History: List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
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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
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
CV-21 | Boxer | Essex (extended bow) | 16 April 1945 | 1 December 1969 | 24 years, 229 days | Scrapped in 1971
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
CVL-23 | Princeton | Independence | 25 February 1943 | 24 October 1944 | 1 year, 242 days | Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
CVL-24 | Belleau Wood | Independence | 31 March 1943 | 13 January 1947 | 3 years, 288 days | Scrapped in 1960
USS Cowpens CVL-25 | Cowpens | Independence | 28 May 1943 | 13 January 1947 | 3 years, 230 days | Scrapped in 1960
CVL-26 | Monterey | Independence | 17 June 1943 | 16 January 1956 | 12 years, 213 days | Scrapped in 1971
CVL-27 | Langley | Independence | 31 August 1943 | 11 February 1947 | 3 years, 164 days | Scrapped in 1964
CVL-28|Cabot|Independence|24 July 1943|21 January 1955|11 years, 181 days|Scrapped in 2002
CVL-29|Bataan|Independence|17 November 1943|9 April 1954|10 years, 143 days|Scrapped in 1961
CVL-30|San Jacinto|Independence|15 December 1943|1 March 1947|3 years, 76 days|Scrapped 1972
CV-31|Bon Homme Richard|Essex|26 November 1944|2 July 1971|26 years, 218 days|Scrapped in 1992
CV-32|Leyte|Essex (extended bow)|11 April 1946|15 May 1959|13 years, 34 days|Scrapped in 1970
CV-33|Kearsarge|Essex (extended bow)|2 May 1946|15 January 1970|23 years, 258 days|Scrapped in 1974
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
CV-35|Reprisal|Essex (extended bow)|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949
CV-36|Antietam|Essex (extended bow)|28 January 1945|8 May 1963|18 years, 100 days|Scrapped in 1974
CV-37|Princeton|Essex (extended bow)|18 November 1945|30 January 1970|24 years, 73 days|Scrapped in 1971
CV-38|Shangri-la|Essex (extended bow)|15 September 1944|30 July 1971|26 years, 318 days|Scrapped in 1988
CV-39|Lake Champlain|Essex (extended bow)|3 July 1945|2 May 1966|20 years, 303 days|Scrapped in 1972
CV-40|Tarawa|Essex (extended bow)|8 December 1945|13 May 1960|14 years, 157 days|Scrapped in 1968
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
CVB-42|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Midway|27 October 1945|1 October 1977|31 years, 339 days|Scrapped in 1978
CVB-43|Coral Sea|Midway|1 October 1947|26 April 1990|42 years, 207 days|Scrapped in 1993
CV-44|No name assigned|(no image available)|Midway|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled before construction began.
CV-45|Valley Forge|Essex (extended bow)|3 November 1946|15 January 1970|23 years, 73 days|Scrapped in 1971
CV-46|Iwo Jima|Essex (extended bow)|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1946
CV-47|Philippine Sea|Essex (extended bow)|11 May 1946|28 December 1958|12 years, 231 days|Scrapped in 1971
CVL-48|Saipan|Saipan(lead ship)|14 July 1946|14 January 1970|23 years, 184 days|Scrapped in 1976
CVL-49|Wright|Saipan|9 February 1947|15 March 1956|9 years, 35 days|Scrapped in 1980
CV-50 to CV-55|No names were assigned|(no images available)|Essex|These hulls were all cancelled before construction began.
CVB-56 & CVB-57|No names were assigned|(no images available)|Midway|These hulls were both cancelled before construction began.
