Aircraft Carriers (CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, CVN)
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Most recent update: 2020-11-05.
| Type | # | Name | Shipbuilder | Hull# | LDT | Contract | Keel Laid | Launched | Delivered | C to D | K to L | L to D | K to D | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV | 1 | Langley | Norfolk NSY | 11,050 | 1910 | 18-Oct-1911 | 24-Aug-1912 | 7-Apr-1913 | 311 | 226 | 537 | Built as Jupiter (AC 3), converted 1922, lost 1942 | ||
| CV | 2 | Lexington | Fore River Sbldg. | 300 | 33,000 | 1917 | 8-Jan-1921 | 3-Oct-1925 | 14-Dec-1927 | 1729 | 802 | 2531 | Laid down as CC 1, sunk in the Coral Sea 1942 | |
| CV | 3 | Saratoga | New York Ship | 199 | 33,000 | 1917 | 25-Sep-1920 | 7-Apr-1925 | 16-Nov-1927 | 1655 | 953 | 2608 | Laid down as CC 3, sunk at Bikini 1946 | |
| CV | 4 | Ranger | Newport News | 353 | 14,500 | 1-Nov-1930 | 26-Sep-1931 | 25-Feb-1933 | 4-Jun-1934 | 1311 | 518 | 464 | 982 | Scrapped 1947 |
| CV | 5 | Yorktown | Newport News | 359 | 19,800 | 3-Aug-1933 | 21-May-1934 | 4-Apr-1936 | 30-Sep-1937 | 1519 | 684 | 544 | 1228 | Sunk at Midway 1942 |
| CV | 6 | Enterprise | Newport News | 360 | 19,800 | 3-Aug-1933 | 16-Jul-1934 | 3-Oct-1936 | 12-May-1938 | 1743 | 810 | 586 | 1396 | Scrapped 1958 |
| CV | 7 | Wasp | Bethlehem Steel | 1460 | 14,700 | 19-Sep-1935 | 1-Apr-1936 | 4-Apr-1939 | 25-Apr-1940 | 1680 | 1098 | 387 | 1485 | Sunk off Guadalcanal 1942 |
| CV | 8 | Hornet | Newport News | 385 | 19,900 | 30-Mar-1939 | 29-Sep-1939 | 14-Dec-1940 | 20-Oct-1941 | 935 | 442 | 310 | 752 | Damaged at Santa Cruz, scuttled by Japanese 1942 |
| CV | 9 | Essex | Newport News | 392 | 27,100 | 3-Jul-1940 | 28-Apr-1941 | 31-Jul-1942 | 31-Dec-1942 | 911 | 459 | 153 | 612 | Scrapped 1975 |
| CV | 10 | Yorktown | Newport News | 393 | 27,100 | 3-Jul-1940 | 1-Dec-1941 | 21-Jan-1943 | 15-Apr-1943 | 1016 | 416 | 84 | 500 | Memorial in Mount Pleasant SC 1973 |
| CV | 11 | Intrepid | Newport News | 394 | 27,100 | 3-Jul-1940 | 1-Dec-1941 | 26-Apr-1943 | 16-Aug-1943 | 1139 | 511 | 112 | 623 | Memorial in New York NY 1982 |
| CV | 12 | Hornet | Newport News | 395 | 27,100 | 3-Jul-1940 | 3-Aug-1942 | 30-Aug-1943 | 29-Nov-1943 | 1244 | 392 | 91 | 483 | Memorial in Alameda CA 1989 |
| CV | 13 | Franklin | Newport News | 396 | 27,100 | 3-Jul-1940 | 7-Dec-1942 | 14-Oct-1943 | 31-Jan-1944 | 1307 | 311 | 109 | 420 | Scrapped 1966 |
| CV | 14 | Ticonderoga | Newport News | 397 | 27,100 | 3-Jul-1940 | 1-Feb-1943 | 7-Feb-1944 | 8-May-1944 | 1405 | 371 | 91 | 462 | Scrapped 1974 |
