List of aircraft carriers
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The list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name.
| Name | Service | Pennant number | Class | |Type | Commissioned | |Notes |
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| CVN-72 | Nuclear-powered supercarrier Supercarrier Supercarrier is an unofficial descriptive term for the largest type of aircraft carrier, usually displacing over 70,000 long tons.Supercarrier is an unofficial descriptive term for the largest type of aircraft carrier, usually displacing over 70,000 long tons.Supercarrier is an unofficial... |
1989 - 11 November 1989 | Currently in service | |||
| D94 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1942 - 29 September 1942 | Converted from the cargo ship MV Telemachus during construction. Activity served in World War II being de-converted as the MV Breconshire | |||
| Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov Admiral Gorshkov was a modified Kiev class aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy, originally named Baku. Sometimes Gorshkov is considered a separate class due to its improvements including a phased array radar, extensive electronic warfare installations, and an enlarged command and control suite... |
Hybrid aircraft-carrying cruiser | 1987 - January 1987 | Originally commissioned as Baku, renamed in 1990, and retired in 1996; sold to the Indian Navy Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy... to become INS Vikramaditya INS Vikramaditya INS Vikramaditya is the new name for the former Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, which has been procured by India, and is estimated to enter service in the Indian Navy after 2012.... |
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| Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov | STOBAR STOBAR STOBAR is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier, combining elements of both STOVL and CATOBAR .Aircraft launch under their own power using a ski-jump to assist take-off STOBAR (Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery) is a system used for the... aircraft carrier |
1991 - 21 January 1991 | Originally named Riga, renamed Leonid Brezhnev, then Tbilisi before becoming Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov; currently in service | |||
| Akagi Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi Akagi was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , originally begun as an . She was converted while still under construction to an aircraft carrier under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty... |
Fleet carrier | 1927 - 25 March 1927 | converted from an ; the Akagi was sunk at the Battle of Midway Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated... on 4 June 1942 |
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| Akitsu Maru Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru Akitsu Maru was a Japanese escort aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army. In some sources Akitsu Maru and her sister ship Nigitsu Maru are also considered to be the first amphibious assault ships.-Design features:... |
Amphibious warfare ship Amphibious warfare ship Amphibious warfare ship, often shortened to amphibs or phibs and popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault... / aircraft ferry |
1942 – January 1942 | Operated by the army, the Akitsu Maru was unable to accept aircraft landing on and was, in effect, an aircraft ferry and amphibious assault ship; sunk by on 15 November 1944 | |||
| Seaplane carrier | 1928 to1933 | |||||
| R07 | Light Fleet carrier Light aircraft carrier A light aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier that is smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type varies by country; light carriers typically have a complement of aircraft only ½ to ⅔ the size of a full-sized or "fleet" carrier.-History:In World War II, the... |
1954 - 26 May 1954 | launched in 1947, converted into a commando carrier in 1962, Albion was sold in 1973 | |||
| CVE-6 | Escort carrier | 1942 | Transferred to the United Kingdom as HMS Battler immediately upon commission | |||
| CVE-18 | Escort carrier | |||||
| Amagi | Fleet carrier | The hull of the Amagi was damaged beyond repair during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake 1923 Great Kanto earthquake The struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes... before conversion from the Amagi-class battle cruiser - Amagi |
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| Amagi Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy built during World War II. Named after Mount Amagi, and completed late in the war; she never embarked her complement of aircraft and did not participate in any battles. The ship capsized in July 1945 after being hit multiple times during airstrikes by American... |
Light fleet carrier | 1944 | Commissioned in 1944 the Amagi was sunk in 1945 | |||
| D01 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CV-66 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1965 | De-commissioned in 1996 | |||
| D01 | Escort carrier | 1943 | Decommissioned in 1946 | |||
| Fleet aircraft carrier | 1945 | De-commissioned in 1963 | ||||
| Aquila Italian aircraft carrier Aquila Aquila was an Italian aircraft carrier converted from the trans-Atlantic passenger liner during World War II. Work on Aquila began in late 1941 at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa and continued for the next two years. With the signing of the Italian armistice on 8 September 1943, however, all work... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | Conversion from the liner Roma began in 1941; construction stopped in 1943; broken up in the 1950s | ||||
| D31 | Escort carrier | 1943 | First commissioned as ; decommissioned in 1946 | |||
| D78 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1941 | Became the aircraft ferry in 1944; returned to the United States in 1946 | |||
| 91 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1939 | Sunk in 1941 | |||
| R09 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1955 | de-commissioned in 1978 | |||
| R07 | STOVL STOVL STOVL is an acronym for short take off and vertical landing.This is the ability of some aircraft to take off from a short runway or take off vertically if it does not have a very heavy payload and land vertically... carrier |
1985 | De-commissioned in 2011 | |||
| Arromanches | R 95 | Colossus class 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1946 | de-commissioned in 1974 | |
| D51 | Escort carrier | 1943 | First commissioned as ; decommissioned in 1946 | |||
| D02 | Escort carrier | 1942 | Formerly , transferred to the Royal Navy after commissioning and returned to the USA in 1946 | |||
| D14 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1942 | Commissioned: 2 March 1942; Sunk 15 November 1942 | |||
| CVE-35 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Baku Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov Admiral Gorshkov was a modified Kiev class aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy, originally named Baku. Sometimes Gorshkov is considered a separate class due to its improvements including a phased array radar, extensive electronic warfare installations, and an enlarged command and control suite... |
Hybrid aircraft-carrying cruiser | 1982 | The 42,000 ton Baku was commissioned in 1982 and renamed Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov on 4 October 1990. | |||
