Best viewed in fixed-font mode Listing of all known United States Navy aircraft carriers (includes British Lend-Lease) BL - Battle Loss MS - Museum ship NC - These ships were never commissioned, so they are not referred to as "United States Ship" SC - Cancelled and scrapped while under construction UC - Under construction as of the date of this list A - Authorized, but not yet under construction Sorted by era/class The Birth of American Naval Aviation - Early Carriers: 1921 - 1941 CV-1 USS Langley (BL) Yorktown-class Fleet Carriers - CV-5 USS Yorktown (BL) Lexington-class Fleet Carriers - CV-6 USS Enterprise CV-2 USS Lexington (BL) CV-8 USS Hornet (BL) CV-3 USS Saratoga CV-7 USS Wasp (BL) CV-4 USS Ranger The World At War - World War II: 1941 - 1945 Essex-class Fleet Carriers - Midway-class Fleet Carriers - CV-9 USS Essex CVB-41 USS Midway (MS) CV-10 USS Yorktown (MS) CVB-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-11 USS Intrepid (MS) CVB-43 USS Coral Sea CV-12 USS Hornet (MS) CVB-44 CV-13 USS Franklin CVB-56 CV-14 USS Ticonderoga CVB-57 CV-15 USS Randolph CV-16 USS Lexington (MS) Independence-class Light Carriers - CV-17 USS Bunker Hill CVL-22 USS Independence CV-18 USS Wasp CVL-23 USS Princeton (BL) CV-19 USS Hancock CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood CV-20 USS Bennington CVL-25 USS Cowpens CV-21 USS Boxer CVL-26 USS Monterey CV-31 USS Bon Homme Richard CVL-27 USS Langley CV-32 USS Leyte CVL-28 USS Cabot CV-33 USS Kearsarge CVL-29 USS Bataan CV-34 USS Oriskany CVL-30 USS San Jacinto CV-35 Reprisal (SC) CV-36 USS Antietam Saipan-class Light Carriers - CV-37 USS Princeton CVL-48 USS Saipan CV-38 USS Shangri-La CVL-49 USS Wright CV-39 USS Lake Champlain CV-40 USS Tarawa CV-45 USS Valley Forge CV-46 Iwo Jima (SC) CV-47 USS Philippine Sea CV-50 CV-51 CV-52 CV-53 CV-54 CV-55 Escort Carriers CVE-1 USS Long Island Commencement Bay-class - CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay CVE-30 USS Charger CVE-106/LPH-1 USS Block Island CVE-107 USS Gilbert Islands Sangamon-class - CVE-108 USS Kula Gulf CVE-26 USS Sangamon CVE-109 USS Cape Gloucester CVE-27 USS Suwannee CVE-110 USS Salerno Bay CVE-28 USS Chenango CVE-111 USS Vella Gulf CVE-29 USS Santee CVE-112 USS Siboney CVE-113 USS Puget Sound Bogue-class - CVE-114 USS Rendova CVE-9 USS Bogue CVE-115 USS Bairoko CVE-11 USS Card CVE-116 USS Badoeng Strait CVE-12 USS Copahee CVE-117 USS Saidor CVE-13 USS Core CVE-118 USS Sicily CVE-16 USS Nassau CVE-119 USS Point Cruz CVE-18 USS Altamaha CVE-120 USS Mindoro CVE-20 USS Barnes CVE-121 Rabaul (NC) CVE-21 USS Block Island (BL) CVE-122 USS Palau CVE-23 USS Breton CVE-123 Tinian (NC) CVE-25 USS Croatan CVE-124 Bastogne (SC) CVE-31 USS Prince William CVE-125 Eniwetok (SC) CVE-126 Lingayan (SC) Casablanca-class - CVE-127 Okinawa (SC) CVE-55 USS Casablanca CVE-128 CVE-56 USS Liscombe Bay (BL) CVE-129 CVE-57 USS Coral Sea/Anzio CVE-130 CVE-58 USS Corregidor CVE-131 CVE-59 USS Mission Bay CVE-132 CVE-60 USS Guadalcanal CVE-133 CVE-61 USS Manila Bay CVE-134 CVE-62 USS Natoma Bay CVE-135 CVE-63 USS Midway/St. Lo (BL) CVE-136 CVE-64 USS Tripoli CVE-137 CVE-65 USS Wake Island CVE-138 CVE-66 USS White Plains