The Carrier Project

This page last updated:
8 April 2008

Dedication

Hunter Scott

His high school history fair project revived interest in the fate of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35), sunk by a Japanese submarine after delivering the components of the first atomic bomb to the island of Tinian. This attention ultimately resulted in clearing her Captain, Charles Butler McVay III, of charges that he recklessly hazarded his ship.

Wikipedia

Lists of Other Ships

Cruisers

Ship Name & Nationality	Designation and/or Type of Ship	Referred to on Page	Websites Website is specific to the ship unless otherwise noted
Fate/Notes

Amsterdam	CL-59 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-22 USS Independence
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Antietam	CG-54 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	Carrier Names: Antietam	Ship's Official Website Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Pacific Fleet, homeported in San Diego, California.

Anzio	CG-68 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	Carrier Names: Anzio	Ship's Official Website Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.

Astoria	CA-34 New Orleans-class heavy cruiser	CV-5 USS Yorktown	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire at the Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942

Baltimore	CA-68 Baltimore-class heavy cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold for scrapping in 1972

Birmingham	CL-2 Chester-class scout cruiser	The Birth of Naval Aviation	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold for scrap in 1930

Buffalo	CL-99 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-29 USS Bataan
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Bunker Hill	CG-52 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	Carrier Names: Bunker Hill CV-17 USS Bunker Hill	Ship's Official Website Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Pacific Fleet, homeported in San Diego, California.

Chikuma	Tone-class heavy cruiser	CV-8 USS Hornet The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Sunk by torpedoes from destroyer HIJMS Nowaki after being crippled by air attack during the Battle off Samar, October 1944.

Chokai	Takao-class heavy cruiser	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Sunk by torpedoes from destroyer HIJMS Fujinami after being crippled by destroyer gunfire and air attack during the Battle off Samar, October 1944.

Cowpens	CG-63 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	Carrier Names: Cowpens	Ship's Official Website United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Pacific Fleet, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.

Dayton	CL-78 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-26 USS Monterey
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Fargo	CL-85 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-27 USS Langley
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Guam	CB-2 Alaska-class battlecruiser	Carrier Names: Guam	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center
Sold for scrap to the Boston Metals Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 24 May 1961.

Haguro	Myoko-class heavy cruiser	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Sunk by surface ship gunfire and torpedoes west of Panang, 17 May 1945.

Helena	CL-50 St. Louis-class light cruiser	The World at War Carrier Names: Kula Gulf	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sunk during the Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943.

Houston	CA-30 Northampton-class heavy cruiser	CV-5 USS Yorktown	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea, February 1942

Huntington	CL-77 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-25 USS Cowpens
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Indianapolis	CA-35 Portland-class heavy cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Hit by two torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-58, Indianapolis was sunk just days before the end of the war, after delivering components of the atomic bombs to the island of Tinian. Due to miscommunication and procedural errors, the disappearance of Indianapolis was not noted for some time. When survivors were finally spotted by a plane on routine patrol, a massive rescue effort was launched, resulting in the recovery of 316 of the crew of 1,199. This incident has been the subject of several books and documentary films.

Java	Java-class light cruiser	Carrier Names: Badoeng Strait	Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II Wikipedia - Java class cruiser
Sunk by Japanese torpedo attack north of the island of Java, 27 February 1942.

Kumano	Mogami-class heavy cruiser	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Sunk by air attack in Santa Cruz Harbor, 25 November 1944.

Lake Champlain	CG-57 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	CV-39 USS Lake Champlain	Ship's Official Website United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Pacific Fleet, homeported in San Diego, California.

Miami	CL-89 Cleveland-class light cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold for scrap in 1962

Mikuma	Mogami-class heavy cruiser	CV-8 USS Hornet	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Sunk by air attack during the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942.

Minneapolis	CA-36 New Orleans-class heavy cruiser	CV-3 USS Saratoga CV-6 USS Enterprise	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold for scrap, 14 August 1959

Mogami	Mogami-class heavy cruiser	CV-8 USS Hornet	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Scuttled after being crippled by surface gunnery and air attack during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944.

Nashville	CL-43 Brooklyn-class light cruiser	CV-8 USS Hornet	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Sold to the Chilean Navy 9 January 1951 and commissioned as Capitan Prot. Sold for scrap 29 April 1983.

