List of longest naval ships explained

This is a list of longest naval ships.

List

Name Ships in class Type Length Displacement Status Operator
1 Aircraft carrier342meters 94,781 1 decommissioned
1 Aircraft carrier 337meters 100,000 1 in service, 3 under construction, 10 planned
10 Aircraft carrier 332.8meters 102,000 10 in service.
3 Aircraft carrier 332meters 84,914 1 sunk, 2 scrapped
4 Aircraft carrier 326.1meters 82,402 4 scrapped
1 Aircraft carrier 321meters 82,655 1 scrapped. Variant of Kitty Hawk class
1 Aircraft carrier 316meters 80,000 1 under construction
Shandong1 Aircraft carrier 315meters 70,000 1 in service. Derived from Admiral Kuznetsov design
3 Aircraft carrier 305meters 64,000 1 preserved, 2 scrapped
2 Aircraft carrier 304.5meters 67,000 1 in service, 1 in refit
1 291meters 56,551 Ocean liner converted to training ship. Caught fire 1939 and subsequently scrapped
1 Aircraft carrier 284meters 45,400 1 in service. Variant of Kiev class
2 Aircraft carrier 284meters 65,000 2 in service
1 276.2meters 45,800Ocean liner converted to a barrack ship. Sold for scrap in 1991
3 Aircraft carrier 273.1meters 43,220 2 preserved, 1 scrapped
2 Aircraft carrier 270.7meters 43,055 1 sunk, 1 destroyed in atomic bomb test
4 270.54meters 58,000 4 preserved
1 Aircraft carrier 265.8meters 71,890
24 Aircraft carrier 265.8meters 36,380 4 preserved, 20 scrapped
2 Aircraft carrier 265meters 32,800 2 scrapped
2 Battleship 263meters 72,809 2 sunk
2 Aircraft carrier 262.5meters 33,550 1 cancelled while under construction 1940 and scrapped 1 canceled in 1943 while still under construction. Hull was sunk for target practice by USSR in 1947
1 262.3meters47,430 Sunk 1941 [1]
1 Aircraft carrier 262meters 40,000 1 under construction
1 Aircraft carrier 261.5meters 42,000 1 in service
1 Aircraft carrier 260.7meters 41,300 1 sunk
1 Aircraft carrier 260.6m (855feet) 37,270 1 sunk[2]
2 Aircraft carrier 257.5m (844.8feet) 32,105 2 sunk[3]
3 Amphibious assault ship257meters 45,000 2 in service, 1 under construction
8 Amphibious assault ship 257meters 40,500 7 in service, 1 scrapped
5 Amphibious assault ship 254meters 39,400 2 in reserve, 2 scrapped, 1 sunk
4 Battlecruiser 252meters 28,000 1 in service, 1 in refit, 2 scrapped
3 Aircraft carrier 251.38meters 25,500 2 sunk, 1 scrapped
2 Battleship 251meters 52,600 Sunk in 1941 and 1944
1 Battleship 248.2meters 51,420 Scrapped 1960 [4]
2 248meters 27,000 1 in service, 1 in refit
2 Battleship 247.85m (813.16feet) 47,548 2 scrapped[5] [6]
1 Aircraft carrier 247.65meters 38,200 1 sunk
2 246.43meters 34,253 2 scrapped[7] [8]
2 Aircraft carrier 245meters 50,786 Scrapped in 1978 and 1980
Trieste 1 245meters 38,000 1 completed
Cavour 1 Aircraft carrier 244meters 30,000 1 in service
2 Battlecruiser 242meters 37,400 1 sunk, 1 scrapped
3 Aircraft carrier 239.8meters27,859
3 Battleship 237.76meters 45,236 1 sunk, 2 scrapped
3 Landing Helicopter Dock 237meters 40,000 3 completed, 8 planned
2 Battleship 235meters 38,700 2 sunk
1 Aircraft carrier 234.4meters 17,859 1 scrapped
1 Landing Helicopter Dock 232meters 27,079 1 completed, 2 planned. Derived from Juan Carlos I design
Juan Carlos I 1 Landing Helicopter Dock 230.82meters 26,000 1 in service
2 Landing helicopter dock 230.82meters 27,500 2 in Service. Derived from Juan Carlos I design

References

Notes and References

  1. Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 41.
  2. Chesneau 1998, p. 179.
  3. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 181.
  4. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 16.
  5. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 260.
  6. Whitley 2001, p. 53.
  7. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 122.
  8. Whitley 1999, p. 276.

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