LIST OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY

This 'list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy' includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, and CVN. All units after CVA-57 are supercarriers.
For the smaller escort aircraft carriers (CVE), please see list of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.
For grouping by class, please see list of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy.

Contents

By hull number

By name

Active

Airship aircraft carriers

External Links

See also

By hull number

#	Name	Commissioned	Class	Status
CV-1	''Langley''	1922	''Langley''-class, lead ship	Sunk Feb 1942
CV-2	''Lexington''	1927	''Lexington''-class	Sunk May 1942
CV-3	''Saratoga''	1927	''Lexington''-class	Operation Crossroads (Baker) test target
CV-4	''Ranger''	1934	''Ranger''-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-5	''Yorktown''	1937	''Yorktown''-class, lead ship	Sunk June 1942
CV-6	''Enterprise''	1938	''Yorktown''-class	Scrapped
CV-7	''Wasp''	1940	''Wasp''-class, lead ship	Sunk Sep 1942
CV-8	''Hornet''	1941	''Yorktown''-class	Sunk Oct 1942
CV-9 b)	''Essex''	1942	''Essex''-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-10 b)	''Yorktown''	1943	''Essex''-class	Museum
CV-11 b)	''Intrepid''	1943	''Essex''-class	Museum
CV-12 b)	''Hornet''	1943	''Essex''-class	Museum
CV-13 b)	''Franklin''	1944	''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-14 b)	''Ticonderoga''	1944	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-15 b)	''Randolph''	1944	''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-16 d)	''Lexington''	1943	''Essex''-class	Museum
CV-17 b)	''Bunker Hill''	1943	''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-18 b)	''Wasp''	1943	''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-19	''Hancock''	1944	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-20 b)	''Bennington''	1944	''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-21 c)	''Boxer''	1945	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CVL-22	''Independence''	1943	''Independence''-class light carrier	Scuttled 1951
CVL-23	''Princeton''	1943	''Independence''-class	Sunk 1944
CVL-24	''Belleau Wood''	1943	''Independence''-class	Scrapped
CVL-25	''Cowpens''	1943	''Independence''-class	Scrapped
CVL-26	''Monterey''	1943	''Independence''-class	Scrapped
CVL-27	''Langley''	1943	''Independence''-class	Scrapped
CVL-28	''Cabot''	1943	''Independence''-class	Scrapped
CVL-29	''Bataan''	1943	''Independence''-class	Scrapped
CVL-30	''San Jacinto''	1943	''Independence''-class	Scrapped
CV-31 b)	''Bonhomme Richard''	1944	''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-32 b)	''Leyte''	1946	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-33 b)	''Kearsarge''	1946	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-34	''Oriskany''	1950	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scuttled
CV-35	''Reprisal''	cancelled (August 11, 1945)	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-36 b)	''Antietam''	1945	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-37 c)	''Princeton''	1945	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-38 b)	''Shangri-la''	1944	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-39 b)	''Lake Champlain''	1945	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-40 b)	''Tarawa''	1945	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CVB-41 a)	''Midway''	1945	''Midway''-class, lead ship	Museum
CVB-42 a)	''Franklin D. Roosevelt''	1945	''Midway''-class	Scrapped
CVB-43 a)	''Coral Sea''	1947	''Midway''-class	Scrapped
CVB-44		Cancelled	''Midway''-class	cancelled
CV-45 c)	''Valley Forge''	1946	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CV-46	''Iwo Jima''	cancelled (August 11, 1945)	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-47 b)	''Philippine Sea''	1946	Long hull ''Essex''-class	Scrapped
CVL-48	''Saipan''	1946	''Saipan''-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CVL-49	''Wright''	1946	''Saipan''-class	Scrapped
CV-50		Cancelled	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-51		Cancelled	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-52		Cancelled	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-53		Cancelled	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-54		Cancelled	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-55		Cancelled	Long hull ''Essex''-class	cancelled
CV-56		Cancelled	''Midway''-class	cancelled
CV-57		Cancelled	''Midway''-class	cancelled
CVA-58	''United States''	cancelled (April 18, 1949	''United States''-class, lead ship	cancelled
CV-59	''Forrestal''	1955	''Forrestal''-class supercarrier, lead ship	To be Scuttled - Date TBA - Docked at NS Newport, RI
CV-60	''Saratoga''	1956	''Forrestal''-class supercarrier	On Donation Hold - Docked at NS Newport, RI
CV-61	''Ranger''	1957	''Forrestal''-class supercarrier	Donation Hold - Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-62	''Independence''	1959	''Forrestal''-class supercarrier	To be Scuttled - Date TBA - Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-63	''Kitty Hawk''	1961	''Kitty Hawk''-class supercarrier, lead ship	Active (to 2008)
CV-64	''Constellation''	1961	''Kitty Hawk''-class supercarrier	To be Scuttled - Date TBA - Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, W
CVN-65	''Enterprise''	1961	''Enterprise''-class supercarrier, lead ship	Active
CV-66	''America''	1965	''Kitty Hawk''-class supercarrier	Sunk as Target
CV-67	''John F. Kennedy''	1968	''Kennedy''-class supercarrier, lead ship	Decommissioned - Docked at Naval Station Norfolk (NOB).
CVN-68	''Nimitz''	1975	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier, lead ship	Active
CVN-69	''Dwight D. Eisenhower''	1977	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-70	''Carl Vinson''	1981	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-71	''Theodore Roosevelt''	1986	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-72	''Abraham Lincoln''	1989	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-73	''George Washington''	1992	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-74	''John C. Stennis''	1995	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-75	''Harry S. Truman''	1998	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-76	''Ronald Reagan''	2003	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-77	''George H. W. Bush''	2009	''Nimitz''-class supercarrier
CVN-78	''Gerald R. Ford''	2015	''Ford''-class supercarrier, lead ship
CVN-79	unnamed	2019	''Ford''-class supercarrier	Planned
CVN-80	unnamed	2023	''Ford''-class supercarrier	Planned

