List of aircraft carriers of World War II
This is a list of aircraft carriers of World War II.
Aircraft carriers serve as a seagoing airbases, equipped with a flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying and recovering aircraft.[1] Typically, they are the capital ships of a fleet, as they project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for operational support. Aircraft carriers are expensive and are considered critical assets. By the Second World War aircraft carriers had evolved from converted cruisers, to purpose built vessels of many classes and roles. Fleet carriers were the largest type, operating with the main fleet to provided offensive capability. Light aircraft carrier's were fast enough to operate with the fleet but smaller and with fewer aircraft. Escort carriers were smaller and slower, with low numbers of aircraft, and provided defense for convoys. Most of the latter were built from mercantile hulls or, in the case of merchant aircraft carriers, were bulk cargo ships with a flight deck added on top. Catapult aircraft merchant ship's, were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to defend the convoy from long range German aircraft.
The aircraft carrier dramatically changed naval combat in the war, as air power became a significant factor in warfare. The advent of aircraft as primary weapons was driven by the superior range, flexibility and effectiveness of carrier-launched aircraft. They had higher range and precision than naval guns, making them highly effective. The versatility of the carrier was demonstrated in November 1940 when HMS Illustrious launched a long-range strike on the Italian fleet at their base in Taranto, signalling the beginning of effective and highly mobile aircraft strikes. This operation incapacitated three of the six battleships at a cost of two torpedo bombers. In the Pacific Ocean clashes occurred between aircraft carrier fleets. The 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was a clear illustration of the power projection capability afforded by a large force of modern carriers. Concentrating six carriers in a single unit turned naval history about, as no other nation had fielded anything comparable. However, the vulnerability of carriers compared to traditional battleships when forced into a gun-range encounter was quickly illustrated by the sinking of HMS Glorious by German battleships during the Norwegian campaign in 1940.
This new-found importance of naval aviation forced nations to create a number of carriers, in an effort to provide air superiority for every major fleet. This extensive usage required the construction of several new 'light' carriers. Escort aircraft carriers, such as USS Bogue, were sometimes purpose-built, but most were converted from merchant ships as a stop-gap measure to provide anti-submarine air support for convoys and amphibious invasions. Following this concept, light aircraft carriers built by the US, such as USS Independence, represented a larger and more "militarized" version of the escort carrier. Although with complements similar to escort carriers, they had the advantage of speed from their converted cruiser hulls. The British 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier was designed for quick construction by civilian shipyards and a short 3 year service life. They served the Royal Navy during the war, and their hull design was chosen for nearly all aircraft carrier equipped navies after the war until the 1980s. Emergency situations during the war spurred the creation of highly unconventional aircraft carriers, such as the CAM ships.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.
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Ship | Country | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
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Admiralty Islands | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 13 June 1944 | Scrapped 1947 |
Adula | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 16,000 | 1 February 1944 | Returned to merchant service post-war |
Akagi | ![]() |
Amagi | aircraft carrier | 36,500 | 27 March 1927 | Sunk 5 June 1942 |
Albatross | ![]() |
seaplane carrier | 6,350 | 29 September 1938 | torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954 | |
Alexia | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,010 | 1 December 1943 | Returned to merchant service post-war |
Altamaha | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 7,900 | 15 September 1942 | Scrapped 1946 |
Amagi | ![]() |
Unryū | aircraft carrier | 17,150 | 10 August 1944 | Sunk 27 July 1945 |
Amastra | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 16,000 | 1 September 1943 | |
Ameer | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 20 July 1943 | paid off 20 March 1946, scrapped 1969 |
Ancylus | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 16,000 | October 1943 | |
