List of United States Navy aircraft carriers

Ships of the US Navy

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The list of aircraft carriers of the US Navy a total of 80 vessels. Of these, 64 carriers were put into service over the past 85 years, of which ten units are still active. One aircraft carrier is currently under construction and one in planning. The remaining eleven ships were commissioned but never completed, with three units not being completed after construction began and eventually scrapped.

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Nuclear power drive

#	Surname	class	period of service	status
CV-1	Langley	Langley- class	1922-1942	sunk February 1942
CV-2	Lexington	Lexington- class	1927-1942	sunk May 1942
CV-3	Saratoga	Lexington- class	1927-1946	sunk as a test object at Operation Crossroads
CV-4	ranger	Ranger- class	1934-1946	scrapped
CV-5	Yorktown	Yorktown- class	1937-1942	sunk June 1942
CV-6	Enterprise	Yorktown- class	1938-1947	scrapped
CV-7	Wasp	Wasp class	1940-1942	sunk September 1942
CV-8	Hornet	Yorktown- class	1941-1942	sunk October 1942
CV-9 b)	Essex	Essex class	1942-1947 1951-1969	scrapped
CV-10 b)	Yorktown	Essex class	1943-1947 1953-1970	Museum in Charleston, South Carolina
CV-11 b)	Intrepid	Essex class	1943-1974	Museum in New York
CV-12 b)	Hornet	Essex class	1943-1947 1953-1970	Museum in Alameda, California
CV-13 b)	Franklin	Essex class	1944-1947	scrapped
CV-14 b)	Ticonderoga	Essex class	1943-1947 1953-1970	scrapped
CV-15 b)	Randolph	Essex class	1944-1948 1953-1969	scrapped
CV-16 d)	Lexington	Essex class	1943-1991	Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas
CV-17 b)	Bunker Hill	Essex class	1943-1947	scrapped
CV-18 b)	Wasp	Essex class	1943-1947 1951-1972	scrapped
CV-19	Hancock	Ticonderoga class	1943-1947 1954-1956 1956-1976	scrapped
CV-20 b)	Bennington	Essex class	1944-1946 1952-1970	scrapped
CV-21 c)	boxer	Ticonderoga class	1945–1969	scrapped
CVL-22	Independence	Independence class	1943-1946	sunk as a target ship in 1951
CVL-23	Princeton	Independence class	1943-1944	sunk in 1944
CVL-24	Belleau Wood	Independence class	1943-1947	scrapped
CVL-25	Cowpens	Independence class	1943-1947	scrapped
CVL-26	Monterey	Independence class	1943-1956	scrapped
CVL-27	Langley	Independence class	1943-1947	scrapped
CVL-28	Cabot	Independence class	1943-1947	scrapped
CVL-29	Bataan	Independence class	1943-1954	scrapped
CVL-30	San Jacinto	Independence class	1943-1947	scrapped
CV-31 b)	Bon Homme Richard	Essex class	1944-1971	scrapped
CV-32 b)	Leyte	Ticonderoga class	1946-1959	scrapped
CV-33 b)	Kearsarge	Ticonderoga class	1946-1970	scrapped
CV-34	Oriskany	Ticonderoga class	1950-1957 1959-1975	sunk as an artificial reef in 2006
CV-35	Reprisal	Ticonderoga class		scrapped after construction was abandoned in 1945
CV-36 b)	Antietam	Ticonderoga class	1945–1963	scrapped
CV-37 c)	Princeton	Ticonderoga class	1945-1970	scrapped
CV-38 b)	Shangri-La	Ticonderoga class	1944-1971	scrapped
CV-39 b)	Lake Champlain	Ticonderoga class	1945–1966	scrapped
CV-40 b)	Tarawa	Ticonderoga class	1945-1960	scrapped
CVB-41 a)	Midway	Midway class	1945-1992	Museum in San Diego, California
CVB-42 a)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Midway class	1945-1977	scrapped
CVB-43 a)	Coral Sea	Midway class	1947-1990	scrapped
CVB-44		Midway class		never built
CV-45 c)	Valley Forge	Ticonderoga class	1946-1970	scrapped
CV-46	Iwo Jima	Ticonderoga class		scrapped after construction was abandoned in 1945
CV-47 b)	Philippine Sea	Ticonderoga class	1946-1958	scrapped
CVL-48	Saipan	Saipan class	1946-1970	scrapped
CVL-49	Wright	Saipan class	1947-1970	scrapped
CV-50- CV-55		Ticonderoga class		never built
CV-56- CV-57		Midway class		never built
CVA-58	United States	United-States class		scrapped after construction was abandoned in 1949
CV-59	Forrestal	Forrestal class	1955-1993	scrapped
CV-60	Saratoga	Forrestal class	1956-1994	will be scrapped
CV-61	ranger	Forrestal class	1957-1993	in NISMF Bremerton , Washington has been scrapped since 2015
CV-62	Independence	Forrestal class	1959-1998	in NISMF Bremerton, Washington is being scrapped
CV-63	Kitty Hawk	Kitty Hawk class	1961-2009	in NISMF Bremerton, Washington future uncertain
CV-64	Constellation	Kitty Hawk class	1961-2003	will be scrapped
CVN-65	Enterprise	Enterprise class	1961-2012	decommissioned, will be scrapped
CV-66	America	Kitty Hawk class	1965-1996	Sunk in 2005 as a target ship
CV-67	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy class	1968-2007	in NISMF Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reserve fleet
CVN-68	Nimitz	Nimitz class	1975–	active, homeport NS Everett , Washington
CVN-69	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Nimitz class	1977–	active, homeport NS Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-70	Carl Vinson	Nimitz class	1982–	active, homeport NS San Diego, California
CVN-71	Theodore Roosevelt	Nimitz class	1986–	active, homeport NS Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-72	Abraham Lincoln	Nimitz class	1989–	active, homeport NS Everett, Washington
CVN 73	George Washington	Nimitz class	1992–	active, home port Yokosuka, Japan
CVN-74	John C. Stennis	Nimitz class	1995–	active, homeport NB Bremerton, Washington
CVN-75	Harry S. Truman	Nimitz class	1998–	active, homeport NS Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-76	Ronald Reagan	Nimitz class	2003–	active, homeport NS San Diego, California
CVN-77	George HW Bush	Nimitz class	2009–	active, homeport NS Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-78	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald R. Ford class	2017–	Commissioning on July 22, 2017
CVN-79	John F. Kennedy	Gerald R. Ford class		under construction, commissioning 2022
CVN-80	Enterprise	Gerald R. Ford class		under construction, commissioning ~ 2027
CVN-81	Doris Miller	Gerald R. Ford class		in planning, commissioning ~ 2030

^{a) converted for use by jet aircraft , CVA, 1952}

^{b) converted for use by jet aircraft, CVA, 1952. Converted for ASW tasks, CVS, 1953–1969}

^{c) converted into an amphibious assault ship (LPH), 1959}

^{d) converted into a training aircraft carrier, 1969}

See also

• List of United States Navy aircraft carrier classes
• List of historical aircraft carriers
• List of aircraft carriers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USS Constellation Headed For Texas Scrapyard In: fox17online.com , June 14, 2014, accessed March 28, 2018.