CVE-139 CVE-67 USS Solomons CVE-68 USS Kalinin Bay British Lend-Lease Escort Carriers CVE-69 USS Kasaan Bay CVE-70 USS Fanshaw Bay D78 HMS Archer (U.S. Long Island-class) CVE-71 USS Kitkun Bay CVE-72 USS Tulagi Avenger-class (U.S. Charger-class) CVE-73 USS Gambier Bay (BL) D14 HMS Avenger (BL) CVE-74 USS Nehenta Bay D97 HMS Biter CVE-75 USS Hoggatt Bay D37 HMS Dasher CVE-76 USS Kadashan Bay CVE-77 USS Marcus Island Attacker-class (U.S. Bogue-class) CVE-78 USS Savo Island D02 HMS Attacker CVE-79 USS Ommany Bay (BL) D32 HMS Chaser CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay D91 HMS Stalker CVE-81 USS Rudyerd Bay D24 HMS Tracker CVE-82 USS Saginaw Bay D18 HMS Battler CVE-83 USS Sargent Bay D64 HMS Fencer CVE-84 USS Shamrock Bay D12 HMS Striker CVE-85 USS Shipley Bay D80 HMS Hunter CVE-86 USS Sitkoh Bay D40 HMS Searcher CVE-87 USS Steamer Bay D70 HMS Ravager CVE-88 USS Cape Esperance D73 HMS Pursuer CVE-89 USS Takanis Bay CVE-90/LPH-6 USS Thetis Bay Ameer-class (U.S. Bogue-class) CVE-91 USS Makassar Straight D51 HMS Atheling CVE-92 USS Windham Bay D98 HMS Emporer CVE-93 USS Makin Island D01 HMS Ameer CVE-94 USS Lunga Point D38 HMS Begum CVE-95 USS Bismarck Sea (BL) D26 HMS Slinger CVE-96 USS Salamaua D09 HMS Trumpeter CVE-97 USS Hollandia D62 HMS Khedive CVE-98 USS Kwajalein D42 HMS Empress CVE-99 USS Admiralty Islands D90 HMS Speaker CVE-100 USS Bougainville D77 HMS Nabob CVE-101 USS Matanikau D23 HMS Premier CVE-102 USS Attu D21 HMS Shah CVE-103 USS Roi D07 HMS Patroller CVE-104 USS Munda D10 HMS Rajah D03 HMS Ranee D85 HMS Trouncer D48 HMS Thane D19 HMS Queen D72 HMS Ruler D31 HMS Arbiter D55 HMS Smiter D79 HMS Puncher D82 HMS Reaper Training Carriers - IX-64 USS Wolverine IX-81 USS Sable The Jet Age - Post-War to Vietnam: 1945 - 1960 CVA-58 United States (SC) Kitty Hawk-class - CVA-63 USS Kitty Hawk Forrestal-class - CVA-64 USS Constellation CVA-59 USS Forrestal CVA-66 USS America CVA-60 USS Saratoga CVA-61 USS Ranger CVA-62 USS Independence The Nuclear Navy - Modern Era: 1960 - Present CVAN-65 USS Enterprise CVA-67 USS John F. Kennedy Nimitz-class - CVAN-68 USS Nimitz CVN-73 USS George Washington CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson CVN-75 USS Harry S Truman CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-76 USS Ronald Reagan CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-77 George H. W. Bush (UC) Gerald R. Ford-class - CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford (A) CVN-80 (A) CVN-79 (A) The Marines Have Landed - Amphibious Assault Ships CVE-106/LPH-1 USS Block Island Tarawa-class - LHA-1 USS Tarawa CVE-90/LPH-6 USS Thetis Bay LHA-2 USS Saipan LHA-3 USS Belleau Wood Boxer-class - LHA-4 USS Nassau CV-21/LPH-4 USS Boxer LHA-5 USS Pelelieu CV-37/LPH-5 USS Princeton CV-45/LPH-8 USS Valley Forge Wasp-class - LHD-1 USS Wasp Iwo Jima-class - LHD-2 USS Essex LPH-2 USS Iwo Jima LHD-3 USS Kearsarge LPH-3 USS Okinawa LHD-4 USS Boxer LPH-7 USS Guadalcanal LHD-5 USS Bataan LPH-9 USS Guam LHD-6 USS Bonhomme Richard LPH-10 USS Tripoli LHD-7 USS Iwo Jima LPH-11 USS New Orleans LHD-8 Makin Island (UC) LPH-12 USS Inchon America-class - LHA-6 America (UC) Last Updated: 25 January 2009