Antietam | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 28 January 1945 | Decommissioned 8 May 1963, scrapped 1974 |
Aquila | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 23,500 | Scrapped 1952 | ||
Arbiter | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 31 December 1943 | paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1972 |
Archer | ![]() |
Avenger | escort carrier | 8,200 | 17 November 1941 | paid off 6 November 1943, scrapped 1962 |
Argus | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 14,860 | 1 September 1918 | Scrapped 1946 | |
Ariguani | ![]() |
fighter catapult ship | 1940 | 1943 | ||
Ark Royal | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 22,000 | 16 December 1938 | Sunk 14 November 1941 | |
Atheling | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 28 October 1943 | paid off 6 December 1946, scrapped 1967 |
Attacker | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 30 September 1942 | paid off 5 January 1946, scrapped 24 May 1980 |
Attu | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 30 June 1944 | Scrapped 1947 |
Avenger | ![]() |
Avenger | escort carrier | 8,200 | 2 March 1942 | Sunk 15 November 1942 |
Bairoko | ![]() |
Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,200 | 16 July 1945 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1960 |
Barnes | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 11,400 | 20 February 1943 | Decommissioned 29 August 1946, scrapped 1959 |
Bataan | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 17 November 1943 | decommissioned 9 April 1954, scrapped 1960 |
Battler | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 10,000 | 31 October 1942 | paid off 12 February 1946, scrapped 14 May 1946 |
Béarn | ![]() ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 22,150 | 1 May 1927 | stricken November 1966, scrapped March 1967 | |
Begum | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 2 August 1943 | paid off 20 March 1946, scrapped 1974 |
Belleau Wood | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 31 March 1943 | decommissioned 13 January 1947, scrapped 1961 |
Bennington | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 6 August 1944 | decommissioned 15 January 1970, scrapped 1994 |
Bismarck Sea | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 20 May 1944 | sunk 21 February 1945 |
Biter | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 8,200 | 5 May 1942 | Transferred to France as Dixmude 1945 |
Block Island | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 8 March 1943 | Sunk 29 May 1944 |
Block Island | ![]() |
Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 14,400 | 30 December 1944 | decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1960 |
Bogue | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 26 September 1942 | Decommissioned 30 November 1946, scrapped 1960 |
Bon Homme Richard | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 26 November 1944 | decommissioned 2 July 1971, scrapped 1992 |
Bougainville | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 18 June 1944 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960 |
Boxer | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 16 April 1945 | decommissioned 1 December 1969, scrapped 1971 |
Breton | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 7,800 | 12 April 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972 |
Bunker Hill | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 24 May 1943 | decommissioned 9 January 1947, scrapped 1973 |
Cabot | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 24 July 1943 | decommissioned 21 January 1955, scrapped 2002 |
Campania | ![]() |
Nairana | escort carrier | 13,000 | 9 February 1944 | paid off 30 December 1945, scrapped 1955 |
Cape Esperance | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 10,400 | 9 April 1944 | scrapped 1959 |
Cape Gloucester | ![]() |
Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 10,900 | 5 March 1945 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971 |
Card | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 8 November 1942 | scrapped 1971 |
Casablanca | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 8 July 1943 | Decommissioned 10 June 1946, scrapped 1947 |
Charger | ![]() |
Avenger | escort carrier | 8,200 | 3 March 1942 | paid off 15 March 1946, scrapped 1969 |
Chaser | ![]() |
Avenger | escort carrier | 11,400 | 9 April 1943 | paid off 12 May 1946, sold into merchant service, scrapped 1972/3 |
Chenango | ![]() |
Sangamon | escort carrier | 11,400 | 20 June 1941 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960 |
Chitose | ![]() |
Chitose | light aircraft carrier | 11,190 | 25 July 1938 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
Chiyoda | ![]() |
Chitose | light aircraft carrier | 11,190 | 15 December 1938 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
Chūyō | ![]() |
Taiyō | escort carrier | 18,116 | 25 November 1942 | sunk 4 December 1943 |