New Haven	CL-76 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

New Orleans	Protected Cruiser	Carrier Names: New Orleans	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center
Sold for scrap, 4 February 1930.

New Orleans	CA-32 New Orleans-class heavy cruiser	Carrier Names: New Orleans	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center
Sold for scrap, 22 September 1959.

Newark	CL-100 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-30 USS San Jacinto
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Noshiro	Agano-class light cruiser	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Sunk by air attack during the Battle off Samar, October 1944.

Omaha	CL-4 Omaha-class scout cruiser	Carrier Timeline: November 1941	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Scrapped in February 1946 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Pensacola	CA-24 Pensacola-class heavy cruiser	CV-6 USS Enterprise	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Used as target ship at Bikini Atoll for the Able and Baker atomic bomb tests. Towed to Kwajalein for post-test analysis, then sunk 10 November 1948.

Philippine Sea	CG-58 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	Carrier Names: Philippine Sea CV-47 USS Philippine Sea	Ship's Official Website United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Mayport, Florida.

Pittsburg	CA-72 Baltimore-class heavy cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold for scrap, July 1974. Historical note: On 4 June 1945, Pittsburg encountered a typhoon near Okinawa. Her bow was broken off, but she steamed under her own power to port and was repaired. The bow section remained afloat and was salvaged separately (Naval Historical Center). During the salvage, it was unofficially referred to as USS McKeesport (McKeesport, Pennsylvania is a suburb of Pittsburg).

Princeton	CG-59 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	Carrier Names: Princeton CVL-23 USS Princeton CV-37/LPH-5 USS Princeton	Ship's Official Website United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Pacific Fleet, homeported in San Diego, California.

Salem	CA-139 Des Moines-class heavy cruiser	The Carrier Project Home Page	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum Online Wikipedia
Located at the site of the former Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. Salem is the only U.S. heavy cruiser preserved as a museum.

San Juan	CL-54 Atlanta-class light cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold for scrapping, October 1961

Saratoga	ACR-2 New York-class armored cruiser	Carrier Names: Saratoga	1891-1911 as New York: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center 1911-1917 as Saratoga: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center 1917-1941 as Rochester: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center
Scuttled at Olongapo Shipyard, Cavite, the Philippines, December 1941 to prevent capture by the Japanese.

St. Louis	CL-49 St. Louis-class light cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold to the Brazilian Navy in January 1951 and commissioned as Tamandare. Sold for scrap in 1980, she sank while under tow to breakers in Taiwan.

Suzuya	Mogami-class heavy cruiser	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Destroyed by internal munitions explosions as a result of damage incurred from air attacks, Battle off Samar, October 1944.

Tallahassee	CL-61 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-23 USS Princeton
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Ticonderoga	CG-47 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	CV-14 USS Ticonderoga Carrier Names: Ticonderoga	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on donation hold at NAVSEA storage facility, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tone	Tone-class heavy cruiser	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Sunk by air attack in shallow water in Hiroshima Bay, near Nishinomi Shima, on 24 July 1945. The hulk was attacked again by aircraft on the 28th. The remains were scrapped in 1947-48.

Tromp	Tromp-class light cruiser	Carrier Names: Badoeng Strait	Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II Wikipedia
Scrapped in Spain, commencing 13 May 1969.

Valley Forge	CG-50 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	CV-45 USS Valley Forge	NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy United States Naval Vessel Register Wikipedia
Sunk as target, 2 November 2006, near Kauai, Hawaii.

Vella Gulf	CG-72 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	Carrier Names: Vella Gulf	Ship's Official Website United States Naval Vessel Register United States Navy Fact File: Cruisers NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Currently on active duty with the Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.

Vicksburg	CL-86 Cleveland-class light cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Scrapped in 1964.

Vincennes	CL-64 Cleveland-class light cruiser	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Used as target in missile tests.

Wilmington	CL-79 Cleveland-class light cruiser	CVL-28 USS Cabot
Converted to light carrier (CVL) while under construction

Yahagi	Agano-class light cruiser	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Hit by 12 bombs and 7 torpedoes, Yahagi was sunk during "Operation Ten-I-Go", the Japanese attack on the Okinawa invasion force, April 1945.

Yorktown	CG-48 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser	CV-10 USS Yorktown	United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Stored at NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, PA, as a "logistics support asset"; her parts are being stripped to maintain in-service Ticonderoga-class cruisers.