List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

This list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, and CVN. All units after CVA-57 are supercarriers.

For the smaller escort aircraft carriers (CVE), please see list of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.

For grouping by class, please see list of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy.

For airship aircraft carriers, please see list of airships of the United States Navy.

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#	Name	Commissioned	Class	Status
CV-1	Langley	1922	Langley-class, lead ship	Sunk February 1942 65 nm south of Tjilatjap, Java
CV-2	Lexington	1927	Lexington-class, lead ship	Sunk May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea
CV-3	Saratoga	1927	Lexington-class	Sunk July 1946 in Operation Crossroads as a nuclear test target
CV-4	Ranger	1934	Ranger-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-5	Yorktown	1937	Yorktown-class, lead ship	Sunk June 1942 in the Battle of Midway
CV-6	Enterprise	1938	Yorktown-class	Scrapped
CV-7	Wasp	1940	Wasp-class, lead ship	Sunk September 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign
CV-8	Hornet	1941	Yorktown-class	Sunk October 1942 in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
CV-9 ^b)	Essex	1942	Essex-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CV-10 ^b)	Yorktown	1943	Essex-class	Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
CV-11 ^b)	Intrepid	1943	Essex-class	Museum—New York, New York, USA
CV-12 ^b)	Hornet	1943	Essex-class	Museum—Alameda, California
CV-13 ^b)	Franklin	1944	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-14 ^b)	Ticonderoga	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-15 ^b)	Randolph	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-16 ^d)	Lexington	1943	Essex-class	Museum—Corpus Christi, Texas
CV-17 ^b)	Bunker Hill	1943	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-18 ^b)	Wasp	1943	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-19	Hancock	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-20 ^b)	Bennington	1944	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-21 ^c)	Boxer	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CVL-22	Independence	1943	Independence-class light carrier, lead ship	Scuttled 1951
CVL-23	Princeton	1943	Independence-class	Sunk, October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf
CVL-24	Belleau Wood	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-25	Cowpens	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-26	Monterey	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-27	Langley	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-28	Cabot	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-29	Bataan	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CVL-30	San Jacinto	1943	Independence-class	Scrapped
CV-31 ^b)	Bonhomme Richard	1944	Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-32 ^b)	Leyte	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-33 ^b)	Kearsarge	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-34	Oriskany	1950	Long hull Essex-class	Scuttled as an artificial reef, May 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico ^[1]
CV-35	Reprisal	Cancelled (August 11, 1945)	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CV-36 ^b)	Antietam	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-37 ^c)	Princeton	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-38 ^b)	Shangri-la	1944	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-39 ^b)	Lake Champlain	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-40 ^b)	Tarawa	1945	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CVB-41 ^a)	Midway	1945	Midway-class, lead ship	Museum—San Diego, California, USA
CVB-42 ^a)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1945	Midway-class	Scrapped
CVB-43 ^a)	Coral Sea	1947	Midway-class	Scrapped
CVB-44		Cancelled	Midway-class	Cancelled
CV-45 ^c)	Valley Forge	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CV-46	Iwo Jima	Cancelled (August 11, 1945)	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CV-47 ^b)	Philippine Sea	1946	Long hull Essex-class	Scrapped
CVL-48	Saipan	1946	Saipan-class, lead ship	Scrapped
CVL-49	Wright	1946	Saipan-class	Scrapped
CV-50		Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CV-51		Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CV-52		Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CV-53		Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CV-54		Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CV-55		Cancelled	Long hull Essex-class	Cancelled
CVB-56		Cancelled	Midway-class	Cancelled
CVB-57		Cancelled	Midway-class	Cancelled
CVA-58	United States	Cancelled (April 18, 1949)	United States-class, lead ship	Cancelled
CV-59	Forrestal	1955	Forrestal-class supercarrier, lead ship	To be scuttled—Date TBA—Docked at NS Newport, RI
CV-60	Saratoga	1956	Forrestal-class supercarrier	On donation hold—docked at NS Newport, RI
CV-61	Ranger	1957	Forrestal-class supercarrier	On donation hold—docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-62	Independence	1959	Forrestal-class supercarrier	To be scuttled—date TBA—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-63	Kitty Hawk	1961	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, lead ship	Decommissioned—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CV-64	Constellation	1961	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier	To be scuttled—date TBA—Docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA
CVN-65	Enterprise	1961	Enterprise-class supercarrier, lead ship	Active
CV-66	America	1965	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier	Used as target, then scuttled
CV-67	John F. Kennedy	1968	Kennedy-class supercarrier, lead ship	Decommissioned—Docked at NISMF, Philadelphia, PA
CVN-68	Nimitz	1975	Nimitz-class supercarrier, lead ship	Active
CVN-69	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1977	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-70	Carl Vinson	1981	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-71	Theodore Roosevelt	1986	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-72	Abraham Lincoln	1989	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-73	George Washington	1992	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-74	John C. Stennis	1995	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-75	Harry S. Truman	1998	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-76	Ronald Reagan	2003	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-77	George H.W. Bush	2009	Nimitz-class supercarrier	Active
CVN-78	Gerald R. Ford	2015	Ford-class supercarrier, lead ship	Pre-keel laying manufacturing started
CVN-79	unnamed	2019	Ford-class supercarrier	Planned
CVN-80	unnamed	2023	Ford-class supercarrier	Planned