Colossus | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 16 December 1944 | transferred to France, renamed Arromanches 6 August 1946 |
Commencement Bay | ![]() |
Commencement Bay | escort carrier | 11,373 | 27 November 1944 | Decommissioned 30 November 1946, scrapped 1971 |
Copahee | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 15 June 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1961 |
Coral Sea | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 9,600 | 27 August 1943 | renamed Anzio, decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1959 |
Core | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 10 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971 |
Corregidor | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 10,400 | 31 August 1943 | scrapped 1959 |
Courageous | ![]() |
Glorious | aircraft carrier | 22,500 | 4 November 1916 | sunk 17 September 1939 |
Cowpens | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 28 May 1943 | decommissioned 13 January 1947, scrapped 1960 |
Croatan | ![]() |
Bogue | escort carrier | 9,800 | 28 April 1943 | decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971 |
Dasher | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 8,200 | 2 July 1942 | sunk 27 March 1943 |
Dristigheten | ![]() |
Dristigheten | seaplane carrier | 3,445 | 5 September 1901 | paid off 13 June 1947 |
Eagle | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 22,600 | 26 February 1924 | sunk 11 August 1942 | |
Emperor | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 6 August 1943 | paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946 |
Empire Activity | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 14,250 | 29 September 1942 | 20 October 1945 |
Empire Audacity | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 20 June 1941 | Sunk 21 December 1941 |
Empire MacAlpine | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 14 April 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryname |
Empire MacAndrew | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 7 July 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryheen |
Empire MacCabe | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 9,000 | 1 December 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Escort |
Empire MacCallum | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 22 December 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Alpha Zambesi |
Empire MacColl | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 9,000 | 1 November 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Pilot |
Empire MacDermott | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 31 March 1944 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed La Cumbre |
Empire MacKay | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 9,000 | 5 October 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Swordfish |
Empire MacKendrick | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 1 December 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Granpond |
Empire MacMahon | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 9,000 | 1 December 1943 | Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed Naninia |
Empire MacRae | ![]() |
Empire | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 20 September 1943 | Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha Zambesi |
Empress | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 9 August 1943 | paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946 |
Enterprise | ![]() |
Yorktown | aircraft carrier | 25,100 | 12 May 1938 | decommissioned 1947,scrapped 1959 |
Essex | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 31 December 1942 | decommissioned 30 June 1969, scrapped 1975 |
Fencer | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 14,400 | 20 February 1943 | paid off 21 December 1945, sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1975 |
Formidable | ![]() |
Illustrious | aircraft carrier | 23,000 | 24 November 1940 | scrapped 1953 |
Franklin | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 31 January 1944 | Decommissioned 17 February 1947, scrapped 1964 |
Furious | ![]() |
Glorious | aircraft carrier | 22,400 | 14 October 1917 | scrapped 1948 |
Gadila | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 1 March 1944 | returned to merchant service 1946; scrapped 1958 |
Gambier Bay | ![]() |
Casablanca | escort carrier | 7,800 | 28 December 1943 | Sunk 25 October 1944 |
Giuseppe Miraglia | ![]() |
seaplane tender | 4,965 | 1 November 1927 | decommissioned 15 July 1950 | |
Glorious | ![]() |
Glorious | aircraft carrier | 22,500 | 20 April 1916 | sunk 8 June 1940[8] |
Glory | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 2 April 1945 | scrapped August 1961 |
Graf Zeppelin | ![]() |
Graf Zeppelin | aircraft carrier | 23,200 | launched 8 December 1938, not completed, scuttled 16 August 1947[9] | |
