List of aircraft carriers

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Countries currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers (8)

Countries currently operating solely helicopter carriers (7)

Historical operators of carriers (4)

Various aircraft carriers from around the world Four modern aircraft carriers of various types; USS John C. Stennis (United States Navy), Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), USS John F. Kennedy (US Navy), HMS Ocean (Royal Navy) and escort vessels, 2002

Bow view of the US Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of her class, the largest carrier in the world.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the second newest aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. It is one of two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.

This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase.

Included in this list are ships which meet the above definition and had an official name (italicized) or designation (non-italicized), regardless of whether they were or were not ordered, laid down, completed, or commissioned.

Not included in this list are the following:

* Aircraft cruisers, also known as aviation cruisers, cruiser-carriers, flight deck cruisers, and hybrid battleship-carriers, which combine the characteristics of aircraft carriers and surface warfare ships, because they primarily operated helicopters or floatplanes and did not act as a floating airbase. Examples include the British Tiger-class cruisers, Japanese Hyūga-class helicopter destroyers, French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc, Soviet Moskva-class helicopter carriers, and Italian Andrea Doria-class cruisers. Vessels which meet the criteria of an aircraft carrier but are named as cruisers (or destroyers, etc.) for political or treaty reasons such as the Russian Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers or British Invincible-class aircraft carriers are included however.
* Amphibious assault ships, also known as commando carriers, assault carriers, helicopter carriers, landing helicopter assault ships, landing helicopter docks, landing platform docks, and landing platform helicopters. Although they have flight decks and look like aircraft carriers, they primarily operate helicopters and do not act as a floating airbase. Examples include the US Wasp-class assault ships, Brazilian NAM Atlântico (A140), Japanese Akitsu Maru escort carrier, and French Mistral class.
* Drone carriers
* Catapult aircraft merchantmen, merchant ships which carried cargo and an aircraft catapult (no flight deck).
* Escort carriers, usually converted merchant ships, see separate List of escort carriers by country.
* "Landing craft carriers" such as USS LST-906, which were modified amphibious landing ships, because they could not recover their aircraft.
* Merchant aircraft carriers, cargo-carrying merchant ships with a full flight deck.
* Seaplane tenders and seaplane carriers, because they could not land aircraft.
* Submarine aircraft carriers, because they had no flight deck and could not land their aircraft.

"In commission" denotes the period that the ship was officially in commission with the given name for the given country as an aircraft carrier as defined above.

## Numbers of aircraft carriers by country

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The table below does not include submarine aircraft carriers, seaplane tenders, escort carriers, merchant aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, or amphibious assault ships. It includes ships under construction, but not ships that never got past the planning stage.

Number of fleet aircraft carriers by operating nation  Country  | In service  | Inactive  | Decommissioned  | Under
construction  | Never
completed  | Total

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Argentina | 0  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  2
Australia | 0  | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  3
Brazil | 0  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
Canada | 0  | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  3
China | 2  | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |  4
France | 1  | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |  17
Germany | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |  7
India | 2  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4
Italy | 2  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |  5
Japan | 2  | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 |  30
Netherlands | 0  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  1
Russia | 0  | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |  7
Spain | 1  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |  4
Turkey | 0  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  1
United Kingdom | 2  | 0 | 38 | 0 | 15 |  55
United States | 11  | 0 | 55 | 3 | 12 | 81
Total | 23 | 2 | 145 | 6 | 50 | 226

## List of countries that have operated aircraft carriers

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### Argentina

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Retired:

* Light carriers:
* ARA Independencia (V-1): Colossus class light carrier, ex-HMS Warrior, in service from 1959 to 1969; scrapped 1971
* ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2): Colossus class light carrier, ex-HMS Venerable, in service from 1969 to 1999; scrapped 1999

### Australia

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Retired:

* Light fleet carriers:
* HMAS Sydney: Majestic class carrier in service from 1948 to 1958. Later recommissioned as troop transport
* HMAS Melbourne: Majestic class carrier in service from 1955 to 1982
* HMAS Vengeance: Colossus class light carrier on loan from Royal Navy from 1952 to 1955

