ||||
| CV-38 | Template:USS | File:USS Shangri-La (CV-38) underway in the pacific, 1946.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 15 September 1944 | 30 July 1971 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1988 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-39 | Template:USS | File:Uss lake champlain cvs-39.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 3 June 1945 | 2 May 1966 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1972 | Template:Citation needed | ||||
| CV-40 | Template:USS | File:USS Tarawa (CVA-40) underway at sea on 18 December 1952.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 8 December 1945 | 13 May 1960 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1968 | Template:Citation needed | ||||
| CVB-41 | Template:USS | File:USS Midway (CVA-41) after SCB-110 modernization in 1958.jpg | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 10 September 1945 | 11 April 1992 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Preserved at the USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVB-42 | Template:USS | File:USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) Sep 1967.jpeg | Midway | 27 October 1945 | 1 October 1977 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1978 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVB-43 | Template:USS | File: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 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2000 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-44 | No name assigned | (no image available) | Midway | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Cancelled before construction began. | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-45 | Template:USS | File:Uss valley forge lph-8.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | 3 November 1946 | 15 January 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1971 | Template:Citation needed | ||||
| CV-46 | Template:USS | File:CV-46 Iwo Jima.jpg | Essex (extended bow) | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-47 | Template:USS | File: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 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1971 | Template:Citation needed | ||||
| CVL-48 | Template:USS | File:USS Saipan CVL-48 1956.jpg | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 14 July 1946 | 14 January 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1976 | Template:Citation needed | ||||
| CVL-49 | Template:USS | File:USS Wright (CVL-49) underway in the early 1950s.jpg | Saipan | 9 February 1947 | 27 May 1970 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 1980 | <ref name="List of carriers"/> | ||||
| Template:Nowrap – CV-55 | No names assigned | (no images available) | Essex | These hulls were all cancelled before construction began. | <ref name="NSO"/> | |||||||
| Template:Nowrap, CVB-57 | Midway | |||||||||||
| CVA-58 | Template:USS | File:Artist's impression of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS United States (CVA-58) in October 1948.jpg | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | Cancelled during construction. Scrapped on slip in 1949 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |||
| CV-59 | Template:USS | File:USS Forrestal (CVA-59) underway at sea in 1957.jpg | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 1 October 1955 | 11 September 1993 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2015 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-60 | Template:USS | File:USS Saratoga (CV-60) underway in the Adriatic Sea on 29 July 1992 (6480624).jpg | Forrestal | 14 April 1956 | 20 August 1994 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2019 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-61 | Template:USS | File:USS Ranger (CV-61) departing San Diego, in February 1987 (NH 97689-KN).jpg | Forrestal | 10 August 1957 | 10 July 1993 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2017 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-62 | Template:USS | File:USS Independence (CV-62) at sea during the later 1980s or early 1990s (NH 97715).jpg | Forrestal | 10 January 1959 | 30 September 1998 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2019 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-63 | Template:USS | File: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 | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 29 April 1961 | 12 May 2009 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2024 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-64 | Template:USS | File:USS Constellation (CV-64) off Perth, Australia, on 29 April 2003.jpg | Kitty Hawk | 27 October 1961 | 7 August 2003 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Scrapped in 2017 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-65 | Template:USS | File:USS Enterprise (CVN-65).jpg | Template:USS Template:Nowrap | 25 November 1961 | 3 February 2017 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Struck, to be scrapped | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-66 | Template:USS | File:USS America (CV-66) underway in the Indian Ocean on 24 April 1983.jpg | Kitty Hawk | 23 January 1965 | 9 August 1996 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Sunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CV-67 | Template:USS | File:USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) departs Naval Station Mayport on 11 November 2003.jpg | Template:USS Template:Nowrap | 7 September 1968 | 23 March 2007 | Template:Age in years and days nts | Undergoing scrapping | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-68 | Template:USS | File:USS Nimitz (CVN-68).jpg | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 3 May 1975 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-69 | Template:USS | File: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 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-70 | Template:USS | File:USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 31 May 2015.JPG | Nimitz | 13 March 1982 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-71 | Template:USS | File:200125-N-LH674-1073 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).jpg | Nimitz | 25 October 1986 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-72 | Template:USS | File:USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 30 January 2019 (190130-N-PW716-1312).JPG | Nimitz | 11 November 1989 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-73 | Template:USS | File:US Navy 101206-N-5538K-395 The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 76) transits the East China Sea.jpg | Nimitz | 4 July 1992 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokosuka, Japan | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-74 | Template:USS | File:USS John C. Stennis, 2007May11.jpg | Nimitz | 9 December 1995 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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| CVN-75 | Template:USS | File:USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 11 September 2018 (180911-N-EA818-2106).JPG | Nimitz | 25 July 1998 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-76 | Template:USS | File:USSRONALDREAGANgoodshot.jpg | Nimitz | 12 July 2003 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-77 | Template:USS | File:US Navy 110129-N-3885H-158 USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is underway in the Atlantic Ocean.jpg | Nimitz | 10 January 2009 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-78 | Template:USS | File:USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on 8 April 2017.JPG | Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap | 22 July 2017 | — | Template:Age in years and days nts | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-79 | Template:USS | File:Illustration of USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) (110623-N-ZZ999-203).jpg | Gerald R. Ford | Template:Circa<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-80 | Template:USS | File:USS Enterprise (CVN-80) artist depiction.jpg | Gerald R. Ford | Template:Circa<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-81 | Template:USS | File:Bow view of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on 8 April 2017.JPG | Gerald R. Ford | Template:Circa | — | — | Under construction | citation | CitationClass=web
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| CVN-82 | Template:USS | File:Bow view of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on 8 April 2017.JPG | Gerald R. Ford | Template:Circa | — | — | Ordered | <ref name=fas/><ref name="Collette">Template:Cite news</ref> | ||||
| CVN-83 | Template:USS | File:Bow view of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway on 8 April 2017.JPG | Gerald R. Ford | Template:Circa | — | — | Ordered | <ref name=fas/><ref name="Collette" /> | ||||
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 and lacked hangar decks, elevators or armaments. The role of these ships was for the training of pilots for carrier take-offs and landings in a safe area where the carriers would not be at risk of attack by hostile forces.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Together the Sable and Wolverine trained 17,820 pilots in 116,000 carrier landings. Of these, 51,000 landings were on Sable.<ref name="heritage">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Billed as the "world's smallest aircraft carrier" from 1986 to 2011, the Baylander (IX-514) had conducted 120,000 helicopter training landings.<ref name="bbp20140717">Template:Cite press release</ref>
Aircraft carrier museums
See also
- Escort carrier
- List of amphibious warfare ships
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers by configuration
- List of aircraft carriers in service
- List of aircraft carriers of World War II
- List of current ships of the United States Navy
- List of escort carriers of the United States Navy
- List of ships of World War II
- List of sunken aircraft carriers
- List of United States Navy ships
- Template:Slink - abbreviated list
- Template:Slink - detailed list
- Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
- Sea Control Ship
- Seaplane tender/seaplane carrier
- Timeline for aircraft carrier service
- Timeline of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
References
External links
- Museum ships
- USS Hornet (CV-12)—USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA
- USS Intrepid (CV-11)—Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY
- USS Lexington (CV-16)—USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
- USS Midway (CV-41)—USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
- USS Yorktown (CV-10)—Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, SC