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.

1 By hull number
2 By name
3 Active
4 Airship aircraft carriers
5 External Links
6 See also

#	Name & Year Commissioned	Class	Status
CV-1	Langley — 1922	Langley-class, lead ship	Sunk 1942
CV-2	Lexington — 1927	Lexington-class	Sunk 1942
CV-3	Saratoga — 1927	Lexington-class	Bikini test target
CV-4	Ranger — 1934	Ranger-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-5	Yorktown — 1937	Yorktown-class, lead ship	Sunk 1942
CV-6	Enterprise — 1938	Yorktown-class	Scrapped
CV-7	Wasp — 1940	Wasp-class, lead ship	Sunk 1942
CV-8	Hornet — 1941	Yorktown-class	Sunk 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 light carrier	Sunk 1944
CVL-24	Belleau Wood — 1943	Independence-class light carrier	Scrapped
CVL-25	Cowpens — 1943	Independence-class light carrier	Scrapped
CVL-26	Monterey — 1943	Independence-class light carrier	Scrapped
CVL-27	Langley — 1943	Independence-class light carrier	Scrapped
CVL-28	Cabot — 1943	Independence-class light carrier	Scrapped
CVL-29	Bataan — 1943	Independence-class light carrier	Scrapped
CVL-30	San Jacinto — 1943	Independence-class light carrier	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, canceled August 11, 1945	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
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	Canceled
CV-45 ^c)	Valley Forge — 1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-46	Iwo Jima, canceled August 11, 1945	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
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, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-50	Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-51	Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-52	Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-53	Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-54	Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-55	Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Canceled
CV-56	Cancelled	Midway-class	Canceled
CV-57	Cancelled	Midway-class	Canceled
CVA-58	United States, canceled April 18, 1949	United States-class, lead ship	Canceled
CV-59	Forrestal — 1955	Forrestal-class supercarrier, lead ship	Scuttled (Date TBA)
CV-60	Saratoga — 1956	Forrestal-class supercarrier	Donation Hold
CV-61	Ranger — 1957	Forrestal-class supercarrier	Donation Hold
CV-62	Independence — 1959	Forrestal-class supercarrier	Scuttled (Date TBA)
CV-63	Kitty Hawk — 1961	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, lead ship	Active (to 08)
CV-64	Constellation — 1961	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier	Scuttled (Date TBA)
CVN-65	Enterprise — 1961	Enterprise-class supercarrier, lead ship	Active
CV-66	America — 1965	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier	Scuttled
CV-67	John F. Kennedy — 1968	Kennedy-class supercarrier, lead ship	Reserve
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	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Commission 2009
CVN-78	Gerald R. Ford (planned for 2015)	Ford-class supercarrier, lead ship	Construction 2005
CVN-79	CVN-79 (unnamed, planned for 2019)	Ford-class supercarrier	Planned
CVN-80	CVN-80 (unnamed, planned for 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}

USS Langley (CV-1)

USS Midway (CVB-41)

USS Enterprise (CV-6)

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) arriving at Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#	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

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

Active Nimitz-class carriers:

Upcoming Changes:

2008 Kitty Hawk retires.

2009 George H. W. Bush enters Service.

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

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