CVA-58|United States|United States (lead ship)|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled during construction. Scrapped
CV-59|Forrestal|Forrestal (lead ship)|1 October 1955|30 September 1993|37 years, 364 days|Scrapped in 2014
CV-60|Saratoga|Forrestal|14 April 1956|20 August 1994|38 years, 128 days|Scrapped in 2015
CV-61|Ranger|Forrestal|10 August 1957|10 July 1993|35 years, 334 days|Scrapped in 2017
CV-62|Independence|Forrestal|10 January 1959|30 September 1998|39 years, 263 days|Scrapped in 2019
CV-63|Kitty Hawk|Kitty Hawk(lead ship)|29 April 1961|12 May 2009|48 years, 13 days|Struck, to be scrapped
CV-64|Constellation|Kitty Hawk|27 October 1961|7 August 2003|41 years, 284 days|Scrapped in 2015
CVN-65|Enterprise|Enterprise(lead ship)|25 November 1961|3 February 2017|55 years, 70 days|Struck, disposal plans still being determined
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
CV-67|John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy(lead ship) | 7 September 1968|23 March 2007|38 years, 197 days|Struck, to be scrapped
CVN-68|Nimitz|Nimitz (lead ship)|3 May 1975|-|45 years, 236 days|Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
CVN-69|Dwight D. Eisenhower|Nimitz|18 October 1977|-|43 years, 68 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-70|Carl Vinson|Nimitz|13 March 1982|-| 38 years, 287 days|Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
CVN-71|Theodore Roosevelt|Nimitz|25 October 1986|-| 34 years, 61 days|Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
CVN-72|Abraham Lincoln|Nimitz|11 November 1989| - | 31 years, 44 days|Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
CVN-73|George Washington|Nimitz|4 July 1992|- |28 years, 174 days|Stationed at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
CVN-74|John C. Stennis|Nimitz|9 December 1995| - | 25 years, 16 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-75|Harry S. Truman|Nimitz|25 July 1998| - | 22 years, 153 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-76|Ronald Reagan|Nimitz|12 July 2003| - | 17 years, 166 days|Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan
CVN-77|George H.W. Bush|10 January 2009| - | 11 years, 350 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-78|Gerald R. Ford|Gerald R. Ford (lead ship)|22 July 2017| - | 3 years, 156 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-79|John F. Kennedy|Gerald R. Ford|~2022| - | Under construction; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
CVN-80|Enterprise|Gerald R. Ford|~2027| - | Steel cutting and fabrication; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
CVN-81|Doris Miller|Gerald R. Ford|~2030| - | Ordered
CVN-82|tba|Gerald R. Ford|~2034| - | Ordered
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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
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
CV-21 | Boxer | Essex (extended bow) | 16 April 1945 | 1 December 1969 | 24 years, 229 days | Scrapped in 1971
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
CVL-23 | Princeton | Independence | 25 February 1943 | 24 October 1944 | 1 year, 242 days | Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
CVL-24 | Belleau Wood | Independence | 31 March 1943 | 13 January 1947 | 3 years, 288 days | Scrapped in 1960
USS Cowpens CVL-25 | Cowpens | Independence | 28 May 1943 | 13 January 1947 | 3 years, 230 days | Scrapped in 1960
CVL-26 | Monterey | Independence | 17 June 1943 | 16 January 1956 | 12 years, 213 days | Scrapped in 1971
CVL-27 | Langley | Independence | 31 August 1943 | 11 February 1947 | 3 years, 164 days | Scrapped in 1964
CVL-28|Cabot|Independence|24 July 1943|21 January 1955|11 years, 181 days|Scrapped in 2002
CVL-29|Bataan|Independence|17 November 1943|9 April 1954|10 years, 143 days|Scrapped in 1961
CVL-30|San Jacinto|Independence|15 December 1943|1 March 1947|3 years, 76 days|Scrapped 1972
CV-31|Bon Homme Richard|Essex|26 November 1944|2 July 1971|26 years, 218 days|Scrapped in 1992
CV-32|Leyte|Essex (extended bow)|11 April 1946|15 May 1959|13 years, 34 days|Scrapped in 1970
CV-33|Kearsarge|Essex (extended bow)|2 May 1946|15 January 1970|23 years, 258 days|Scrapped in 1974
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
CV-35|Reprisal|Essex (extended bow)|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949
CV-36|Antietam|Essex (extended bow)|28 January 1945|8 May 1963|18 years, 100 days|Scrapped in 1974
CV-37|Princeton|Essex (extended bow)|18 November 1945|30 January 1970|24 years, 73 days|Scrapped in 1971
CV-38|Shangri-la|Essex (extended bow)|15 September 1944|30 July 1971|26 years, 318 days|Scrapped in 1988
CV-39|Lake Champlain|Essex (extended bow)|3 July 1945|2 May 1966|20 years, 303 days|Scrapped in 1972
CV-40|Tarawa|Essex (extended bow)|8 December 1945|13 May 1960|14 years, 157 days|Scrapped in 1968
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
CVB-42|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Midway|27 October 1945|1 October 1977|31 years, 339 days|Scrapped in 1978
CVB-43|Coral Sea|Midway|1 October 1947|26 April 1990|42 years, 207 days|Scrapped in 1993
CV-44|No name assigned|(no image available)|Midway|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled before construction began.
