List of United States Navy aircraft carriers
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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 |
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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
- ↑ USS Constellation Headed For Texas Scrapyard In: fox17online.com , June 14, 2014, accessed March 28, 2018.