### Brazil

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Retired:

* Fleet carrier:
* São Paulo: Clemenceau-class carrier in service between 2000 and 2017. Former name as carrier of the French Navy: Foch. Scuttled in 2023
* Light carrier:
* Minas Gerais: Colossus-class carrier, ex-HMS Vengeance, in service from 1960 to 2001. Scrapped in 2004

### Canada

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Retired:

* Light carriers:
* HMCS Warrior: Colossus-class light carrier in service from 1946 to 1948; returned to Royal Navy and sold to Argentine Navy as ARA Independencia (V-1); carrier in service from 1959 to 1969; scrapped 1971
* HMCS Magnificent: Majestic-class carrier in service from 1946 to 1956; returned to Royal Navy and stricken; scrapped in Scotland in 1965
* HMCS Bonaventure : Majestic-class carrier in service from 1957 to 1970; ordered by Royal Navy, but sold as HMS Powerful and delivered to Royal Canadian Navy; retired by the Canadian Armed Forces and broken up in Taiwan 1971

### China

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Main article: Chinese aircraft carrier programme

Active:

* Liaoning: partially completed ex-Soviet Navy carrier sold to China by Ukraine and refitted in Dalian as Type 001. Handed over to PLAN on 23 September 2012 and entered active service on 25 September 2012.[1]
* Shandong: construction started in 2013, launched in 2017, and entered active service on 17 December 2019.[2]

Sea trials

* Fujian: Type 003 carrier. Launched 17 June 2022. Commissioning planned for 2025.[3]

Under construction:

* Type 004: a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier under construction.[4]

### France

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Active:

* Charles de Gaulle: nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service since 2001

Planned:

* PANG: a planned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Retired:

* Béarn: converted Normandie-class battleship in service from 1927 to 1948
* Dixmude: Avenger-class escort carrier, ex-HMS Biter, in service from 1945 to 1951
* Arromanches: Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, ex-HMS Colossus (R15), in service from 1946 to 1974
* Independence class
* La Fayette: light aircraft carrier in service from 1951 to 1963
* Bois Belleau: light aircraft carrier in service from 1953 to 1960
* Clemenceau class
* Clemenceau: aircraft carrier in service from 1961 to 1997
* Foch: aircraft carrier in service from 1963 to 2000. Refitted, sold to Brazil and renamed São Paulo. Scuttled in 2023

Never completed:

* Engageante: Friponne-class sloop planned for conversion but not completed[5]
* Conquerante: Valliante-class sloop planned for conversion but not completed[5]
* Joffre class
* Joffre: carrier construction cancelled in 1940
* Painlevé: carrier plan cancelled in 1940
* Verdun: attack carrier development cancelled in 1961
* PH 75: projected two nuclear powered helicopter carrier program during the 1970s
* Bretagne: STOVL aircraft carrier
* Provence: STOVL aircraft carrier
* PA 2: modified version of Thales UK/BMT design of the British Queen Elizabeth class (formerly CVF).

### Germany

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Main article: List of aircraft carriers of Germany

Never completed:

* German aircraft carrier I – planned conversion of passenger ship from German shipyard to aircraft carrier. Cancelled in 1918.
* Graf Zeppelin: Graf Zeppelin-class carrier. Launched but not completed. Construction work stopped in 1943.
* Flugzeugträger B: Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled partly constructed in 1939.
* Flugzeugträger C: Planned Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled in 1938.[6]
* Flugzeugträger D: Planned Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled in 1938.[6]
* Seydlitz: conversion of part-built Admiral Hipper-class cruiser. Work stopped in 1943 and not resumed.
* German aircraft carrier I: conversion of the transport ship Europa cancelled at the design stage in November 1942 due to insurmountable problems.
* Jade: Lead ship of the Jade-class. Converted from the passenger liner SS Potsdam. Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Sunk on 2 May 1943.[7]
* Elbe: Converted from the passenger liner SS Gneisenau (1935). Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Survived the war but was seized by Great Britain on 20 June 1946.[7]
* German aircraft carrier II: was a proposed conversion project for the incomplete French cruiser De Grasse. The ship was laid down in November 1938 and lay incomplete in the Arsenal de Lorient shipyard when Germany invaded France in May 1940. In 1942, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine decided to convert the cruiser into an auxiliary aircraft carrier with a capacity for twenty-three fighters and dive bombers. Work ceased in February 1943, however, due to concerns with the ship's design, a severe shortage of material and labor, and the threat of Allied bombing raids. In 1945, the ship was returned to France and was eventually completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1956 by the French Navy[8]