| CVE-7 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1942 | The 14,400 ton escort carrier was commissioned on 30 September 1942 and immediately transferred to the United Kingdom as | |||
| CVE-20 | Escort carrier | |||||
| CVE-37 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVL-29 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 11,000 Bataan was commissioned on 17 November 1943 till 9 April 1954. | |||
| . | D18 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1942 | The 14,400 ton escort carrier, formerly USS Altamaha, was commissioned on 31 October 1942 till 12 February 1946 when it was returned to the United States | ||
| Béarn French aircraft carrier Béarn Béarn was a unique aircraft carrier which served with the Marine nationale in World War II and beyond.Béarn was commissioned in 1927 and was the only aircraft carrier produced by France until after World War II. She was to be an experimental ship and should have been replaced in the 1930s by two... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1927 | Converted Normandie-class Normandie class battleship The Normandie-class dreadnought battleships were ordered for the French Navy before the First World War. They were named after provinces of France. These ships were never completed as battleships because the war stopped their construction... battleship, in service from 1927 to 1948 |
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| D38 | Escort carrier | 1944 | First commissioned as ; decommissioned in 1946 | |||
| CVL-24 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | Commissioned 31 March 1943;later transferred to France as Bois Belleau from 13 January 1947 | |||
| CV-20 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 | The 27,100 ton Bennington was commissioned on 6 August 1944 and de-commissioned on 15 January 1970 | |||
| CVE-95 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1944 | Commissioned 20 May 1944 and sunk 21 February 1945 by kamikaze Kamikaze The were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy as many warships as possible.... attack off Iwo Jima Iwo Jima Iwo Jima, officially , is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain, which lie south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The island is located south of mainland Tokyo and administered as part of Ogasawara, one of eight villages of Tokyo... |
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| D97 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1940 | De-commissioned in 1945 | |||
| CVE-21 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 | Commissioned 8 March 1943 and sunk 29 May 1944 off the Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... by U-549 |
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| CVE-9 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1942 | ||||
| CVE-36 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CV-31 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1941 | The 27,100 ton fleet carrier, Bonne Homme Richard, was commissioned on 26 November 1941 and de-commissioned on 2 July 1971. | |||
| CVL-22 | Light aircraft carrier | 1957 | Acquired from the United Kingdom as the incomplete HMS Powerful after 1950, commissioned 15 January 1957, decommissioned 3 July 1970, and broken up in 1971. | |||
| CV-21 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1945 | The 27,100 ton Boxer was commissioned on 16 April 1945 and de-commissioned on 1 December 1969 | |||
| CVE-10 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVE-23 | Escort carrier | |||||
| R08 | Fleet carrier | Launched in 1948; converted into a commando carrier in 1960 | ||||
| CV-17 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 27,100 ton fleet carrier Bunker Hill was commissioned on 24 May 1943 and de-commissioned on 9 January 1947 | |||
| CVL-28 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | Transferred to Spain as Dédalo Spanish aircraft carrier Dédalo Dédalo was the first Spanish aircraft carrier and the second aviation ship in the Spanish Navy . She remained the fleet's flagship until the Principe de Asturias replaced her... |
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| Seaplane Tender Seaplane tender A seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:... |
1915 | Converted from the ocean liner , sunk in a collision in 1918 | ||||
| D48 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1944 | Scrapped in 1955 | |||
| Campinas | Seaplane carrier | 1915 | Launched 1896 and converted from merchant ship in 1915; fate unknown | |||
| CVE-11 | Escort carrier | |||||
| CVN-70 | Nuclear-powered super-carrier | 1982 | Currently in active service | |||
| CVE-38 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVE-55 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 | Escort carrier, commissioned from 1943 to 1946 | |||
| Cavour | 550 | STOVL aircraft carrier | 2008 | Formerly the Andrea Doria | ||
| HTMS Chakri Naruebet | 911 | STOVL STOVL STOVL is an acronym for short take off and vertical landing.This is the ability of some aircraft to take off from a short runway or take off vertically if it does not have a very heavy payload and land vertically... aircraft carrier |
1997 | Commissioned 10 August 1997 the modified Principe de Asturias Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias The Príncipe de Asturias , originally named Almirante Carrero Blanco, is an aircraft carrier, the flagship of the Spanish Navy... is currently in active service |
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| Charles De Gaulle | R 91 | Nuclear powered Fleet aircraft carrier | 2001 | Currently in service | ||
| D32 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CVE-32 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Chitose Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It should not be confused with the earlier cruiser of the same name. First laid down as a seaplane tender in 1934 at Kure Navy yard, the ship originally carried Kawanishi E7K Type 94 "Alf" and Nakajima E8N Type 95... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1938 - 25 July 1938 | Sunk in 1944 | |||
| Chiyoda Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda was an Chitose class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was originally built as a seaplane carrier, before being converted to a light carrier from March to December 1943.She was damaged in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1938 - 25 July 1938 | Sunk 25 October 1944 | |||
| Chuyo Japanese aircraft carrier Chuyo Chūyō was a Taiyō-class escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.-Construction and Conversion:The was an ocean liner of the Nippon Yusen shipping line, laid down in the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki in May 1938, launched in May 1939 and commissioned on 23 March 1940... |
Escort aircraft carrier | 1942 - 25 November 1942 | Torpedoed and sunk by submarine near the Home Islands, 4 December 1943 | |||
| Clemenceau | R 98 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1961 | De-commissioned in 1997 | ||
| R15 | Colossus class 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001... |
Light aircraft carrier | loaned then sold to France as Arromanches | |||
| Commandant Teste | Seaplane tender and aircraft transport | 1932 | De-commissioned 1942 | |||