| CV | 15 | Randolph | Newport News | 398 | 27,100 | 3-Jul-1940 | 10-May-1943 | 29-Sep-1944 | 9-Oct-1944 | 1559 | 508 | 10 | 518 | Scrapped 1975 |
| CV | 16 | Lexington | Bethlehem Steel | 1508 | 27,100 | 9-Sep-1940 | 15-Jul-1941 | 26-Sep-1942 | 17-Feb-1943 | 891 | 438 | 144 | 582 | Memorial in Corpus Christi TX 1992 |
| CV | 17 | Bunker Hill | Bethlehem Steel | 1509 | 27,100 | 9-Sep-1940 | 15-Sep-1941 | 7-Dec-1942 | 24-May-1943 | 987 | 448 | 168 | 616 | Scrapped 1973 |
| CV | 18 | Wasp | Bethlehem Steel | 1510 | 27,100 | 9-Sep-1940 | 18-Mar-1942 | 17-Aug-1943 | 24-Nov-1943 | 1171 | 517 | 99 | 616 | Scrapped 1973 |
| CV | 19 | Hancock | Bethlehem Steel | 1511 | 27,100 | 9-Sep-1940 | 26-Jan-1943 | 24-Jan-1944 | 15-Apr-1944 | 1314 | 363 | 82 | 445 | Scrapped 1976 |
| CV | 20 | Bennington | New York NSY | 27,100 | 15-Dec-1941 | 15-Dec-1942 | 26-Feb-1944 | 6-Aug-1944 | 965 | 438 | 162 | 600 | Scrapped 1994 | |
| CV | 21 | Boxer | Newport News | 410 | 27,100 | 15-Dec-1941 | 13-Sep-1943 | 14-Dec-1944 | 14-Apr-1945 | 1216 | 458 | 121 | 579 | Scrapped 1971 |
| CVL | 22 | Independence | New York Ship | 427 | 11,000 | 1-May-1941 | 1-May-1941 | 22-Aug-1942 | 14-Jan-1943 | 623 | 478 | 145 | 623 | Laid down as Amsterdam (CL 59), sunk as target 1951 |
| CVL | 23 | Princeton | New York Ship | 429 | 11,000 | 2-Jun-1941 | 2-Jun-1941 | 18-Oct-1942 | 25-Feb-1943 | 633 | 503 | 130 | 633 | Laid down as Tallahassee (CL 61), sunk in Leyte Gulf 1944 |
| CVL | 24 | Belleau Wood | New York Ship | 431 | 11,000 | 11-Aug-1941 | 11-Aug-1941 | 6-Dec-1942 | 31-Mar-1943 | 597 | 482 | 115 | 597 | Laid down as New Haven (CL 76), to France 1953 as Bois Belleau (R 97), scrapped 1960 |
| CVL | 25 | Cowpens | New York Ship | 432 | 11,000 | 17-Nov-1941 | 17-Nov-1941 | 17-Jan-1943 | 28-May-1943 | 557 | 426 | 131 | 557 | Laid down as Huntington (CL 77), scrapped 1960 |
| CVL | 26 | Monterey | New York Ship | 433 | 11,000 | 29-Dec-1941 | 29-Dec-1941 | 28-Feb-1943 | 17-Jun-1943 | 535 | 426 | 109 | 535 | Laid down as Dayton (CL 78), scrapped 1971 |
| CVL | 27 | Langley | New York Ship | 443 | 11,000 | 11-Apr-1942 | 11-Apr-1942 | 22-May-1943 | 31-Aug-1943 | 507 | 406 | 101 | 507 | Laid down as Fargo (CL 85), to France 1951 as Lafayette (R 96), scrapped 1964 |
| CVL | 28 | Cabot | New York Ship | 434 | 11,000 | 16-Aug-1942 | 16-Aug-1942 | 4-Apr-1943 | 24-Jul-1943 | 342 | 231 | 111 | 342 | Laid down as Wilmington (CL 79), to Spain 1967 as Dedalo (R 01), scrapped 2003 |