The two planned Italian carriers Aquila and Sparviero were seized by the Germans after the Italian Armistice but not completed.

### India

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Active:

* INS Vikramaditya: 45,400 tons, Modified Kiev class carrier (ex-Admiral Gorshkov), in service with India since 2013.[9]
* INS Vikrant: 45,000 ton carrier. It was built at Cochin Shipyard and commissioned on 2 September 2022.[10]

Planned:

* INS Vishal: 65,000 ton carrier. Yet to start, planned to enter service in 2030. It will be conventionally powered.[11]

Retired:

* INS Vikrant: 19,500 tons, Majestic-class carrier, (ex-HMS Hercules), in service from 1961 to 1997, used as a museum until 2012, scrapped 2014–2015.
* INS Viraat: 28,700 tons, Centaur class carrier (ex-HMS Hermes) in service from 1987 to 2016. Decommissioned on 6 March 2017.

### Italy

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Active:

* Cavour (2008) – 27,100 tons carrier.
* Trieste (2024)[12] – 32,300 tons carrier (LHD type).

Retired:

* Giuseppe Garibaldi – Commissioned in 1985 as Italy's first through-deck aviation ship. She was decommissioned on 1 October 2024.

Never completed:

* Sparviero (1927) (converted liner Augustus, not completed as carrier) – Sunk 5 October 1944
* Aquila (1926) (converted liner Roma) – BU 1951–1952

### Japan

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Active:[13][14][15]

* Izumo class
* Izumo – Commissioned in 2015. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into a multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft
* Kaga – Commissioned in 2017. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into a multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft

Retired:

* Hōshō (1921) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946
* Ryūhō (1933) – damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and dismantled 1946
* Kaiyō (1943) – damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945, grounded in Beppu Bay and dismantled in place in 1946
* Hiyō class
* Jun'yō (1939) – damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; dismantled 1946
* Unryū class
* Katsuragi (1944) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946

Sunk:

* Kaga (1921) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* Amagi class
* Akagi (1925) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* Ryūjō (1931) – sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
* Sōryū (1935) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* Hiryū (1937) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* Zuihō class
* Shōhō (1935) – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
* Zuihō (1936) – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* Chitose class
* Chitose (1936) – seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
* Chiyoda (1937) – sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* Shōkaku class
* Shōkaku (1939) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244), Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* Zuikaku (1939) – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* Hiyō class
* Hiyō (1939) – sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* Taihō (1943) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Albacore (SS-218), Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* Taiyō class
* Taiyō (1941) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Rasher, August 1944
* Un'yō (1942) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Barb, September 1944
* Chūyō (1942) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Sailfish, December 1943
* Unryū class
* Amagi (1943) – used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
* Unryū (1943) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Redfish, December 1944
* Shinano (1944) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Archerfish, November 1944
* Shin'yō (1944) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Spadefish, November 1944

Hōshō, Jun'yō, Katsuragi, and Ryūhō survived the war. These were scrapped by 1948.

