List Of Aircraft Carriers Of The United States Navy - Aircraft Carrier Museum

This list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy (ten are active) includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of those commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion)) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion)). All units after CVA-58 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.

For airship aircraft carriers, please see list of airships of the United States Navy.

List

(† = in active service)

^{a): converted for jets, hydraulic catapults, 1950â€"54}

^{b): converted for jets, steam catapults, 1954â€"59}

^{c): converted to angled deck, 1956â€"59}

^{d): retasked to ASW (CVS), 1953â€"69}

^{e): converted to amphibious assault ship, LPH, 1959}

^{f): converted for training, CVT, 1969}

^{g): converted from collier, 1920; converted to seaplane tender, 1937}

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 (Unclassified Miscellaneous) 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.

Active

The active carriers of the US Navy

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)
• George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)

Under construction

Under-construction Gerald R. Fordâ€"class aircraft carriers:

• Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
• John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

Planned

Planned Gerald R. Fordâ€"class aircraft carriers:

• Enterprise (CVN-80)

Aircraft-carrier museums

See: U.S. Navy Museum#Aircraft-carrier museums

See also

• List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
• List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy
• Aircraft carrier
• List of amphibious warfare ships
• List of aircraft carriers
• List of aircraft carriers in service
• Timeline for aircraft carrier service
• Timeline of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
• List of aircraft carriers by configuration
• List of sunken aircraft carriers
• List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
• List of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union
• List of German aircraft carriers
• Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
• List of ships of the Japanese Navy
• List of current French Navy ships
• List of active Spanish Navy ships
• List of Canadian Navy ships
• List of Italian Navy ships
• Ships of the Indian Navy
• List of aircraft carriers by country
• Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility

References

External links

• MaritimeQuest US Aircraft Carrier Index
• The Lost American Aircraftcarriers