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History: List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

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Class
Commissioned
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Service life
Status
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
CV-2 Lexington Lexington (Lead ship) 14 December 1927 8 May 1942 14 years, 145 days Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea
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
CV-4 Ranger Ranger (Lead ship) 4 June 1934 18 October 1946 12 years, 136 days Scrapped in 1947
CV-5 Yorktown Yorktown (Lead ship) 30 September 1937 7 June 1942 4 years, 250 days Sunk in the Battle of Midway
CV-6 Enterprise Yorktown 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 8 years, 281 days Scrapped in 1960
CV-7 Wasp Wasp (Lead ship) 25 April 1940 15 September 1942 2 years, 143 days Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign
CV-8 Hornet Yorktown 20 October 1941 26 October 1942 1 year, 6 days Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
CV-9 Essex Essex (Lead ship) 31 December 1942 20 June 1969 26 years, 171 days Scrapped in 1975
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
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
CV-12 Hornet Essex 20 November 1943 26 May 1970 26 years, 187 days Preserved at USS Hornet Museum - Alameda, California, USA
CV-13 Franklin Essex class aircraft carrierEssex 31 January 1944 17 February 1947 2 years, 351 days Scrapped in 1966
CV-14 Ticonderoga Essex (extended bow) 8 May 1944 1 September 1973 29 years, 116 days Scrapped in 1975
CV-15 Randolph Essex (extended bow) 9 October 1944 13 February 1969 24 years, 127 days Scrapped in 1975
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
CV-17 Bunker Hill Essex 25 May 1943 9 July 1947 4 years, 45 days Scrapped in 1973
CV-18 Wasp Essex 24 November 1943 1 July 1972 28 years, 220 days Scrapped in 1973
CV-19 Hancock Essex (extended bow) 15 April 1944 30 January 1976 31 years, 290 days Scrapped in 1976
CV-20 Bennington Essex 6 August 1944 15 January 1970 25 years, 162 days Scrapped in 1994

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