| CVE-105 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1944 | Scrapped sometime after 1971 | |||
| CV-64 | Large Fleet carrier | 1961 | De-commissioned 2003 | |||
| CVE-12 | Escort carrier | |||||
| CV-43 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1947 | De-commissioned 1990 | |||
| CVE-39 | Escort carrier | became | ||||
| CVE-13 | Escort carrier | |||||
| 50 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1928 | Converted from a battlecruiser between 1924 and 1928. Sunk in 1939 | |||
| CVL-25 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | De-commissioned 1947 | |||
| CVE-14 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVE-25 | Escort carrier | |||||
| D37 | Light aircraft carrier | 1942 | Sunk on 27 March 1943 | |||
| Dédalo | Seaplane tender | 1918 | Ex-German merchantman Neuenfels converted to a Seaplane tender, sunk by 18 July 1937 | |||
| Dédalo Spanish aircraft carrier Dédalo Dédalo was the first Spanish aircraft carrier and the second aviation ship in the Spanish Navy . She remained the fleet's flagship until the Principe de Asturias replaced her... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1967 | The 11,000 ton light carrier, formerly the , served from 1967 to August 1989. Scrapped in the USA during 2002 | |||
| CVE-40 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Dixmude | Escort aircraft carrier | 1945 | De-commissioned in 1966 | |||
| Dristigheten | Seaplane tender | 1928 | The 2,270 ton Dristigheten was converted from a coastal defence ship in 1927-1928 | |||
| CVN-69 | Nuclear powered Super-carrier | 1977 | The 104,000 ton Dwight D. Eisenhower is still in active service, having been commissioned 18 October 1977. | |||
| 94 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1924 | Laid down as an Almirante Latorre-class Almirante Latorre-class battleship The Almirante Latorre class consisted of two battleships designed by the British company Armstrong Whitworth for the Chilean Navy. Only one, , was finished as a battleship; the other, Almirante Cochrane, was converted to an aircraft carrier. They were sold to the Royal Navy prior to completion and... battleship for Chile, the hull was converted to an aircraft carrier from 1918 to 1924. Sunk in 1942 |
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| R05 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1951 | De-commissioned in 1972 | |||
| CVE-105 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 - 7 September 1943 | Transferred to the Royal Navy as directly upon completion. Decommissioned:30 September 1944 converted to merchant vessel and finally scrapped in 1977 | |||
| D98 | Escort carrier | 1943 | First commissioned as ; decommissioned in 1946 | |||
| D42 | Escort carrier | 1943 | First commissioned as ; decommissioned in 1946 | |||
| CV-6 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1938 | De-commissioned on 17 February 1947 | |||
| CVN-65 | Nuclear powered Super-carrier | 1961 | Commissioned on 25 November 1961 , the Enterprise is now scheduled for de-commissioning in 2013 | |||
| CV-9 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1942 | De-commissioned in 1969 | |||
| CVE-42 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Converted merchant ship, cancelled during conversion in 1942 | ||||||
| A merchantman, first launched in 1895, converted to a seaplane carrier; stricken 1920 | ||||||
| D64 | Escort carrier | 1943 | First commissioned as ; decommissioned in 1946 | |||
| Flugzeugträger B Flugzeugträger B The Flugzeugträger B was the sister ship of the Kriegsmarine's only launched aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin.... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | The keel was laid down in 1938; construction cancelled in 1939 and scrapped in 1940 | ||||
| Foch | R 99 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1963 | De-commissioned in 2000 and sold to Brazil as the São Paulo | ||
| 67 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1940 | De-commissioned in 1947 | |||
| CV-13 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 | De-commissioned in 1947 | |||
| CVA-59 | Large Fleet aircraft carrier | 1955 | Commissioned from 1955 to 1993 | |||
| Foudre | Seaplane carrier | Struck off charge in 1921 | ||||
| CV-42 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1945 | De-commissioned in 1977 | |||
| 47 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1917 | Battlecruiser rebuilt with full length flight deck in September 1925, scrapped 1948 | |||
| CVN-77 | Nuclear-powered super-carrier | 2009 | Commissioned 10 January 2009 and currently in active service | |||
| CVN-73 | Nuclear powered super-carrier | 1992 | Commissioned 4 July 1992 and currently in active service | |||
| CVN-78 | Nuclear powered super-carrier | 2015 (est.) | Under construction, commissioning expected in 2015 | |||
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | 551 | STOVL carrier | 1983 | |||
| Giuseppe Miraglia | Seaplane carrier | 1923 | Scrapped in 1950 | |||
| CVE-33 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Fleet aircraft carrier | 1917 | Battlecruiser rebuilt with full length flight deck in 1930. Sunk 8 June 1940 with only 43 survivors | ||||
| Seaplane cruiser | 1934 | At 4,600 tons, originally planned as a through-deck seaplane carrier. Launched 1933, commissioned 1934 and converted into an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1944. Scrapped in 1963 | ||||
| Graf Zeppelin German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers ordered by the Kriegsmarine. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany during World War II and represented part of the Kriegsmarine's attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | Launched 1938 but not completed - Captured by the USSR April 1945 but not used as a carrier. Sank after being used as bomb & torpedo target by the USSR, August 1947 | ||||
| CVE-60 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 7,800 ton Guadalcanal was commissioned on 25 September 1943. Later she captured U-505 | |||
| CVE-15 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CV-19 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 | The 27,100 ton Hancock was commissioned on 15 April 1944 and de-commissioned on 30 January 1976 | |||
| CVN-75 | Nuclear-powered super-carrier | 1998 | The 104,000 ton Harry S. Truman was commissioned on 25 July 1998 and is in active service | |||
| 95 | Fleet carrier | 1924 - 18 Feb 1924 | A 10,850 ton aircraft carrier, Hermes was sunk on 9 April 1942 | |||
| R12 | Fleet Carrier | 1959 | Built between 1944 and 1959, Hermes was in service from 25 November 1959 until 1984 with the Royal Navy and then transferred to India as INS Viraat INS Viraat INS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier currently in service with the Indian Navy. INS Viraat is the flagship of the Indian Navy, the oldest carrier in service and one of two aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean Region.The Viraat was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's... |
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| Hiyō Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyo Hiyō was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Begun as an ocean liner in 1939, she was purchased by the Navy Ministry in 1941 for conversion to an aircraft carrier... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1942 - 31 July 1942 | Converted from the Izumo Maru; launched 24 June 1941 and commissioned 31 July 1942, sunk 21 June 1944 | |||