Hancock | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 15 April 1944 | Sold for scrap, 1 September 1976 |
Hermes | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 10,850 | 7 July 1923 | sunk 9 April 1942 | |
Hiryū | ![]() |
Sōryū | aircraft carrier | 17,300 | 5 July 1939 | sunk 5 June 1942 |
Hiyō | ![]() |
Hiyō | light aircraft carrier | 24,140 | 31 July 1942 | sunk 20 June 1944 |
Hornet (I) | ![]() |
Yorktown | aircraft carrier | 26,500 | 25 October 1941 | sunk 27 October 1942 |
Hornet (II) | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 29 November 1943 | decommissioned 26 June 1970; museum ship |
Hōshō | ![]() |
light aircraft carrier | 7,470 | 27 December 1922 | scrapped 1947 | |
Hunter | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 14,400 | 9 January 1943 | paid off 17 January 1947, scrapped May 1946 |
Illustrious | ![]() |
Illustrious | aircraft carrier | 23,000 | 25 May 1940 | scrapped 1956 |
Implacable | ![]() |
Implacable | aircraft carrier | 23,825 | 28 August 1944 | scrapped 1955 |
Indefatigable | ![]() |
Implacable | aircraft carrier | 23,825 | 3 May 1944 | scrapped 1956 |
Independence | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 14 January 1943 | decommissioned 28 August 1946, target ship scuttled 1951 |
Indomitable | ![]() |
Illustrious | aircraft carrier | 23,000 | 10 October 1941 | scrapped 1955 |
Intrepid | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 16 August 1943 | decommissioned 15 March 1974, museum ship |
Junyō | ![]() |
Hiyō | light aircraft carrier | 26,949 | 5 May 1942 | scrapped 1947 |
Kaga | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 38,200 | 1 November 1929 | sunk 4 June 1942 | |
Katsuragi | ![]() |
Unryū | aircraft carrier | 15 October 1944 | Scrapped 1947 | |
Khedive | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 25 August 1943 | paid off 19 July 1946, scrapped 1975 |
Lake Champlain | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 3 June 1945 | decommissioned 2 May 1966, scrapped 1972 |
Langley | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 31 August 1943 | decommissioned 11 February 1947, scrapped 1964 |
Langley CV-1 | ![]() |
Seaplane carrier | 11,500 | 7 April 1913 | sunk 27 February 1942 | |
Lexington (I) | ![]() |
Lexington | aircraft carrier | 33,000 | 14 December 1927 | sunk 8 May 1942 |
Lexington (II) | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 17 February 1943 | decommissioned 8 November 1991; museum ship |
Long Island | ![]() |
Long Island | escort carrier | 13,500 | 2 June 1941 | decommissioned 26 March 1946 |
Macoma | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 8,000 | 1 April 1944 | transferred to merchant service post-war |
Maplin | ![]() |
fighter catapult ship | ||||
Miralda | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 16,000 | 1 January 1944 | returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Marisa |
Monterey | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 17 June 1943 | decommissioned 16 January 1956, scrapped 1971 |
Nabob | ![]() ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 7 September 1943 | Crewed by RCN, paid off 10 October 1944, scrapped December 1977 |
Nairana | ![]() |
Nairana | escort carrier | 14,280 | 12 December 1943 | to Netherlands 23 March 1946, scrapped 1971 |
Ocean | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 8 August 1945 | scrapped May 1962 |
Patia | ![]() |
fighter catapult ship | sunk 1941 | |||
Patroller | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 22 October 1943 | paid off 7 February 1947, scrapped February 1974 |
Pegasus | ![]() |
fighter catapult ship | 7,080 | 10 December 1914 | HMS Ark Royal to 1934, paid off June 1946 | |
Perseus | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft maintenance carrier | 13,200 | 16 December 1944 | transferred to France 6 August 1946, renamed Arromanches |
Pioneer | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft maintenance carrier | 13,200 | 8 February 1945 | scrapped September 1954 |
Premier | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 3 November 1943 | paid off 21 May 1946, scrapped 1976 |
Princeton | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 25 February 1943 | sunk 24 October 1944 |
Puncher | ![]() ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 5 February 1944 | Crewed by RCN, paid off 16 February 1946, scrapped 1973 |
Pursuer | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 14 June 1943 | Returned to USN 12 February 1946, sold for scrap May 1946. |
Queen | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 8,333 | 7 December 1943 | paid off July 1947, scrapped 1972 |
Rajah | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 17 January 1944 | paid off 7 February 1947, scrapped 1975 |
Randolph | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 29 June 1944 | decommissioned 13 February 1969, scrapped 1975 |
Ranger | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 14,500 | 4 June 1934 | decommissioned 18 October 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
