| # | Name | Class | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Service life | Status
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| CV-1 | Langley | Langley (Lead ship) | 20 March 1922 | 27 February 1942 | 19 years, 344 days | Scuttled and sunk 65 nmi south of Cilacap, Java
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| CV-2 | Lexington | Lexington (Lead ship) | 14 December 1927 | 8 May 1942 | 14 years, 145 days | Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea
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| CV-3 | Saratoga | Lexington | 16 November 1927 | 26 July 1946 | 18 years, 254 days | Sunk in Operation Crossroads as a nuclear test target near Bikini Atoll
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| CV-4 | Ranger | Ranger (Lead ship) | 4 June 1934 | 18 October 1946 | 12 years, 136 days | Scrapped in 1947
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| CV-5 | Yorktown | Yorktown (Lead ship) | 30 September 1937 | 7 June 1942 | 4 years, 250 days | Sunk in the Battle of Midway
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| CV-6 | Enterprise | Yorktown | 12 May 1938 | 17 February 1947 | 8 years, 281 days | Scrapped in 1960
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| CV-7 | Wasp | Wasp (Lead ship) | 25 April 1940 | 15 September 1942 | 2 years, 143 days | Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign
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| CV-8 | Hornet | Yorktown | 20 October 1941 | 26 October 1942 | 1 year, 6 days | Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
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| CV-9 | Essex | Essex (Lead ship) | 31 December 1942 | 20 June 1969 | 26 years, 171 days | Scrapped in 1975
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| CV-10 | Yorktown | Essex | 15 April 1943 | 27 June 1970 | 27 years, 73 days | Preserved at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum - Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
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| CV-11 | Intrepid | Essex | 16 August 1943 | 15 March 1974 | 30 years, 211 days | Preserved at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum - New York, New York, USA
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| CV-12 | Hornet | Essex | 20 November 1943 | 26 May 1970 | 26 years, 187 days | Preserved at USS Hornet Museum - Alameda, California, USA
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| CV-13 | Franklin | Essex class aircraft carrierEssex | 31 January 1944 | 17 February 1947 | 2 years, 351 days | Scrapped in 1966
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| CV-14 | Ticonderoga | Essex (extended bow) | 8 May 1944 | 1 September 1973 | 29 years, 116 days | Scrapped in 1975
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| CV-15 | Randolph | Essex (extended bow) | 9 October 1944 | 13 February 1969 | 24 years, 127 days | Scrapped in 1975
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| CV-16 | Lexington | Essex | 17 February 1943 | 8 November 1991 | 48 years, 264 days | Preserved at USS Lexington Museum on the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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| CV-17 | Bunker Hill | Essex | 25 May 1943 | 9 July 1947 | 4 years, 45 days | Scrapped in 1973
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| CV-18 | Wasp | Essex | 24 November 1943 | 1 July 1972 | 28 years, 220 days | Scrapped in 1973
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| CV-19 | Hancock | Essex (extended bow) | 15 April 1944 | 30 January 1976 | 31 years, 290 days | Scrapped in 1976
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| CV-20 | Bennington | Essex | 6 August 1944 | 15 January 1970 | 25 years, 162 days | Scrapped in 1994
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| CV-21 | Boxer | Essex (extended bow) | 16 April 1945 | 1 December 1969 | 24 years, 229 days | Scrapped in 1971
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| CVL-22 | Independence | Independence (Lead ship) | 14 January 1943 | 28 August 1946 | 3 years, 226 days | Sunk as a test target near the Farallon Islands in 1951
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| CVL-23 | Princeton | Independence | 25 February 1943 | 24 October 1944 | 1 year, 242 days | Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
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| CVL-24 | Belleau Wood | Independence | 31 March 1943 | 13 January 1947 | 3 years, 288 days | Scrapped in 1960
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| USS Cowpens CVL-25 | Cowpens | Independence | 28 May 1943 | 13 January 1947 | 3 years, 230 days | Scrapped in 1960
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| CVL-26 | Monterey | Independence | 17 June 1943 | 16 January 1956 | 12 years, 213 days | Scrapped in 1971
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| CVL-27 | Langley | Independence | 31 August 1943 | 11 February 1947 | 3 years, 164 days | Scrapped in 1964
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| CVL-28 | Cabot | Independence | 24 July 1943 | 21 January 1955 | 11 years, 181 days | Scrapped in 2002
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| CVL-29 | Bataan | Independence | 17 November 1943 | 9 April 1954 | 10 years, 143 days | Scrapped in 1961
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| CVL-30 | San Jacinto | Independence | 15 December 1943 | 1 March 1947 | 3 years, 76 days | Scrapped 1972
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| CV-31 | Bon Homme Richard | Essex | 26 November 1944 | 2 July 1971 | 26 years, 218 days | Scrapped in 1992
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| CV-32 | Leyte | Essex (extended bow) | 11 April 1946 | 15 May 1959 | 13 years, 34 days | Scrapped in 1970
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| CV-33 | Kearsarge | Essex (extended bow) | 2 May 1946 | 15 January 1970 | 23 years, 258 days | Scrapped in 1974
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| CV-34 | Oriskany | Essex (extended bow) | 25 September 1950 | 20 September 1979 | 28 years, 360 days | Scuttled as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006
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| CV-35 | Reprisal | Essex (extended bow) | n/a | n/a | n/a | Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949
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| CV-36 | Antietam | Essex (extended bow) | 28 January 1945 | 8 May 1963 | 18 years, 100 days | Scrapped in 1974
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| CV-37 | Princeton | Essex (extended bow) | 18 November 1945 | 30 January 1970 | 24 years, 73 days | Scrapped in 1971
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| CV-38 | Shangri-la | Essex (extended bow) | 15 September 1944 | 30 July 1971 | 26 years, 318 days | Scrapped in 1988
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| CV-39 | Lake Champlain | Essex (extended bow) | 3 July 1945 | 2 May 1966 | 20 years, 303 days | Scrapped in 1972
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| CV-40 | Tarawa | Essex (extended bow) | 8 December 1945 | 13 May 1960 | 14 years, 157 days | Scrapped in 1968
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| CVB-41 | Midway | Midway (Lead ship) | 10 September 1945 | 11 April 1992 | 46 years, 214 days | Preserved at the USS Midway Museum — San Diego, California, USA
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| CVB-42 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Midway | 27 October 1945 | 1 October 1977 | 31 years, 339 days | Scrapped in 1978
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| CVB-43 | Coral Sea | Midway | 1 October 1947 | 26 April 1990 | 42 years, 207 days | Scrapped in 1993
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| CV-44 | No name assigned | Midway | n/a | n/a | n/a | Cancelled before construction began.