| Hiryū Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu was a modified Sōryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was one of the carriers that began the Pacific War with the attack on Pearl Harbor... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1939 | Launched 15 November 1937, commissioned on 5 July 1939, sunk at the Battle of Midway Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated... on 5 June 1942 |
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| CV-8 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1941 | The 25,600 ton Hornet was commissioned on 20 October 1941 and sank on 27 October 1942 | |||
| CV-12 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 27,100 ton Hornet was commissioned on 29 November 1943 and de-commissioned on 26 June 1970. Currently it is a floating museum at Alameda, California | |||
| Hōshō Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho Hōshō |phoenix]]") was the world's first commissioned ship that was designed and built as an aircraft carrier,The HMS Argus pre-dated Hōshō and had a long landing deck, but was designed and initially built as an ocean liner. and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1922 | The world's first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned | |||
| D80 | Escort carrier | 1943 | Decommissioned in 1945 | |||
| 87 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1940 - 25 May 1940 | The 23,000 ton Illustrious was de-commissioned in 1954 | |||
| R06 | STOVL aircraft carrier | 1982 | The 20,600 ton Illustrious was commissioned on 20 June 1982. | |||
| R86 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 - 28 August 1944 | Decommissioned:1 September 1954 | |||
| R10 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 - 3 May 1944 | Decommissioned in December 1946 | |||
| CVL-22 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 11,000 ton Independence was commissioned on 14 January 1943 and de-commissioned on 28 August 1946 | |||
| CV-62 | Large fleet aircraft carrier | 1959 | The 81,100 ton Independence was commissioned on 10 January 1959 and de-commissioned on 30 September 1998 | |||
| ARA Independencia | V-1 | Light aircraft carrier | 1958 | The 18,300 ton Independencia was purchased as HMS Warrior HMS Warrior (R31) HMS Warrior was a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier which served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 , the Royal Navy from 1948 to 1958, and the Argentine Navy from 1959 to 1969 .- History :Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, she was originally to be called HMS Brave; the Royal... from the United Kingdom in 1958, decommissioned in 1970 and broken up |
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| CV-11 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 27,100 ton Intrepid was commissioned on 16 August 1943 serving till 15 March 1974. Currently Intrepid is a museum ship in New York City, NY | |||
| R05 | STOVL carrier | 1980 | The 20,600 ton Invincible was commissioned on 11 July 1980 and de-commissioned on 3 August 2005. The hulk has been broken up | |||
| CV-46 | Fleet aircraft carrier | Construction of the 27,100 ton Iwo Jima was cancelled on 12 August 1945 and the hull scrapped | ||||
| CVE-43 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Joffre French aircraft carrier Joffre Joffre was the planned lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers for the French Navy. She was named in honour of Joseph Joffre. The ship was laid down in 1938, but never launched.- Description :... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | Never launched | ||||
| CVN-74 | Nuclear-powered super-carrier | 1995 | Currently in service | |||
| CV-67 | Super-carrier | 1968 | In service from 1968–2007 | |||
| Junyō Japanese aircraft carrier Junyo was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down at Nagasaki as the passenger liner Kashiwara Maru, but was purchased by the Japanese Navy in 1941 and converted to an aircraft carrier. Completed in May 1942, the ship participated in the invasion of the Aleutian Islands the following month... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1942 | Laid down as Kashiwara Maru, purchased by the IJN and converted to an aircraft carrier. Junyō was scrapped in 1947 | |||
| Kaga Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga Kaga was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , named after the former Kaga Province in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1921 | The 38,200 ton Kaga was converted from a hull and commissioned on 17 November 1921. Sunk 4 June 1942 at the Battle of Midway Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated... |
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| Kaiyo Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyo was a escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. The ship was originally built as the ocean liner Argentina Maru. She was purchased by the IJN on 9 December 1942, converted into an escort carrier, and renamed Kaiyo. The ship was primarily used as an aircraft transport,... |
Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 | The liner Argentina Maru was converted to a 13,600 ton escort carrier in 1943. Scrapped 1946 to 1948 | |||
| Karel Doorman HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) HNLMS Karel Doorman was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was the British HMS Venerable before she was sold in 1948 to the Netherlands as a light attack carrier. In 1960 she was involved in the decolonization conflict in Western New Guinea with Indonesia... |
Colossus class 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1948 - 1968 | Formerly HMS Venerable sold to Netherlands in 1948. Sold by to Argentina in 1968 as Veinticinco de Mayo ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) The ARA Veinticinco de Mayo was an aircraft carrier in the Argentine Navy from 1969 to 1997. The English translation of the name is the Twenty-fifth of May, which is the date of Argentina's May Revolution in 1810.... |
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| Katsuragi Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi was a of the Imperial Japanese Navy built during World War II. Named after Mount Katsuragi, and completed late in the war; she never embarked her complement of aircraft and did not participate in any battles. The ship was badly damaged in a July 1945 airstrike by American carrier aircraft on Kure... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 | This 28,300 ton carrier was commissioned on 10 August 1944 and scrapped in 1947 | |||
| D62 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| Kiev Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev Kiev was a heavy aircraft carrying cruiser that served the Soviet and Russian navies from 1975 to 1993. It was built from 1970 till 1975 at Chernomorski factory in Nikolayev and was the first ship of its class -Service life:The Kiev was laid down on 21 July 1970 and launched on 26 December 1972... |
075 | Hybrid STOVL carrier | 1972 | De-commissioned and used as an attraction at the Tianjin Binhai theme park in China by 2000; converted to a luxury hotel | ||
| CV-33 | Fleet carrier | 1946 | The 27,100 ton Kearsarge was commissioned on 2 March 1946 and de-commissioned on 13 February 1970 | |||
