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

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List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

Hull Template:Abbr	Name	Image	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Service life	Status	Template:Reference heading
CV-1	Template:USS	File:USS Langley (CV-1) underway in June 1927 (520809).jpg	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	File:USS Lexington (CV-2) leaving San Diego on 14 October 1941.jpg	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	File:USS Saratoga (CV-3) landing planes on 6 June 1935 (80-G-651292).jpg	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	File:USS Ranger (CV-4) underway at sea during the later 1930s.jpg	Template:USS Template:Nowrap	4 June 1934	18 October 1946	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1947	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-5	Template:USS	File:USS Yorktown (CV-5) Jul1937.jpg	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 }}</ref>
CV-6	Template:USS	File:USS Enterprise (CV-6) in Puget Sound, September 1945.jpg	Yorktown	12 May 1938	17 February 1947	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1960	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-7	Template:USS	File:USS Wasp (CV-7).jpg	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 }}</ref>
CV-8	Template:USS	File:USS Hornet (CV-8).jpg	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 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-9	Template:USS	File:USS Essex (CV-9) in Hampton Roads on 1 February 1943 (NNAM.1996.488.242.078).jpg	Template:Sclass Template:Nowrap	31 December 1942	30 June 1969	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1975	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-10	Template:USS	File:USS Yorktown (CVS-10) underway at sea on 10 March 1963.jpg	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 }}</ref>
CV-11	Template:USS	File:USS Intrepid 1944;021125.jpg	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 }}</ref>
CV-12	Template:USS	File:USS Hornet (CVS-12) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin on 5 September 1967.jpg	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 }}</ref>
CV-13	Template:USS	File:USS Franklin (CV-13) approaching New York, April 1945.jpg	Essex	31 January 1944	17 February 1947	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1966	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-14	Template:USS	File:USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) refueling from USS Ashtabula (AO-51) off Vietnam c1966.jpg	Essex (extended bow)	8 May 1944	1 September 1973	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1975	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-15	Template:USS	File:USS Randolph (CVS-15) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 27 February 1962.jpg	Essex (extended bow)	9 October 1944	13 February 1969	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1975	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-16	Template:USS	File:USS Lexington (CVS-16) underway in the 1960s.JPEG	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 }}</ref>
CV-17	Template:USS	File:USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) at sea in 1945 (NH 42373).jpg	Essex	25 May 1943	9 January 1947	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1973	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CV-18	Template:USS	File:USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway at sea, circa in early 1967 (NH 97509).jpg	Essex	24 November 1943	1 July 1972	Template:Age in years and days nts	Scrapped in 1973	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref> <ref name=":2"/>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 (Undergoing Maintenance)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>	—	—	Fitting out	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CVN-80	Template:USS	File:USS Enterprise (CVN-80) artist depiction.jpg	Gerald R. Ford	Template:Circa<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	—	—	Under construction	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="navylive"/>
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 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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>

#	Name	Image	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Service life	Status	Template:Reference heading
IX-64	Template:USS	File:USS Wolverine (IX-64) Lake Michigan 1943.jpg	n/a (converted side-wheel steamer)	12 August 1942	7 November 1945	Template:Age in years, months and days	Scrapped in 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="List of carriers"/>
IX-81	Template:USS	File:USS Sable (IX-81).jpg	n/a (converted side-wheel steamer)	8 May 1943	7 November 1945	Template:Age in years, months and days	Scrapped in 1948 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	<ref name=":0"/><ref name="List of carriers"/>
IX-514	Baylander	File:US Navy 060825-N-0856O-527 The Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola-based Navy Helicopter Landing Trainer (HLT) IX-514 transports a TH-57 helicopter from NAS Whiting Field.jpg	n/a (converted harbor utility craft YFU-79)	31 March 1986	15 December 2011	Template:Age in years, months and days	Template:As of, the Baylander serves as a restaurant and bar in New York City.	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="BI">Template:Cite news</ref>

Aircraft carrier museums

• National Museum of the United States Navy – 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

External links

• MaritimeQuest US Aircraft Carrier Index
• The Lost American Aircraft Carriers

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