| CVL | 29 | Bataan | New York Ship | 441 | 11,000 | 31-Aug-1942 | 31-Aug-1942 | 1-Aug-1943 | 17-Nov-1943 | 443 | 335 | 108 | 443 | Laid down as Buffalo (CL 99), scrapped 1961 |
| CVL | 30 | San Jacinto | New York Ship | 442 | 11,000 | 26-Oct-1942 | 26-Oct-1942 | 26-Sep-1943 | 15-Dec-1943 | 415 | 335 | 80 | 415 | Laid down as Newark (CL 100), scrapped 1971 |
| CV | 31 | Bon Homme Richard | New York NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 1-Feb-1943 | 29-Apr-1944 | 26-Nov-1944 | 842 | 453 | 211 | 664 | Scrapped 1992 | |
| CV | 32 | Leyte | Newport News | 446 | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 21-Feb-1944 | 23-Aug-1945 | 11-Apr-1946 | 1343 | 549 | 231 | 780 | Scrapped 1971 |
| CV | 33 | Kearsarge | New York NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 1-Mar-1944 | 5-May-1945 | 2-Mar-1946 | 1303 | 430 | 301 | 731 | Scrapped 1971 | |
| CV | 34 | Oriskany | New York NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 1-May-1944 | 13-Oct-1945 | 25-Sep-1950 | 2971 | 530 | 1808 | 2338 | Sunk as reef off Pensacola FL in May 2006 | |
| CV | 35 | Reprisal | New York NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 1-Jul-1944 | 30-Jun-1945 | 364 | Cancelled 1945, hulk scrapped 1949 | |||||
| CV | 36 | Antietam | Philadelphia NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 15-Mar-1943 | 20-Aug-1944 | 28-Jan-1945 | 905 | 524 | 161 | 685 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| CV | 37 | Princeton | Philadelphia NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 14-Sep-1943 | 8-Jul-1945 | 18-Nov-1945 | 1199 | 663 | 133 | 796 | Scrapped 1971 | |
| CV | 38 | Shangri-La | Norfolk NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 15-Jan-1943 | 24-Feb-1944 | 15-Sep-1944 | 770 | 405 | 204 | 609 | Scrapped 1988 | |
| CV | 39 | Lake Champlain | Norfolk NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 15-Mar-1943 | 2-Nov-1944 | 3-Jun-1945 | 1031 | 598 | 213 | 811 | Scrapped 1972 | |
| CV | 40 | Tarawa | Norfolk NSY | 27,100 | 7-Aug-1942 | 1-Mar-1944 | 12-May-1945 | 8-Dec-1945 | 1219 | 437 | 210 | 647 | Scrapped 1968 | |
| CVB | 41 | Midway | Newport News | 439 | 45,000 | 1-Aug-1942 | 27-Oct-1943 | 20-Mar-1945 | 10-Sep-1945 | 1136 | 510 | 174 | 684 | To San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum 2003 |
| CVB | 42 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | New York NSY | 45,000 | 1-Aug-1942 | 1-Dec-1943 | 29-Apr-1945 | 27-Oct-1945 | 1183 | 515 | 181 | 696 | Scrapped 1978 | |
| CVB | 43 | Coral Sea | Newport News | 440 | 45,000 | 14-Jun-1943 | 10-Jul-1944 | 2-Apr-1946 | 1-Oct-1947 | 1570 | 631 | 547 | 1178 | Scrapped 1993 |