CV-45|Valley Forge|Essex (extended bow)|3 November 1946|15 January 1970|23 years, 73 days|Scrapped in 1971
CV-46|Iwo Jima|Essex (extended bow)|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1946
CV-47|Philippine Sea|Essex (extended bow)|11 May 1946|28 December 1958|12 years, 231 days|Scrapped in 1971
CVL-48|Saipan|Saipan(lead ship)|14 July 1946|14 January 1970|23 years, 184 days|Scrapped in 1976
CVL-49|Wright|Saipan|9 February 1947|15 March 1956|9 years, 35 days|Scrapped in 1980
CV-50 to CV-55|No names were assigned|(no images available)|Essex|These hulls were all cancelled before construction began.
CVB-56 & CVB-57|No names were assigned|(no images available)|Midway|These hulls were both cancelled before construction began.
CVA-58|United States|United States (lead ship)|n/a|n/a|n/a|Cancelled during construction. Scrapped
CV-59|Forrestal|Forrestal (lead ship)|1 October 1955|30 September 1993|37 years, 364 days|Scrapped in 2014
CV-60|Saratoga|Forrestal|14 April 1956|20 August 1994|38 years, 128 days|Scrapped in 2015
CV-61|Ranger|Forrestal|10 August 1957|10 July 1993|35 years, 334 days|Scrapped in 2017
CV-62|Independence|Forrestal|10 January 1959|30 September 1998|39 years, 263 days|Scrapped in 2019
CV-63|Kitty Hawk|Kitty Hawk(lead ship)|29 April 1961|12 May 2009|48 years, 13 days|Struck, to be scrapped
CV-64|Constellation|Kitty Hawk|27 October 1961|7 August 2003|41 years, 284 days|Scrapped in 2015
CVN-65|Enterprise|Enterprise(lead ship)|25 November 1961|3 February 2017|55 years, 70 days|Struck, disposal plans still being determined
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
CV-67|John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy(lead ship) | 7 September 1968|23 March 2007|38 years, 197 days|Struck, to be scrapped
CVN-68|Nimitz|Nimitz (lead ship)|3 May 1975|-|45 years, 236 days|Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
CVN-69|Dwight D. Eisenhower|Nimitz|18 October 1977|-|43 years, 68 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-70|Carl Vinson|Nimitz|13 March 1982|-| 38 years, 287 days|Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
CVN-71|Theodore Roosevelt|Nimitz|25 October 1986|-| 34 years, 61 days|Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
CVN-72|Abraham Lincoln|Nimitz|11 November 1989| - | 31 years, 44 days|Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
CVN-73|George Washington|Nimitz|4 July 1992|- |28 years, 174 days|Stationed at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
CVN-74|John C. Stennis|Nimitz|9 December 1995| - | 25 years, 16 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-75|Harry S. Truman|Nimitz|25 July 1998| - | 22 years, 153 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-76|Ronald Reagan|Nimitz|12 July 2003| - | 17 years, 166 days|Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan
CVN-77|George H.W. Bush|10 January 2009| - | 11 years, 350 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-78|Gerald R. Ford|Gerald R. Ford (lead ship)|22 July 2017| - | 3 years, 156 days|Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
CVN-79|John F. Kennedy|Gerald R. Ford|~2022| - | Under construction; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
CVN-80|Enterprise|Gerald R. Ford|~2027| - | Steel cutting and fabrication; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
CVN-81|Doris Miller|Gerald R. Ford|~2030| - | Ordered
CVN-82|tba|Gerald R. Ford|~2034| - | Ordered
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