| CVE-44 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CV-63 | Large Fleet aircraft carrier | 1961 | This 80,000 ton super-carrier was commissioned on 21 April 1961 and retired on 31 January 2009 | |||
| Kumano Maru | Amphibious warfare ship Amphibious warfare ship Amphibious warfare ship, often shortened to amphibs or phibs and popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault... / aircraft ferry |
1945 - 31 March 1945 | Operated by the Imperial Japanese Army for amphibious assault and ferrying aircraft. Scrapped in 1948 after use in repatriating Japanese prisoners of war | |||
| La Fayette | 1951 | The 11,000 ton La Fayette, formerly USS Langley, served from 1951 to 1963 | ||||
| CV-39 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1945 | The 27,100 ton Lake Champlain was commissioned on 3 June 1945 and de-commissioned on 2 May 1966 | |||
| CV-1 | Light aircraft carrier and Seaplane tender | 1922 | The 11,500 ton Langley was commissioned on 20 March 1922 and sunk by enemy action on 27 February 1942 | |||
| CVL-27 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 11,000 ton Langley was commissioned on 31 August 1943, later transferring to France as La Fayette after de-commissioning on 11 February 1947 | |||
| Leningrad | 109 | Helicopter carrier | 1968 | De-commissioned in 1991 | ||
| CV-2 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1927 | The 33,000 ton Lexington was commissioned on 14 December 1927 and sunk by enemy action on 8 May 1942 | |||
| CV-16 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 27,100 ton Lexington was commissioned on 17 February 1943 and de-commissioned on 8 November 1991 | |||
| CV-32 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1946 | The 27,100 ton fleet carrier Leyte was commissioned on 11 April 1946 and de-commissioned on 15 May 1959 | |||
| CVE-1 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1941 | De-commissioned 26 March 1946 | |||
| CVL-21 | Light aircraft carrier | 1946 | Commissioned 1946 to 1956 and returned to the Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... in 1957 and placed in reserve; stricken in 1965 and scrapped |
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| R21 | Light aircraft carrier | 1955 | De-commissioned in 1982 | |||
| CV-41 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1945 | De-commissioned 1992 for use as a museum exhibit/venue | |||
| Minas Gerais | Light aircraft carrier | 1960 | De-commissioned 2001 | |||
| Minsk Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk Minsk is an aircraft carrier that served the Soviet Navy, and later the Russian Navy, from 1978 to 1994. She was the second Kiev-class vessel to be built.- History :... |
STOVL carrier | 1978 - 27 September 1978 | De-commissioned and towed to Peoples Republic of China in 1998 for use as a casino | |||
| CVL-26 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | De-commissioned 1956 | |||
| Moskva | 841 | Helicopter carrier | 1967 | de-commissioned in 1998 and scrapped | ||
| MV Acavus MV Acavus MV Acavus was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana Class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Adula MV Adula MV Adula was one of nine Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Alexia MV Alexia MV Alexia was one of nine Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Amastra MV Amastra MV Amastra was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Ancylus MV Ancylus MV Ancylus was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Gadila MV Gadila MV Gadila was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Macoma MV Macoma MV Macoma was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana Class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Miralda | Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Rapana MV Rapana MV Rapana was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . The group is collectively known as the Rapana class.... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Empire MacAlpine MV Empire MacAlpine MV Empire MacAlpine was a grain ship converted to become the first Merchant Aircraft Carrier .MV Empire MacAlpine was built at the Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland, Scotland, under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 14 April 1943... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from a grain hauler. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. Equipped with a hangar and lift | |||
| MV Empire MacAndrew MV Empire MacAndrew MV Empire MacAndrew was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.MV Empire MacKendrick was built at William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Scotland under order from the Ministry of War Transport... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from a grain hauler. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. Equipped with a hangar and lift | |||
| MV Empire MacCallum MV Empire MacCallum MV Empire MacCallum was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.MV Empire MacCallum was built at Lithgows shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland, under order from the Ministry of War Transport. As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from a grain hauler. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. Equipped with a hangar and lift | |||
| MV Empire MacDermott MV Empire MacDermott MV Empire MacDermott was a bulk grain ship built as a Merchant Aircraft Carrier . She served with the British Merchant Navy during the Second World War, with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities operated by a Fleet Air Arm "air party".... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from a grain hauler. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. Equipped with a hangar and lift | |||
| MV Empire MacKendrick MV Empire MacKendrick MV Empire MacKendrick was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.She was built by the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland, under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 12 December 1943... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from a grain hauler. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. Equipped with a hangar and lift | |||
| MV Empire MacRae MV Empire MacRae MV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.MV Empire MacRae was built at Lithgows shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland, under order from the Ministry of War Transport... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from a grain hauler. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. Equipped with a hangar and lift | |||
| MV Empire MacCabe MV Empire MacCabe MV Empire MacCabe was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship.MV Empire MacCabe was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in December 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Empire MacColl MV Empire MacColl MV Empire MacColl was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier ship.MV Empire MacColl was built by Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in November 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Empire MacKay MV Empire MacKay MV Empire MacKay was an oil tanker constructed with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities as a merchant aircraft carrier .MV Empire MacKay was built by Harland and Wolff, Govan under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in October 1943, however only her air... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