Never completed:

* Amagi class
* Amagi (not completed); damaged beyond economical repair in the Great Kantō earthquake of September 1923, scrapped 1924
* Taihō class
* 5x Improved Taihō, project G-15 (cancelled 1944)
* Unryū class
* Hull 5002, 3rd unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1943); materials used for Shinano conversion
* Kasagi, 5th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
* Hull 5005, 6th unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1943); materials used for Shinano conversion
* Aso, 7th unit of Unryū class (not completed); sunk as weapon test target and scrapped postwar
* Ikoma, 8th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
* Kurama, 9th unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1944)
* Ibuki – heavy cruiser conversion (not completed); dismantled post-war

### Netherlands

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Retired:

* Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (ex-British HMS Venerable, purchased 1948) – Sold to Argentina 1968 and renamed ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, broken up.

### Russia (and USSR)

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See also: list of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union

The Russian Navy was reestablished in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR), most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred over to Russia (with the exception of Varyag which was transferred to Ukraine. Ulyanovsk was scrapped before the Soviet Union was dissolved).

Active:

* Kuznetsov class
* Admiral Kuznetsov (Russia: 1991–present / USSR: 1985–1991); Undergoing overhaul and repairs since 2017.[16]

Proposed:

* Project 23000 aircraft carrier[17]
* Project 11430E aircraft carrier[18]
* Project 23000KM aircraft carrier

Retired:

* Kiev class
* Kiev (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1972–1991); converted to a theme park (later hotel) in China
* Minsk (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1975–1991); converted to a theme park in China
* Novorossiysk (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1978–1991); scrapped
* Admiral Gorshkov (Russia: 1991–1995, USSR: 1982–1991); sold to India, modified, rebuilt by India and renamed INS Vikramaditya

Never completed:

* Project 1153 Orel
* Kuznetsov class
* Varyag (not commissioned) – to Ukraine (1991); rebuilt, tested and commissioned by the Chinese PLAN as Liaoning
* Ulyanovsk class
* Ulyanovsk (not commissioned) – scrapped (1991)

### Spain

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Active:

* Juan Carlos I : 27,079 tonne STOVL carrier in active service, commissioned 30 September 2010.

Retired:

* Dédalo: 11,700 ton Independence-class light carrier, ex-USS Cabot, helicopters only from 1967 to 1976, struck 1989 and returned to United States, eventually scrapped in 2002.
* Príncipe de Asturias: 17,000 ton STOVL commissioned 30 May 1982, decommissioned on 6 February 2013 due to defence spending cuts.

Never completed:

* Spanish conversion for refloated Italian heavy cruiser Trieste, cancelled in 1951.[19]

### Thailand

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Role changed:

* HTMS Chakri Naruebet (1996)* Commissioned in 1997, but by 1999, only one used AV-8S Matador/Harrier was still operable due to lack of spare parts and age.[20] Since 2006 is solely operated as a helicopter carrier.

### Turkey

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Active:

* TCG Anadolu (2021): Based on Juan Carlos I. Construction works began on 30 April 2016 at the shipyard of Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. in Istanbul. It was delivered to the Turkish Navy in January 2023.[21][22][23]

Under construction:

* MUGEM-class aircraft carrier

### United Kingdom

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Main article: List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy

Active:

* Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, STOVL ship of 80,600 tonnes
* HMS Queen Elizabeth
* HMS Prince of Wales

Retired:

* HMS Argus (1916) – scrapped 1946
* HMS Furious (1916) – decommissioned 1945
* HMS Vindictive (1918) – converted to aircraft carrying cruiser 1925, sold for scrap 1946
* HMS Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943) – sold for scrap 1959
* Illustrious class
* HMS Illustrious (1939)
* HMS Formidable (1939)
* HMS Victorious (1939)
* HMS Indomitable (1940)
* Implacable class
* HMS Implacable (1942)
* HMS Indefatigable (1942)
* Audacious class
* HMS Eagle (ex-Audacious) (1946) – decommissioned 1972
* HMS Ark Royal (ex-Irresistible) (1950) – decommissioned 1979
* Colossus class
* HMS Colossus (1943), to France 1946 as Arromanches
* HMS Glory (1943)
* HMS Ocean (1944)
* HMS Theseus (1944)
* HMS Triumph (1944)
* HMS Venerable (1944) – to Netherlands 1948 as HNLMS Karel Doorman, to Argentina 1968 as ARA Veinticinco de Mayo
* HMS Vengeance (1944) – to Brazil 1956 as Minas Gerais
* HMS Warrior (1944) – to Canada 1946–1948, to Argentina 1958 as ARA Independencia
* HMS Perseus (1944)
* HMS Pioneer (1944)
* Majestic class
* HMS Majestic (1945) – to Australia 1955 as HMAS Melbourne
* HMS Hercules (1945) – to India 1957 as INS Vikrant
* HMS Magnificent (1944) – sold to Canada as HMCS Magnificent
* HMS Powerful (1945) – to Canada 1952 as HMCS Bonaventure
* HMS Terrible (1944) – to Australia in 1948 as HMAS Sydney
* Centaur class
* HMS Centaur (1947)
* HMS Albion (1947)
* HMS Bulwark (1948)
* HMS Hermes (ex-Elephant) (1953), to India 1986 as INS Viraat
* Invincible class
* HMS Invincible (1977)
* HMS Illustrious (1982)
* HMS Ark Royal (1985)