Ranee | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 2 June 1943 | paid off 22 January 1947, scrapped 1973 |
Rapana | ![]() |
Rapana | merchant aircraft carrier | 16,000 | 1 July 1943 | transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Rotula |
Ravager | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 14,630 | 25 April 1943 | paid off February 1946, scrapped 1973 |
Reaper | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 21 February 1944 | paid off 2 July 1946, scrapped 1967 |
Ruler | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 15,390 | 22 December 1943 | paid off 29 January 1946, scrapped 31 May 1946 |
Ryūhō | ![]() |
Ryūhō | light aircraft carrier | 13,360 | 31 March 1934 | struck 30 November 1945, scrapped 1946 |
Ryūjō | ![]() |
light aircraft carrier | 10,600 | 9 May 1933 | sunk 24 August 1942 | |
San Jacinto | ![]() |
Independence | light aircraft carrier | 11,000 | 15 November 1943 | decommissioned 1 March 1947, scrapped 1972 |
Saratoga | ![]() |
Lexington | aircraft carrier | 33,000 | 16 November 1927 | sunk as a target 1946 |
Shangri-La | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 15 September 1944 | decommissioned 30 July 1971, scrapped 1988 |
Shinano | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 64,800 | 19 November 1944 | sunk 29 November 1944 | |
Shin'yō | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 17,500 | 15 November 1943 | sunk 17 November 1944 | |
Shōhō | ![]() |
Zuihō | light aircraft carrier | 11,260 | 30 November 1941 | sunk 8 May 1942 |
Shōkaku | ![]() |
Shōkaku | aircraft carrier | 25,675 | 8 August 1941 | sunk 19 June 1944 |
Sōryū | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 15,900 | 29 January 1937 | sunk 4 June 1942 | |
Searcher | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 14,400 | 3 April 1943 | paid off 1945, scrapped 21 April 1976 |
Shah | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 11,400 | 27 September 1943 | paid off 7 February 1946 |
Slinger | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 8,333 | 11 August 1943 | paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1969/70 |
Smiter | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 20 January 1944 | paid off 6 May 1946, scrapped 1967 |
Speaker | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 8,333 | 20 November 1943 | paid off 25 September 1946, scrapped 1972 |
Springbank | ![]() |
fighter catapult ship | sunk 27 September 1941 | |||
Stalker | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 14,400 | 21 December 1942 | paid off 29 December 1945, sold into merchant service as Riouw |
Striker | ![]() |
Bogue (Attacker) | escort carrier | 10,000 | 29 April 1943 | paid off 12 February 1946, scrapped 1948 |
Taihō | ![]() |
Taihō | aircraft carrier | 29,300 | 7 March 1944 | Sunk 19 June 1944 |
Taiyō | ![]() |
Taiyō | escort carrier | 18,116 | 2 September 1941 | sunk 18 August 1944 |
Thane | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 19 November 1943 | paid off October 1945, scrapped 1946 |
Ticonderoga | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 8 May 1944 | decommissioned 1 September 1973, scrapped 1975 |
Tracker | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 14,400 | 31 January 1943 | paid off 2 November 1946, scrapped 1964 |
Trouncer | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 31 January 1944 | paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1973 |
Trumpeter | ![]() |
Bogue (Ruler) | escort carrier | 7,800 | 4 August 1943 | paid off 19 June 1946, scrapped 1971 |
Unyō | ![]() |
Taiyō | escort carrier | 17,830 | 31 August 1942 | Sunk 15 September 1944 |
Unicorn | ![]() |
maintenance aircraft carrier | 16,510 | 12 March 1943 | paid off 17 November 1953 | |
Unryū | ![]() |
Unryū | aircraft carrier | 17,150 | 6 August 1944 | sunk 19 December 1944 |
Venerable | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 17 January 1945 | paid off April 1947 |
Vengeance | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft carrier | 13,200 | 15 January 1945 | paid off 1952 |
Victorious | ![]() |
Illustrious | aircraft carrier | 23,000 | 29 May 1941 | scrapped 1969 |
Vindex | ![]() |
Nairana | escort carrier | 13,671 | 3 December 1943 | paid off 1947, scrapped August 1971 |
Warrior | ![]() |
Colossus | aircraft carrier | 18,300 | 2 April 1945 | paid off 1970, scrapped 1971 |
Wasp (I) | ![]() |
aircraft carrier | 14,700 | 25 April 1940 | sunk 15 September 1942 | |
Wasp (II) | ![]() |
Essex | aircraft carrier | 30,800 | 24 November 1943 | decommissioned 1 July 1972 |
Yorktown | ![]() |
Yorktown | aircraft carrier | 25,100 | 30 September 1937 | sunk 7 June 1942 |
Zuihō | ![]() |
Zuihō | light aircraft carrier | 11,260 | 27 December 1940 | sunk 25 October 1944 |
Zuikaku | ![]() |
Shōkaku | aircraft carrier | 29,800 | 25 September 1941 | 25 October 1944 |
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