| MV Empire MacMahon MV Empire MacMahon MV Empire MacMahon was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship.MV Empire MacMahon was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in December 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance... |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier Merchant aircraft carrier Merchant aircraft carriers were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and United States-built escort carriers in providing an anti-submarine function for convoys... |
1942–1944 | A MAC ship converted from an oil tanker. Rudimentary deck on top of an active merchant ship. No hangar or lift all aircraft stored and picketed on deck | |||
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| D77 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 | US-built Bogue-class escort carrier. Ex- transferred to the UK and crewed by Canadians. Scrapped in Taiwan around 1977 | |||
| D05 | Light aircraft carrrier | 1943 - 12 December 1943 | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy as the HNLMS Karel Doorman | |||
| CVE-16 | Escort carrier | |||||
| CVE-46 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Nigitsu Maru | Amphibious warfare ship Amphibious warfare ship Amphibious warfare ship, often shortened to amphibs or phibs and popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault... / aircraft ferry |
1943 - 1 March 1943 | ||||
| CVN-68 | Nuclear-powered super-carrier | 1975 | The 104,000 ton Nimitz is currently in active service, having been commissioned on 3 May 1975 | |||
| Nord | Seaplane carrier | Launched in 1898, converted to seaplane carrier; fate unknown | ||||
| Novorossiysk Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk Novorossiysk was a conventionally powered heavy aircraft carrying cruiser or aircraft carrier that served the Soviet Navy, and later the Russian Navy, from 1982 to 1993. She was the third Kiev class vessel to be built... |
137 | STOVL carrier | 1978 | Scrapped in South Korea in 1997 | ||
| R68 | Light aircraft carrier | 1945 - 8 August 1945 | Scrapped in 1962 | |||
| L12 | Landing Platform, Helicopter | 1998 | Commissioned on 30 September 1998, Ocean is currently in service | |||
| Onuyo | Fleet aircraft carrier | |||||
| CV-34 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1950 | The 27,100 ton fleet carrier Oriskany was commissioned on 25 September 1950 and de-commissioned on 30 September 1975; scuttled as an artificial reef on 17 May 2006, Florida | |||
| Painleve French aircraft carrier Painlevé Painlevé was the planned second ship of the Joffre class of aircraft carriers for the French Navy. She was named in honour of Paul Painlevé. The ship was never laid down.- History :Painlevé was to be built at the shipyards of AC de St... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | Planned fleet carrier never laid down | ||||
| Pas-de-Calais | Seaplane carrier | Launched in 1898 and converted to a seaplane carrier; fate unknown | ||||
| D07 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CVE-47 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| PH 75 PH 75 PH 75 was a military development program in France aimed at designing a nuclear powered amphibious assault ship during the 1970s. Design work was never completed by the time the project was cancelled.-History:... |
Planned nuclear-powered amphibious assault ship never laid down | |||||
| CV-47 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1946 | de-commissioned 1958 | |||
| Light aircraft carrier | Not completed as HMS Powerful, but sold to Canada as the HMCS Bonaventure | |||||
| D23 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CVE-45 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVE-19 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVE-31 | Escort carrier | |||||
| CVL-23 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | Commissioned in 1943 and sunk in 1944 | |||
| CV-37 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1945 | De-commissioned 1970 | |||
| Principe de Asturias Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias The Príncipe de Asturias , originally named Almirante Carrero Blanco, is an aircraft carrier, the flagship of the Spanish Navy... |
R-11 | STOVL STOVL STOVL is an acronym for short take off and vertical landing.This is the ability of some aircraft to take off from a short runway or take off vertically if it does not have a very heavy payload and land vertically... carrier |
1988 - 30 May 1988 | Currently in service | ||
| D79 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1944 | First commissioned as ; stayed in service till 1946 | |||
| D73 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CVE-34 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| D19 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| D10 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CV-15 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 | The 27,100 ton Randolph was commissioned on 9 October 1944 and de-commissioned on 13 February 1969 | |||
| D03 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CV-4 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1934 | The 14,500 ton Ranger was commissioned on 4 June 1934 and sold for scrap after de-commissioning on 18 October 1946 | |||
| CVA-61 | Large fleet aircraft carrier | 1957 | The 81,100 ton super-carrier Ranger was commissioned on 10 August 1957 and de-commissioned on 10 July 1993 | |||
| D70 | Escort carrier | |||||
| CV-35 | Fleet aircraft carrier | A 27,100 ton fleet carrier, the Reprisal was laid down on 1 July 1944 but cancelled on 12 August 1945 | ||||
| CVN-76 | Nuclear-powered super-carrier | 2003 | The 104,000-ton Ronald Reagan was commissioned 12 July 2003 and is currently in active service, | |||
| Rouen | Seaplane carrier | Launched in 1912, the merchantman Rouen was converted to a seaplane carrier and was captured by German forces in 1940 | ||||
| D72 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 | Built as USS St. Joseph for lend-lease to Royal Navy. Served 1943-1946. | |||
| Ryuho Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho The was a Japanese Light aircraft carrier. Sole ship of her class, she was converted from a submarine tender. During World War II she operated mainly as aircraft transport but did participate in the First Battle of the Philippine Sea.-Conversion and commission:... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1934 - 31 March 1934 | Severely damaged by aircraft on 19 March 1945 and never repaired | |||
| Ryūjō Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo Ryūjō was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down by Mitsubishi at Yokohama in 1929, launched in 1931 and commissioned on 9 May 1933. Her final design resulted in a top-heavy unstable vessel and within a year she was back at Kure Naval Yard for modification... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1933 - 9 May 1933 | Sunk by U.S. air attack in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 | |||
| IX-81 | Freshwater training carrier | 1943 - 8 May 1943 | Freshwater paddle-wheel aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, used for training on the Great Lakes Great Lakes The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume... during World War II. Converted from the paddle steamer Greater Buffalo |