| CVB | 44 | Newport News | 441 | 45,000 | 14-Jun-1943 | Cancelled 1945 | ||||||||
| CV | 45 | Valley Forge | Philadelphia NSY | 27,100 | 14-Jun-1943 | 7-Sep-1944 | 18-Nov-1945 | 3-Nov-1946 | 1238 | 437 | 350 | 787 | Scrapped 1971 | |
| CV | 46 | Iwo Jima | Newport News | 447 | 27,100 | 14-Jun-1943 | 29-Jan-1945 | Cancelled 1945 | ||||||
| CV | 47 | Philippine Sea | Bethlehem Steel | 1570 | 27,100 | 14-Jun-1943 | 19-Aug-1944 | 5-Sep-1945 | 3-May-1946 | 1054 | 382 | 240 | 622 | Scrapped 1971 |
| CVL | 48 | Saipan | New York Ship | 469 | 14,500 | 14-Jun-1943 | 10-Jul-1944 | 8-Jul-1945 | 14-Jul-1946 | 1126 | 363 | 371 | 734 | Scrapped 1976 |
| CVL | 49 | Wright | New York Ship | 470 | 14,500 | 14-Jun-1943 | 21-Aug-1944 | 1-Sep-1945 | 9-Feb-1947 | 1336 | 376 | 526 | 902 | Scrapped 1980 |
| CV | 50 | Bethlehem Steel | 1605 | 27,100 | Cancelled 1945 | |||||||||
| CV | 51 | New York NSY | 27,100 | Cancelled 1945 | ||||||||||
| CV | 52 | New York NSY | 27,100 | Cancelled 1945 | ||||||||||
| CV | 53 | Philadelphia NSY | 27,100 | Cancelled 1945 | ||||||||||
| CV | 54 | Norfolk NSY | 27,100 | Cancelled 1945 | ||||||||||
| CV | 55 | Norfolk NSY | 27,100 | Cancelled 1945 | ||||||||||
| CVB | 56 | Newport News | 442 | 45,000 | Cancelled 1945 | |||||||||
| CVB | 57 | Newport News | 443 | 45,000 | Cancelled 1945 | |||||||||
| CVA | 58 | United States | Newport News | 486 | 65,000 | 29-Jul-1948 | 18-Apr-1949 | Cancelled 23-Apr-1949 | ||||||
| CVA | 59 | Forrestal | Newport News | 506 | 61,163 | 12-Jul-1951 | 14-Jul-1952 | 11-Dec-1954 | 29-Sep-1955 | 1540 | 880 | 292 | 1172 | Scrapped 2014 |
| CVA | 60 | Saratoga | New York NSY | 61,163 | 23-Jul-1952 | 16-Dec-1952 | 8-Oct-1955 | 14-Apr-1956 | 1361 | 1026 | 189 | 1215 | Scrapped 2014 | |
| CVA | 61 | Ranger | Newport News | 514 | 61,163 | 1-Feb-1954 | 2-Aug-1954 | 29-Sep-1956 | 1-Aug-1957 | 1277 | 789 | 306 | 1095 | Scrapped 2014 |
| CVA | 62 | Independence | New York NSY | 61,163 | 2-Jul-1954 | 1-Jul-1955 | 6-Jun-1958 | 1-Apr-1959 | 1734 | 1071 | 299 | 1370 | Scrapped 2017 | |
| CVA | 63 | Kitty Hawk | New York Ship | 514 | 60,005 | 1-Oct-1955 | 27-Dec-1956 | 21-May-1960 | 1-Apr-1961 | 2009 | 1241 | 315 | 1556 | Laid up at NISMF Bremerton: to be scrapped |
| CVA | 64 | Constellation | New York NSY | 60,005 | 1-Jul-1956 | 14-Sep-1957 | 8-Oct-1960 | 1-Oct-1961 | 1918 | 1120 | 358 | 1478 | Scrapped 2014 | |
| CVN | 65 | Enterprise | Newport News | 546 | 75,704 | 15-Nov-1957 | 4-Feb-1958 | 24-Sep-1960 | 29-Oct-1961 | 1444 | 963 | 400 | 1363 | Deactivated by NNS, laid up 2018 |
