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List of aircraft carrier classes in service

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The list of aircraft carrier classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.

Kuznetsov-class (Project 1143.5) aircraft carrier

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Admiral Kuznetsov

Cavour-class aircraft carrier

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Conte di Cavour

Chakri Naruebet-class aircraft carrier

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Chakri Naruebet

Charles de Gaulle-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Charles de Gaulle

Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Gerald R. Ford

Giuseppe Garibaldi-class aircraft carrier

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

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Vikrant
  • Builders:  India (Cochin Shipyard Limited)
  • Displacement: 45,000 tons
  • Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters
  • Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS, 4 × Otobreda 76 mm
  • Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine, 2 × Elecon COGAG gearbox
  • Speed: in excess of 30 knots
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Operators:  Indian Navy
  • Commissioned: 2 September 2022
  • Status: In service

Vikramaditya (modified Kiev)-class aircraft carrier

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Vikramaditya
  • Builders:  Russia (Soviet "Baku" as Kiev-class aircraft carrier /  Russia Sevmash in Severodvinsk)
  • Displacement: 45,400 tons
  • Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters
  • Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS
  • Propulsion: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp
  • Speed: in excess of 30 knots
  • Ships in class: 1
  • Operators:  Indian Navy
  • Commissioned: 16 December 2013
  • Status: In service

Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Nimitz

Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier

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Queen Elizabeth

References

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