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| CV-45 | Valley Forge | Essex (extended bow) | 3 November 1946 | 15 January 1970 | 23 years, 73 days | Scrapped in 1971
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| CV-46 | Iwo Jima | Essex (extended bow) | n/a | n/a | n/a | Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1946
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| CV-47 | Philippine Sea | Essex (extended bow) | 11 May 1946 | 28 December 1958 | 12 years, 231 days | Scrapped in 1971
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| CVL-48 | Saipan | Saipan (Lead ship) | 14 July 1946 | 14 January 1970 | 23 years, 184 days | Scrapped in 1976
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| CVL-49 | Wright | Saipan | 9 February 1947 | 15 March 1956 | 9 years, 35 days | Scrapped in 1980
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| CV-50 to CV-55 | No names were assigned | Essex | These hulls were all cancelled before construction began.
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| CVB-56 & CVB-57 | No names were assigned | Midway | These hulls were both cancelled before construction began.
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| CVA-58 | United States | United States (Lead ship) | n/a | n/a | n/a | Cancelled during construction. Scrapped
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| CV-59 | Forrestal | Forrestal (Lead ship) | 1 October 1955 | 30 September 1993 | 37 years, 364 days | Scrapped in 2014
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| CV-60 | Saratoga | Forrestal | 14 April 1956 | 20 August 1994 | 38 years, 128 days | Scrapped in 2015
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| CV-61 | Ranger | Forrestal | 10 August 1957 | 10 July 1993 | 35 years, 334 days | Scrapped in 2017
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| CV-62 | Independence | Forrestal | 10 January 1959 | 30 September 1998 | 39 years, 263 days | Scrapped in 2019
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| CV-63 | Kitty Hawk | Kitty Hawk (Lead ship) | 29 April 1961 | 12 May 2009 | 48 years, 13 days | Struck, to be scrapped
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| CV-64 | Constellation | Kitty Hawk | 27 October 1961 | 7 August 2003 | 41 years, 284 days | Scrapped in 2015
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| CVN-65 | Enterprise | Enterprise (Lead ship) | 25 November 1961 | 3 February 2017 | 55 years, 70 days | Struck, disposal plans still being determined
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| CV-66 | America | Kitty Hawk | 23 January 1965 | 9 August 1996 | 31 years, 199 days | Sunk as a test target in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005
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| CV-67 | John F. Kennedy | John F. Kennedy (Lead ship) | 7 September 1968 | 23 March 2007 | 38 years, 197 days | Struck, to be scrapped
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| CVN-68 | Nimitz | Nimitz (Lead ship) | 3 May 1975 | - | 45 years, 236 days | Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
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| CVN-69 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Nimitz | 18 October 1977 | - | 43 years, 68 days | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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| CVN-70 | Carl Vinson | Nimitz | 13 March 1982 | - | 38 years, 287 days | Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
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| CVN-71 | Theodore Roosevelt | Nimitz | 25 October 1986 | - | 34 years, 61 days | Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
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| CVN-72 | Abraham Lincoln | Nimitz | 11 November 1989 | - | 31 years, 44 days | Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
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| CVN-73 | George Washington | Nimitz | 4 July 1992 | - | 28 years, 174 days | Stationed at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
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| CVN-74 | John C. Stennis | Nimitz | 9 December 1995 | - | 25 years, 16 days | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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| CVN-75 | Harry S. Truman | Nimitz | 25 July 1998 | - | 22 years, 153 days | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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| CVN-76 | Ronald Reagan | Nimitz | 12 July 2003 | - | 17 years, 166 days | Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan
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| CVN-77 | George H.W. Bush | Nimitz | 10 January 2009 | - | 11 years, 350 days | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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| CVN-78 | Gerald R. Ford | Gerald R. Ford (Lead ship) | 22 July 2017 | - | 3 years, 156 days | Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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| CVN-79 | John F. Kennedy | Gerald R. Ford | expected ~2022 | - | Under construction; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
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| CVN-80 | Enterprise | Gerald R. Ford | expected ~2027 | - | Steel cutting and fabrication; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
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| CVN-81 | Doris Miller | Gerald R. Ford | expected ~2030 | - | Ordered
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| CVN-82 | tba | Gerald R. Ford | expected ~2034 | - | Ordered |
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