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US Aircraft Carriers

Code Name In Service Out Of Service Class Remarks Fate/Status CV-1 USS Langley 1922 27-02-1942 Langley  lead ship sunk near Java, Indonesia CV-2 USS Lexsington 1927 08-05-1942 Lexington  lead ship sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea CV-3 USS Saratoga 1927 25-07-1946 Lexington nuclear test target sunk in Operation Crossroads CV-4 USS Ranger 1934 18-10-1946 Ranger lead ship decommissioned CV-5 USS Yorktown 1937 07-06-1942 Yorktown lead ship sunk in the Battle of Midway CV-6 USS Enterprise 1938 17-02-1947 Yorktown   decommissioned CV-7 USS Wasp 1940 15-09-1942 Wasp lead ship sunk during Guadalcanal campaign CV-8 USS Hornet 1941 27-10-1942 Yorktown   sunk during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands CV-9 USS Essex 1942 30-06-1969 Essex lead ship decommissioned CV-10 USS Yorktown 1943 27-06-1970 Essex   decommissioned; preserved PPN&MS,  Mount Pleasant, SC CV-11 USS Intrepid 1943 15-03-1974 Essex   decommissioned; preserved ISASM, New York, NY CV-12 USS Hornet 1943 26-06-1970 Essex   decommissioned; preserved USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA CV-13 USS Franklin 1944 17-02-1947 Essex   decommissioned CV-14 USS Ticonderoga 1944 01-09-1973 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-15 USS Randolph 1944 13-02-1969 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-16 USS Lexington 1943 08-11-1991 Essex   decommissioned; preserved USS Lexington MOB, Corpus Christi, TX CV-17 USS Bunker Hill 1943 09-01-1947 Essex   decommissioned CV-18 USS Wasp 1943 01-07-1972 Essex   decommissioned CV-19 USS Hancock 1944 30-01-1976 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-20 USS Bennington 1944 15-01-1970 Essex   decommissioned CV-21 USS Boxer 1945 01-12-1969 long hull Essex   decommissioned CVL-22 USS Independence 1943 28-08-1946 Independence light carrier lead ship; used for nuclear tests decommissioned CVL-23 USS Princeton 1943 24-10-1944 Independence light carrier   sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood 1943 1960 Independence light carrier to France as Bois Belleau 1953-1960 decommissioned CVL-25 USS Cowpens 1943 13-01-1947 Independence light carrier   decommissioned CVL-26 USS Monterey 1943 16-01-1956 Independence light carrier   decommissioned CVL-27 USS Langley 1943 1963 Independence light carrier to France as La Fayette 1951-1963 decommissioned CVL-28 USS Cabot 1943 1989 Independence light carrier to Spain as Dedalo 1967-1989 decommissioned CVL-29 USS Bataan 1943 09-04-1954 Independence light carrier   decommissioned CVL-30 USS San Jacinto 1943 01-03-1947 Independence light carrier   decommissioned CV-31 USS Bon Homme Richard 1944 02-07-1971 Essex   decommissioned CV-32 USS Leyte 1946 15-05-1959 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-33 USS Kearsarge 1946 13-02-1970 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-34 USS Oriskany 1950 30-09-1976 long hull Essex   decommissioned; arificial reef ion the Golf of Mexico CV-35 USS Reprisal 12-08-1945 12-08-1945 long hull Essex cancelled hulk used for various tests CV-36 USS Antietam 1945 28-02-1974 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-37 USS Princeton 1945 30-01-1970 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-38 USS Shangri-La 1944 30-07-1971 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-39 USS Lake Champlain 1945 13-05-1950 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-40 USS Tarawa 1945 13-05-1960 long hull Essex   decommissioned CVB-41 USS Midway 1945 11-04-1992 Midway lead ship decommissioned; preserved USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA CVB-42 USS Franlin D. Roosevelt 1945 30-09-1977 Midway   decommissioned CVB-43 USS Coral Sea 1947 26-04-1990 Midway   decommissioned CVB-44 USS ????     Midway cancelled   CV-45 USS Valley Forge 1946 15-01-1970 long hull Essex   decommissioned CV-46 USS Iwo Jima 12-08-1945 12-08-1945 long hull Essex cancelled decommissioned CV-47 USS Philippine Sea 1946 28-12-1958 long hull Essex   decommissioned CVL-48 USS Saipan 1946 1966 Saipan lead ship converted into USS Arlington (AGMR-2) 1966 CVL-49 USS Wright 1947 1963 Saipan   converted into USS Wright (GC-2) 1963 CV-50 USS ?????     long hull Essex cancelled   CV-51 USS ?????     long hull Essex cancelled   CV-52 USS ?????     long hull Essex cancelled   CV-53 USS ?????     long hull Essex cancelled   CV-54 USS ?????     long hull Essex cancelled   CV-55 USS ?????     long hull Essex cancelled   CVB-56 USS ?????     Midway cancelled   CVB-57 USS ?????     Midway cancelled   CVA-58 USS United States 23-04-1949   United States Supercarrier cancelled   CV-59 USS Forrestal 1955 11-09-1993 Forrestal Supercarrier lead ship decommissioned CV-60 USS Saratoga 1956 20-08-1994 Forrestal Supercarrier   decommissioned CV-61 USS Ranger 1957 10-07-1993 Forrestal Supercarrier   decommissioned CV-62 USS Independence 1959 30-09-1998 Forrestal Supercarrier   decommissioned CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk 1961 12-05-2009 Kitty Hawk Supercarrier lead ship decommissioned CV-64 USS Constellation 1961 06-08-2003 Kitty Hawk Supercarrier   decommissioned CVN-65 USS Enterprise 1961 01-12-2012 Enterprise Supercarrier lead ship decommissioned CV-66 USS America 1965 09-08-1996 Kitty Hawk Supercarrier   decommissioned CV-67 USS John F. Kennedy 1968 01-08-2007 Kennedy Supercarrier lead ship decommissioned CVN-68 USS Nimitz 1975 active Nimitz Supercarrier lead ship active CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower 1977 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson 1981 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt 1986 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln 1989 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-73 USS George Washington 1992 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-74 USS John C. Stennis 1995 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-75 USS Harry S. Truman 1998 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-76 USS Ronald Reagan 2003 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-77 USS George H.W. Bush 2009 active Nimitz Supercarrier   active CVN-78 USS Gerald R. Ford     Ford Supercarrier 2015 planned CVN-79 USS John F. Kennedy     Ford Supercarrier 2019 planned CVN-80 USS Enterprise     Ford Supercarrier 2023 planned IX-64 USS Wolverine/Seeandbee 1942 07-11-1945     decommissioned IX-81 USS Sable/The Greater Buffalo 1943 07-11-1945     decommissioned

Abbrevations used CV Aircraft Carrier CVA Attack Aircraft Carrier CVB Large Aircraft Casrrier CVE Escort Aircraft Carrier CVL Light Aircraft Carries CVN Aircraft Carrier Nuclear Propulsion IX Unarmed Decklanding Training