Sunk:

* Glorious class
* HMS Glorious (1916), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau 8 June 1940
* HMS Courageous (1916), sunk by U-29 17 September 1939
* HMS Eagle (1918), sunk by U-73 11 August 1942
* HMS Hermes (1923) – first purpose-designed aircraft carrier, sunk by Japanese aircraft 9 April 1942
* HMS Ark Royal (1938), sunk 14 November 1941 after being torpedoed by U-81 on 13 November 1941

Never completed:

* Audacious class
* Eagle – cancelled 1946
* Africa – to Malta class then cancelled
* Majestic class
* HMS Leviathan (1945) – was never completed
* Centaur class – second batch of four cancelled
* Hermes – cancelled
* Arrogant – cancelled
* Monmouth – cancelled
* Polyphemus – cancelled
* Malta class – ordered 1943, not laid down, cancelled 1945[24]
* Malta
* New Zealand
* Gibraltar
* Africa
* CVA-01 – cancelled 1966
* Initial four ships planned, reduced to two (likely to have been named Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh), reduced to one ship in 1963. No building started.

### United States

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Main article: List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

The United States Navy is a blue-water navy that is the world's largest navy by tonnage and has the world's largest fleet of nuclear powered aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the (CATOBAR) Nimitz-class and (CATOBAR/ EMALS) Gerald R. Ford-class supercarriers. These carriers serve as the centerpieces and flagships for the Navy's Carrier Strike Groups, with their embarked carrier air wings and accompanying ships and submarines, which strongly contribute to the US ability to project force around the globe. The following is a complete list of all the US Navy's carriers and classes to date, and their status:

Active

* Nimitz class
* USS Nimitz
* USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
* USS Carl Vinson
* USS Theodore Roosevelt
* USS Abraham Lincoln
* USS George Washington
* USS John C. Stennis
* USS Harry S. Truman
* USS Ronald Reagan
* USS George H.W. Bush
* Gerald R. Ford class
* USS Gerald R. Ford

Under construction

* Gerald R. Ford class
* USS John F. Kennedy
* USS Enterprise
* USS Doris Miller

Planned

* Gerald R. Ford class
* USS William J. Clinton
* USS George W. Bush
* CVN-84 (planned)
* CVN-85 (planned)
* CVN-86 (planned)
* CVN-87 (planned)

Reserve

* (none currently in reserve)

Retired (preserved as museum ships)

* Essex class
* USS Yorktown – (Charleston, South Carolina)
* USS Intrepid – (New York City, New York)
* USS Hornet – (Alameda, California)
* USS Lexington – (Corpus Christi, Texas)
* Midway class
* USS Midway – (San Diego, California)

Retired (other)

* Kitty Hawk class
* USS John F. Kennedy – (awaiting dismantling)
* Enterprise-class
* USS Enterprise – (awaiting dismantling)

Retired (scrapped)

