List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy explained

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, (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 USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3).[1] It was soon followed by the other pre-World War II classes: the ;, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; the, and .[2]

As World War II loomed, two more classes of carriers were commissioned under President Franklin Roosevelt: the, which is informally divided into regular bow and extended bow sub-classes, and the ships, which are classified as light aircraft carriers.[3] Between these two classes, 35 ships were completed. The Navy also purchased two training vessels, USS Wolverine and USS Sable, which were given the unclassified miscellaneous (IX) hull designation.[4]

The and the 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.[5]

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.

Later in the Cold War, supercarrier construction began with the,[6] followed by the ;, the first nuclear-powered carrier; and, the last conventionally powered carrier. These were followed by the and the modern-day post-cold war nuclear supercarriers, the only two classes of supercarriers that are currently in active-duty service.[7] With the ten-ship Nimitz-class complete by 2009, October 2013 saw the launch of, lead ship of the planned ten-ship Gerald R. Ford class. This was followed by the launch of in October 2019, while construction is underway on and .

List

Keys
List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
NameImageClassCommissionedDecommissionedService lifeStatus
CV-1data-sort-value="Langley" 20 March 192227 February 1942data-sort-value="1942" Sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942[8] [9] [10]
CV-2Lexingtondata-sort-value="Lexington" Lexington 14 December 19278 May 1942data-sort-value="1942" Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942[11]
CV-3SaratogaLexington16 November 192726 July 1946data-sort-value="1946" Sunk as target ship near Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads in 1946[12]
CV-4Rangerdata-sort-value="Ranger" Ranger 4 June 193418 October 1946data-sort-value="1947" Scrapped in 1947[13]
CV-5data-sort-value="Yorktown" Yorktown 30 September 19377 June 1942data-sort-value="1942" Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942[14]
CV-6EnterpriseYorktown12 May 193817 February 1947data-sort-value="1960" Scrapped in 1960[15]
CV-7Waspdata-sort-value="Wasp" Wasp 25 April 194015 September 1942data-sort-value="1942" Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942[16]
CV-8HornetYorktown20 October 194127 October 1942data-sort-value="1942" Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942[17] [18]
CV-9Essexdata-sort-value="Essex" Essex 31 December 194220 June 1969data-sort-value="1975" Scrapped in 1975[19]
CV-10YorktownEssex15 April 194327 June 1970Preserved at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA[20]
CV-11IntrepidEssex16 August 194315 March 1974Preserved at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York City, New York, USA[21]
CV-12HornetEssex29 November 194326 May 1970Preserved at USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California, USA[22]
CV-13FranklinEssex31 January 194417 February 1947data-sort-value="1966" Scrapped in 1966[23]
CV-14TiconderogaEssex (extended bow)8 May 19441 September 1973data-sort-value="1975" Scrapped in 1975[24]
CV-15RandolphEssex (extended bow)9 October 194413 February 1969data-sort-value="1975" Scrapped in 1975[25]
CV-16LexingtonEssex17 February 19438 November 1991Preserved at USS Lexington Museum on the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas, USA[26]
CV-17Bunker HillEssex25 May 19439 July 1947data-sort-value="1973" Scrapped in 1973[27] [28] [29]
CV-18WaspEssex24 November 19431 July 1972data-sort-value="1973" Scrapped in 1973[30]
CV-19HancockEssex (extended bow)15 April 194430 January 1976data-sort-value="1976" Scrapped in 1976[31]
CV-20BenningtonEssex6 August 194415 January 1970data-sort-value="1994" Scrapped in 1994[32]
CV-21BoxerEssex (extended bow)16 April 19451 December 1969data-sort-value="1971" Scrapped in 1971[33]
CVL-22Independencedata-sort-value="Independence" Independence 14 January 194328 August 1946data-sort-value="1951" Sunk as target ship near the Farallon Islands in 1951[34]
CVL-23PrincetonIndependence25 February 194324 October 1944data-sort-value="1944" Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944
CVL-24Belleau WoodIndependence31 March 194313 January 1947data-sort-value="1960" Scrapped in 1960
CVL-25CowpensIndependence28 May 194313 January 1947data-sort-value="1960" Scrapped in 1960
CVL-26MontereyIndependence17 June 194316 January 1956data-sort-value="1971" Scrapped in 1971
CVL-27LangleyIndependence31 August 194311 February 1947data-sort-value="1964" Scrapped in 1964
CVL-28CabotIndependence24 July 194321 January 1955data-sort-value="2002" Scrapped in 2002
CVL-29BataanIndependence17 November 19439 April 1954data-sort-value="1961" Scrapped in 1961[35]
CVL-30San JacintoIndependence15 December 19431 March 1947data-sort-value="1972" Scrapped in 1972
CV-31Bon Homme RichardEssex26 November 19442 July 1971data-sort-value="1992" Scrapped in 1992[36]
CV-32LeyteEssex (extended bow)11 April 194615 May 1959data-sort-value="1970" Scrapped in 1970
CV-33KearsargeEssex (extended bow)2 May 194615 January 1970data-sort-value="1974" Scrapped in 1974[37]
CV-34OriskanyEssex (extended bow)25 September 195020 September 1979data-sort-value="2006" Scuttled as artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006
CV-35ReprisalEssex (extended bow)data-sort-value="1949" Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949[38]