| CVA | 66 | America | Newport News | 561 | 60,005 | 25-Nov-1960 | 9-Jan-1961 | 1-Feb-1964 | 13-Jan-1965 | 1510 | 1118 | 347 | 1465 | Scuttled off North Carolina 2005 |
| CVA | 67 | John F. Kennedy | Newport News | 577 | 60,005 | 30-Apr-1964 | 22-Oct-1964 | 27-May-1967 | 31-Aug-1968 | 1584 | 947 | 462 | 1409 | Laid up at NISMF Philadelphia: on hold for donation |
| CVN | 68 | Nimitz | Newport News | 594 | 78,280 | 31-Mar-1967 | 22-Jun-1968 | 13-May-1972 | 11-Apr-1975 | 2933 | 1421 | 1063 | 2484 | Active, Pacific Fleet |
| CVN | 69 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Newport News | 599 | 78,793 | 29-Jun-1970 | 15-Aug-1970 | 11-Oct-1975 | 12-Sep-1977 | 2632 | 1883 | 702 | 2585 | Active, Atlantic Fleet |
| CVN | 70 | Carl Vinson | Newport News | 611 | 78,180 | 5-Apr-1974 | 11-Oct-1975 | 15-Mar-1980 | 26-Feb-1982 | 2884 | 1617 | 713 | 2330 | Active, Pacific Fleet |
| CVN | 71 | Theodore Roosevelt | Newport News | 624 | 80,715 | 30-Sep-1980 | 31-Oct-1981 | 27-Oct-1984 | 17-Oct-1986 | 2208 | 1092 | 720 | 1812 | Active, Pacific Fleet |
| CVN | 72 | Abraham Lincoln | Newport News | 630 | 81,208 | 27-Dec-1982 | 3-Nov-1984 | 13-Feb-1988 | 30-Oct-1989 | 2499 | 1197 | 625 | 1822 | Active, Pacific Fleet |
| CVN | 73 | George Washington | Newport News | 631 | 80,376 | 27-Dec-1982 | 25-Aug-1986 | 21-Jul-1990 | 8-Jun-1992 | 3451 | 1426 | 688 | 2114 | Active, Atlantic Fleet |
| CVN | 74 | John C. Stennis | Newport News | 641 | 78,453 | 30-Jun-1988 | 13-Mar-1991 | 13-Nov-1993 | 9-Nov-1995 | 2688 | 976 | 726 | 1702 | Active, Pacific Fleet |
| CVN | 75 | Harry S. Truman | Newport News | 642 | 78,453 | 30-Jun-1988 | 29-Nov-1993 | 7-Sep-1996 | 30-Jun-1998 | 3652 | 1013 | 661 | 1674 | Active, Atlantic Fleet |
| CVN | 76 | Ronald Reagan | Newport News | 645 | 77,607 | 8-Dec-1994 | 12-Feb-1998 | 10-Mar-2001 | 30-Jun-2003 | 3126 | 1122 | 842 | 1964 | Active, Pacific Fleet |
| CVN | 77 | George H. W. Bush | Newport News | 77,607 | 26-Jan-2001 | 6-Sep-2003 | 9-Oct-2006 | 11-May-2009 | 2896 | 1129 | 965 | 2094 | Active, Atlantic Fleet | |
| CVN | 78 | Gerald R. Ford | Newport News | 85,000 | 10-Sep-2008 | 14-Nov-2009 | 17-Nov-2013 | 31-May-2017 | 3170 | 1464 | 1306 | 2770 | Active, Atlantic Fleet | |
| CVN | 79 | John F. Kennedy | Newport News | 85,000 | 5-Jun-2015 | 20-Jul-2015 | 29-Oct-2019 | Building | ||||||
| CVN | 80 | Enterprise | Newport News | 85,000 | 31-Jan-2019 | Building | ||||||||
| CVN | 81 | Doris Miller | Newport News | 85,000 | 31-Jan-2019 | Building |