* Ranger class
* USS Ranger
* Yorktown class
* USS Enterprise
* Essex class (‡ extended bow)
* USS Essex
* USS Franklin
* USS Ticonderoga ‡
* USS Randolph ‡
* USS Bunker Hill
* USS Wasp
* USS Hancock ‡
* USS Bennington
* USS Boxer ‡
* USS Bon Homme Richard
* USS Leyte ‡
* USS Kearsarge ‡
* USS Antietam ‡
* USS Princeton ‡
* USS Shangri-La ‡
* USS Lake Champlain ‡
* USS Tarawa ‡
* USS Valley Forge ‡
* USS Philippine Sea ‡
* Independence class
* USS Belleau Wood
* USS Cowpens
* USS Monterey
* USS Langley
* USS Cabot
* USS Bataan
* USS San Jacinto
* Midway class
* USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
* USS Coral Sea
* Saipan class
* USS Saipan
* USS Wright
* Forrestal class
* USS Forrestal
* USS Saratoga
* USS Ranger
* USS Independence
* Kitty Hawk-class
* USS Kitty Hawk
* USS Constellation

Retired (scuttled)

* Lexington class
* USS Saratoga – scuttled as part of Operation Crossroads, 1946
* Independence class
* USS Independence – scuttled on 29 January 1951 after nuclear weapons testing in 1946
* Essex class
* USS Oriskany (extended bow) – scuttled as artificial reef on 17 May 2006
* Kitty Hawk class
* USS America – scuttled on 14 May 2005 after live-fire testing

Sunk

* Langley class
* USS Langley – scuttled after Japanese air attack off Java coast, 27 February 1942
* Lexington class
* USS Lexington – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
* Yorktown class
* USS Yorktown – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* USS Hornet – sunk, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
* Wasp class
* USS Wasp – scuttled after attack by the Japanese submarine I-19, 15 September 1942
* Independence class
* USS Princeton – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

Cancelled before completion

* Essex class (‡ extended bow)
* USS Reprisal ‡
* USS Iwo Jima ‡
* No name assigned (CV-50)
* No name assigned (CV-51)
* No name assigned (CV-52)
* No name assigned (CV-53)
* No name assigned (CV-54)
* No name assigned (CV-55)
* Midway class
* No name assigned (CV-44)
* No name assigned (CVB-56)
* No name assigned (CVB-57)
* United States class
* USS United States

Escort aircraft carrier

Main article: List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

The United States Navy also had a sizable fleet of escort aircraft carriers during World War II and the era that followed. These ships were both quicker and cheaper to build than larger fleet carriers and were built in great numbers to serve as a stop-gap measure when fleet carriers were too few. However, they were usually too slow to keep up with naval task forces and would typically be assigned to amphibious operations, often seen in the Pacific War's island hopping campaign, or to convoy protection in the war in the Atlantic. To that end, many of these ships were transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the US-UK lend-lease program. While some of these ships were kept for a time in reserve after the war, none survive today, as they have all since been sunk or retired and scrapped. The following are the classes and stand-alone ships of the US Navy's escort carriers;

* Bogue class (45 ships, 33 went to the RN)
* Sangamon class (4 ships)
* Casablanca class (50 ships)
* Commencement Bay class (19 ships went into service, 4 were cancelled)
* Stand-alone ships;
* No USN name given (AVG-1/BAVG-1) – went to the RN as HMS Archer (D78)
* No USN name given (AVG-2/BAVG-2) – went to the RN as HMS Avenger (D14)
* No USN name given (AVG-3/BAVG-3) – went to the RN as HMS Biter (D97), then later to the French Navy as Dixmude
* No USN name given (AVG-4/BAVG-4) – went to the RN as HMS Charger (D27), later returned to USN as USS Charger (CVE-30)
* No USN name given (AVG-5/BAVG-5) – went to the RN as HMS Dasher (D37)
* No USN name given (BAVG-6) – went to the RN as HMS Tracker (D24)
* USS Long Island