CV-36AntietamEssex (extended bow)28 January 19458 May 1963data-sort-value="1974" Scrapped in 1974[39]
CV-37PrincetonEssex (extended bow)18 November 194530 January 1970data-sort-value="1971" Scrapped in 1971
CV-38Shangri-LaEssex (extended bow)15 September 194430 July 1971data-sort-value="1988" Scrapped in 1988[40]
CV-39Lake ChamplainEssex (extended bow)3 July 19452 May 1966data-sort-value="1972" Scrapped in 1972
CV-40TarawaEssex (extended bow)8 December 194513 May 1960data-sort-value="1968" Scrapped in 1968
CVB-41Midwaydata-sort-value="Midway" Midway 10 September 194511 April 1992Preserved at the USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA[41]
CVB-42Franklin D. RooseveltMidway27 October 19451 October 1977data-sort-value="1978" Scrapped in 1978[42]
CVB-43Coral SeaMidway1 October 194726 April 1990data-sort-value="2000" Scrapped in 2000[43]
CV-44No name assigned(no image available)MidwayCancelled before construction began.[44]
CV-45Valley ForgeEssex (extended bow)3 November 194615 January 1970data-sort-value="1971" Scrapped in 1971
CV-46Iwo JimaEssex (extended bow)data-sort-value="1946" Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949[45]
CV-47Philippine SeaEssex (extended bow)11 May 194628 December 1958data-sort-value="1971" Scrapped in 1971
CVL-48Saipandata-sort-value="Saipan" Saipan 14 July 194614 January 1970data-sort-value="1976" Scrapped in 1976
CVL-49WrightSaipan9 February 194715 March 1956data-sort-value="1980" Scrapped in 1980
 – CV-55No names assigned(no images available)EssexThese hulls were all cancelled before construction began.
, CVB-57Midway
CVA-58United Statesdata-sort-value="United States" United States data-sort-value="1949" Cancelled during construction. Scrapped on slip in 1949[46]
CV-59Forrestaldata-sort-value="Forrestal" Forrestal 1 October 195530 September 1993data-sort-value="2015" Scrapped in 2015[47] [48] [49]
CV-60SaratogaForrestal14 April 195620 August 1994data-sort-value="2019" Scrapped in 2019[50]
CV-61RangerForrestal10 August 195710 July 1993data-sort-value="2017" Scrapped in 2017[51]
CV-62IndependenceForrestal10 January 195930 September 1998data-sort-value="2019" Scrapped in 2019[52]
CV-63Kitty Hawkdata-sort-value="Kitty Hawk" Kitty Hawk 29 April 196112 May 2009data-sort-value="2021" Undergoing scrapping[53] [54] [55] [56]
CV-64ConstellationKitty Hawk27 October 19617 August 2003data-sort-value="2017" Scrapped in 2017[57]
CVN-65Enterprisedata-sort-value="Enterprise" Enterprise 25 November 19613 February 2017Struck, to be scrapped[58]
CV-66AmericaKitty Hawk23 January 19659 August 1996data-sort-value="2005" Sunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005[59]
CV-67John F. Kennedydata-sort-value="John F. Kennedy" John F. Kennedy 7 September 196823 March 2007data-sort-value="2021" Sold for scrap in 2021[60]
CVN-68Nimitzdata-sort-value="Nimitz" Nimitz 3 May 1975— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington[61]
CVN-69Dwight D. EisenhowerNimitz18 October 1977— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia[62]
CVN-70Carl VinsonNimitz13 March 1982— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California[63] [64]
CVN-71Theodore RooseveltNimitz25 October 1986— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California[65] [66]
CVN-72Abraham LincolnNimitz11 November 1989— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California[67]
CVN-73George WashingtonNimitz4 July 1992— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [68]
CVN-74John C. StennisNimitz9 December 1995— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia(Undergoing Maintenance)[69]
CVN-75Harry S. TrumanNimitz25 July 1998— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia[70]
CVN-76Ronald ReaganNimitz12 July 2003— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan[71]
CVN-77George H.W. BushNimitz10 January 2009— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia[72]
CVN-78Gerald R. Forddata-sort-value="Gerald R. Ford" Gerald R. Ford 22 July 2017— , to calculate final value for service life---->Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia[73] [74]
CVN-79John F. KennedyGerald R. Forddata-sort-value="2019" — , to calculate final value for service life---->— , to calculate current value for service life---->Fitting out [75] [76]
CVN-80EnterpriseGerald R. Forddata-sort-value="2027" — , to calculate final value for service life---->— , to calculate current value for service life---->Under construction[77]
CVN-81Doris Miller<-- Please do NOT add notes about petitions for names here -->Gerald R. Forddata-sort-value="2030" — , to calculate final value for service life---->— , to calculate current value for service life---->Under construction[78] [79]
CVN-82TBA<-- Please do NOT add notes about petitions for names here -->Gerald R. Forddata-sort-value="2034" — , to calculate final value for service life---->— , to calculate current value for service life---->Ordered

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. Together the Sable and Wolverine trained 17,820 pilots in 116,000 carrier landings. Of these, 51,000 landings were on Sable.[80]

Name ImageClassdata-sort-type="usLongDate" Commissioneddata-sort-type="usLongDate" DecommissionedService lifeStatus
data-sort-value="1" IX-64Wolverinen/a
(converted side-wheel steamer)		12 August 19427 November 1945Scrapped in 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
data-sort-value="2" IX-81Sablen/a
(converted side-wheel steamer)		8 May 19437 November 1945Scrapped in 1948 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Aircraft carrier museums

See also

External links

Museum ships

Notes and References

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