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| CVL-48 | Light aircraft carrier | 1946 | De-commissioned in 1965 | |||
| CVL-30 | Light aircraft carrier | 1943 | De-commissioned in 1947 | |||
| São Paulo | A12 | Fleet carrier | 2000 | Ex-Clemenceau, sold to the Brazilian Navy | ||
| CV-3 | 1927 | De-commissioned 1946 | ||||
| CV-60 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1956 | De-commissioned 1994 | |||
| D40 | Escort carrier | |||||
| Seydlitz German cruiser Seydlitz Seydlitz was a heavy cruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, fourth in the , but was never completed. The ship was laid down in December 1936 and launched in January 1939, but the outbreak of World War II interrupted her completion at approximately 95 percent... |
Conversion of the to an aircraft carrier was cancelled during conversion in 1943 | |||||
| D21 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CV-38 | Fleet carrier | 1944 | De-commissioned 1971 | |||
| Shimane Maru Japanese aircraft carrier Shimane Maru was a Japanese aircraft carrier, the lead ship of her class, completed toward the end of World War II. She never reached operational status due to a shortage of airplanes and fuel... |
Escort aircraft carrier | 1945 | Converted from an oil tanker the Shimane Maru was to be operated by the Imperial Japanese Army but never reached operational status | |||
| Shinano Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano named after the ancient Shinano Province, was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Initially laid down as the third of the battleships, Shinano′s partially complete hull was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1942, midway through construction. Over the next two... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 - 19 November 1944 | Converted hull. Sunk by the submarine on 29 November 1944 | |||
| Shinyo Japanese aircraft carrier Shinyo was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted from the German ocean liner , which had been purchased by the Japanese Navy. The liner had been trapped in Kure, Japan following the outbreak of World War II in Europe, which prevented any attempt for the ship to return to... |
Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 - 15 November 1943 | Converted from the German liner SS Scharnhorst SS Scharnhorst SS Scharnhorst may refer to one of the following passenger steamers for North German Lloyd:, in service from 1904–1919; given to France as war reparations in 1919, in service from 1934–1939; trapped at Kobe, Japan, in 1939; sold to Japanese in 1942 and converted into Japanese aircraft carrier... . Sunk, 17 November 1944 |
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| Shōhō Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho Shōhō , the lead ship of her class, was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1941 - 30 November 1941 | Sunk by air attack on 6 May 1942 | |||
| Shōkaku Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku Shōkaku was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. Along with her sister ship , she took part in several key naval battles during the Pacific War, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1941 - 8 August 1941 | Sunk by American submarine on 19 June 1944 | |||
| D26 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| D55 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| Sōryū Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Second World War, she took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Port Darwin and raids in the Indian Ocean before being sunk at the Battle of Midway.-Design:... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1937 - 29 December 1937 | Launched 23 December 1935, commissioned 29 December 1937 and sunk at the Battle of Midway Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated... 4 June 1942 |
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| Sparviero Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero Sparviero was an Italian aircraft carrier designed and built during World War II. She was originally the ocean liner MS Augustus. The conversion was started in 1942 and was almost completed, but the ship was never delivered to the Regia Marina... |
Converted liner Augustus sunk during construction in 1944 | |||||
| D90 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CVE-49 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVE-17 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVE-50 | Escort carrier | Commissioned on 22 December 1943, became | ||||
| CVE-51 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| D91 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| D12 | Escort carrier | |||||
| CVE-48 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| Surcouf | N N 3 | Aircraft carrying submarine | 1934 | Aircraft carrying submarine in service from 1934 to 1942 | ||
| R17 | Light aircraft carrier | 1948 | Laid down as HMS Terrible but completed for Australian Navy | |||
| Taihō Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. With a heavily armored hull and flight deck , she represented a major departure in Japanese carrier design and was expected to not only survive multiple bomb, torpedo or shell hits but also continue fighting effectively... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 - 7 March 1944 | Sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of the Philippine Sea The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a decisive naval battle of World War II which effectively eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War... , 19 June 1944 |
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| Taiyō Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyo Taiyō was the lead ship of Taiyō-class of escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.-Construction and Conversion:... |
Escort aircraft carrier | 1941 - 2 September 1941 | Converted from the ocean liner Kasuga Maru Kasuga Maru The was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1938-1940 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan... . Sunk by off Cape Bolinao, Luzon Luzon Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon... , 18 August 1944 |
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| CV-40 | Fleet carrier | 1945 | De-commissioned in 1960 | |||
| R93 | Light aircraft carrier | Laid down as HMS Terrible but completed as HMAS Sydney | ||||
| D48 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| CVN-71 | Nnuclear-powered super-carrier | 1986 | Currently in service | |||
| Tbilisi | Original name for Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov | |||||
| CV-14 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 | De-commissioned in 1973 | |||
| D24 | Escort carrier | |||||
| D58 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| D09 | Escort carrier | First commissioned as | ||||
| Ulyanovsk Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk was the first of a class of Soviet nuclear-powered supercarriers which for the first time would have offered true blue water aviation capability for the Soviet Navy... |
Not completed and broken up in 1992. A sister ship was probably planned. | |||||
| CVA-58 | Super-heavy aircraft carrier | The 68,000 ton United States was laid down on 18 April 1949, but cancelled on 23 April 1949. | ||||