:^{a): converted for jets, CVA, 1952}
:^{b): converted for jets, CVA, 1952. Converted to ASW, CVS, 1953-69}
:^{c): converted to amphibious command ship, LPH, 1959}
:^{d): converted for training, CVT, 1969}

By name

#	Name
CVN-72	''Abraham Lincoln''
CVA-66	''America''
CV-36	''Antietam''
CVL-29	''Bataan''
CVL-24	''Belleau Wood''
CV-20	''Bennington''
CV-31	''Bonhomme Richard''
CV-21	''Boxer''
CV-17	''Bunker Hill''
CVL-28	''Cabot''
CVN-70	''Carl Vinson''
CV-64	''Constellation''
CVB-43	''Coral Sea''
CVL-25	''Cowpens''
CVN-69	''Dwight D. Eisenhower''
CV-6	''Enterprise''
CVN-65	''Enterprise''
CV-9	''Essex''
CVA-59	''Forrestal''
CV-13	''Franklin''
CVB-42	''Franklin D. Roosevelt''
CVN-77	''George H. W. Bush''
CVN-73	''George Washington''
CV-19	''Hancock''
CVN-75	''Harry S. Truman''
CV-8	''Hornet''
CV-12	''Hornet''
CVL-22	''Independence''
CV-62	''Independence''
CV-11	''Intrepid''
CV-46	''Iwo Jima''
CVN-74	''John C. Stennis''
CV-67	''John F. Kennedy''
CV-33	''Kearsarge''
CV-63	''Kitty Hawk''
CV-39	''Lake Champlain''
CV-1	''Langley''
CVL-27	''Langley''
CV-2	''Lexington''
CV-16	''Lexington''
CV-32	''Leyte''
CVB-41	''Midway''
CVL-26	''Monterey''
CVN-68	''Nimitz''
CV-34	''Oriskany''
CV-47	''Philippine Sea''
CVL-23	''Princeton''
CV-37	''Princeton''
CV-15	''Randolph''
CV-4	''Ranger''
CVA-61	''Ranger''
CV-35	''Reprisal''
CVN-76	''Ronald Reagan''
CVL-48	''Saipan''
CVL-30	''San Jacinto''
CV-3	''Saratoga''
CVA-60	''Saratoga''
CV-38	''Shangri-la''
CV-40	''Tarawa''
CVN-71	''Theodore Roosevelt''
CV-14	''Ticonderoga''
CVA-58 / CVN-77	''United States'' - never built / name changed''
CV-45	''Valley Forge''
CV-7	''Wasp''
CV-18	''Wasp''
CVL-49	''Wright''
CV-5	''Yorktown''
CV-10	''Yorktown''
CVB-44	Cancelled
CV-50
CV-51
CV-52
CV-53
CV-54
CV-55
CV-56
CV-57

Active

The active carriers of the US Navy as of 2007 are as follows:

★ ''Kitty Hawk'' (CV-63) (''Kitty Hawk'' class)

★ ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)
Active ''Nimitz''-class carriers:

★ ''Nimitz'' (CVN-68)

★ ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' (CVN-69),

★ ''Carl Vinson'' (CVN-70),

★ ''Theodore Roosevelt'' (CVN-71),

★ ''Abraham Lincoln'' (CVN-72)

★ ''George Washington'' (CVN-73),

★ ''John C. Stennis'' (CVN-74),

★ ''Harry S. Truman'' (CVN-75)

★ ''Ronald Reagan'' (CVN-76).
Upcoming Changes:
2008 ''Kitty Hawk'' retires.
2009 ''George H. W. Bush'' enters Service.

Airship aircraft carriers

Name	Commissioned	Status
USS Akron	1931	lost in a storm 1933
USS Macon	1933	lost in bad weather 1935

External Links

★ MaritimeQuest US Aircraft Carrier Index

See also

★ List of aircraft carriers

★ List of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy

★ List of aircraft carriers by country