| Unryū Japanese aircraft carrier Unryu The Japanese aircraft carrier was a fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy which served during World War II. She was commissioned on 6 August 1944 and eventually torpedoed and sunk by US submarine in the East China Sea on 19 December that same year... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1944 - 6 August 1944 | Torpedoed and sunk by the submarine on 19 December 1944 | |||
| Unyo Japanese aircraft carrier Unyo Unyō was a Taiyō-class escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.-Construction and conversion:The liner of the shipping line Nippon Yusen, laid down in the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki in December 1938, launched in October 1939 and commissioned in July 1940, was... |
Escort aircraft carrier | 1942 - 31 May 1942 | Sunk by the submarine on 17 September 1944 | |||
| CV-45 | Fleet carrier | 1946 | De-commissioned 1970 | |||
| Varyag Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag Varyag was to be an Admiral Kuznetsov class multirole aircraft carrier of the Soviet Union. She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Shipyard 444 in Nikolayev December 6, 1985. Design of the carrier was undertaken by the Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau... |
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STOBAR STOBAR STOBAR is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier, combining elements of both STOVL and CATOBAR .Aircraft launch under their own power using a ski-jump to assist take-off STOBAR (Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery) is a system used for the... aircraft carrier |
Formerly the Riga; launched in 1988; later owned by Ukraine and sold to the Peoples Republic of China for use as entertainment complex and transferred there in 2002. Later refurbished for military use, and following completion on 10 August 2011, the carrier is currently undergoing sea trials. | |||
| ARA Veinticinco de Mayo ARA Veinticinco de Mayo ARA Veinticinco de Mayo may refer to the following specific vessels of the Argentine Navy* Cruiser ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, 1891-1916* Cruiser ARA Veinticinco de Mayo , 1931-1960* Aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo , 1969-1997... |
V-2 | Light aircraft carrier | 1968 | De-commissioned in 1997 | ||
| R71 | Light aircraft carrier | 1945 | Loaned to Australia in 1952, sold to Brazil on 14 December 1956 | |||
| R71 | Light aircraft carrier | 1952 | Loaned to Australia from 13 November 1952 to 25 October 1955, then sold to Brazil as the Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais | |||
| Verdun French aircraft carrier Verdun Verdun was an aircraft carrier under development in France in the 1950s which was cancelled before design was completed.-History:With the Clemenceau class carriers soon to enter service, the French Navy launched an effort to build a larger carrier specifically with the nuclear strike role in mind... |
Planned attack carrier cancelled during development in 1961 | |||||
| CVE-52 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| R38 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1941 | The 29,000 ton Victorious was commissioned from 1941 to 1968 | |||
| STOBAR carrier | 2012 | Former Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov Admiral Gorshkov was a modified Kiev class aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy, originally named Baku. Sometimes Gorshkov is considered a separate class due to its improvements including a phased array radar, extensive electronic warfare installations, and an enlarged command and control suite... , under re-fit for Indian service |
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| R11 | Light fleet carrier | 1961 | Laid down as HMS Hercules, the ship was not completed until after sale to India. Commissioned on 4 March 1961, the Vikrant was de-commissioned on 31 January 1997 and transferred to a museum for preservation at Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... |
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| Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (Project 71) | 2012 | A 40,000 ton aircraft carrier under construction; planned commissioning in 2012. Two planned to be built. | ||||
| D15 | Escort aircraft carrier | 1943 - 3 December 1943 | Sold into merchant service as Port Vindex and scrapped at Kaohsiung August 1971 | |||
| INS Viraat INS Viraat INS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier currently in service with the Indian Navy. INS Viraat is the flagship of the Indian Navy, the oldest carrier in service and one of two aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean Region.The Viraat was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's... |
R22 | Fleet aircraft carrier | Formerly HMS Hermes; purchased in 1986 | |||
| R31 | Light aircraft carrier | 1946 - 14 March 1946 | Warrior was returned to Britain in 1948, sold to Argentina 1958 as Independencia, being scrapped in 1971 | |||
| R31 | Light aircraft carrier | 1945 - 2 April 1945 | After loan to Canada, Warrior was returned to Britain in 1948, sold to Argentina 1958 as Independencia, being scrapped in 1971 | |||
| CV-7 | Light aircraft carrier | 1940 | The 14,700 ton Wasp was commissioned on 25 May 1940 and sank on 15 September 1942 | |||
| CV-18 | Fleet aircraft carrier | 1943 | The 27,100 ton Wasp was commissioned on 24 November 1943 and de-commissioned on 1 July 1972 | |||
| CVE-53 | Escort carrier | Became | ||||
| CVL-49 | Light aircraft carrier | 1947 | The 14,500 ton Wright was commissioned on 9 February 1947 and de-commissioned on 27 May 1970 | |||
| IX-64 | Light aircraft carrier | 1942 | Paddle-wheel steamer converted for training purposes. In service from 12 August 1942 to 1945 | |||
| Yamashiro Maru | Escort carrier / aircraft ferry | 1945 - 27 January 1945 | Sunk by US Aircraft on 17 February 1945 | |||
| CV-5 | 1937 | Commissioned 30 September 1937, sunk 7 June 1942 | ||||
| CV-10 | Fleet Carrier | 1943 | De-commissioned on 27 June 1970 to become a museum exhibit/venue | |||
| Zuihō Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Second World War, she participated in many operations, including the battles of Santa Cruz, Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf where she was finally sunk by American aircraft.-Design:... |
Light aircraft carrier | 1940 - 27 December 1940 | Converted from the high-speed oiler Takasaki, Zuihō was sunk by air attack in the Battle of Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944 | |||
| Zuikaku Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku Zuikaku was a Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her complement of aircraft took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that formally brought the United States into the Pacific War, and she fought in several of the most important naval battles of the war, finally being sunk... |
Fleet aircraft carrier | 1941 - 25 September 1941 | Sunk by air attack in the Battle of Cape Engaño on 25 October 1944 | |||
See also
- List of aircraft carriers by country
- List of aircraft carriers by configuration
- List of aircraft carriers in service
- Timeline for aircraft carrier serviceTimeline for aircraft carrier serviceAircraft carriers have their origins during the days of World War I. The earliest experiments constisted of fitting temporary "flying off" platforms to the gun turrets of the warships of several nations, notably the United States and the United Kingdom...