Amphibious assault ship

Main article: List of amphibious warfare ships of the United States Navy

The United States Navy also has several full-deck, amphibious assault ships, which are larger than many of the aircraft carriers of other navies today.[25] These ships are STOVL-capable and can carry full squadrons of fixed-wing aircraft, such as the V/STOL AV-8B Harrier II and the STOVL F-35 Lightning II, along with numerous rotary-wing aircraft. Their primary purpose though, is usually to serve as the centerpiece and flagship for an Expeditionary Strike Group or Amphibious Ready Group, carrying US Marine Corps Expeditionary Units and their equipment close to shore for amphibious landings and departures. The following are ships and classes of US Navy amphibious assault ships;

Active

* Wasp-class amphibious assault ship (LHD) (843 ft, 40,500 tons)
* USS Wasp
* USS Essex
* USS Kearsarge
* USS Boxer
* USS Bataan
* USS Iwo Jima
* USS Makin Island
* America-class amphibious assault ship (LHA) (844 ft, 45,000 tons)
* USS America
* USS Tripoli

Under construction

* America-class amphibious assault ship
* USS Bougainville
* USS Fallujah

Planned

* America-class amphibious assault ship (11 total)
* USS Helmand Province (ordered)
* LHA-11 (planned)
* LHA-12 (planned)
* LHA-13 (planned)
* LHA-14 (planned)
* LHA-15 (planned)
* LHA-16 (planned)

Retired

* Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
* USS Bonhomme Richard
* Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship (LHA)
* USS Tarawa – (On donation hold)
* USS Saipan
* USS Belleau Wood
* USS Nassau – (On donation hold)
* USS Peleliu – (In Reserve)
* Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship (LPH)
* USS Iwo Jima
* USS Okinawa
* USS Guadalcanal
* USS Guam
* USS Tripoli – (Converted to missile trial platform with the National Defense Reserve Fleet in 2006, scrapped in 2018)
* USS New Orleans
* USS Inchon
* Stand-alone amphibious assault ships (all LPH, numbered in with the Iwo Jima class);
* USS Block Island – (converted Commencement Bay-class escort carrier)
* USS Boxer – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier)
* USS Princeton – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier)
* USS Thetis Bay – (converted Casablanca-class escort carrier)
* USS Valley Forge – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier)

## List of all aircraft carriers

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Abraham Lincoln |  US Navy | CVN-72  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1989–present |
Acavus |  British Merchant Navy | MAC 1  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service.
Activity |  Royal Navy | D94  |  | Escort carrier |  | 1942–1945  | Converted freighter.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov |  Russian Navy
Soviet Navy | 111  | Kiev | Fleet carrier  | VTOL | 1987–1996  | Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Admiral Gorshkov, or just Gorshkov. Before 1991, it was named Baku. To India as Vikramaditya 2004\.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov |  Russian Navy
Soviet Navy | 063/113  | Kuznetsov | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1991–present  | Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, Admiral Kuznetsov, or just Kuznetsov. Ex-Tbilisi.
Admiralty Islands |  US Navy | CVE-99  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | ex-Chapin Bay.
Adula |  British Merchant Navy | MAC 2  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service.
Africa |  Royal Navy |  | Audacious/Malta | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | —  | Audacious-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to Malta-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945.
Akagi |  Japanese Navy |  | Akagi | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1927–1942  | Converted Amagi-class battlecruiser, Sunk 4 June 1942 at Midway
Alava Bay |  US Navy | CVE-103  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Roi 1943 before construction began.
Alazon Bay |  US Navy | CVE-55  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Casablanca 1943 after construction began.
Alazon Bay |  US Navy | CVE-94  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Lunga Point 1943 before construction began.
Albion |  Royal Navy | R07  | Centaur | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1954–1962  | Converted to commando carrier.
Alexia |  British Merchant Navy | MAC 3  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Alikula Bay |  US Navy | CVE-57  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Coral Sea before launch.
Alikula Bay |  US Navy | CVE-95  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Bismarck Sea 1944 after launch.
Altamaha |  US Navy | CVE-6  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1942  | [notes 3] Became HMS Battler.
Altamaha |  US Navy | CVE-18  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  |
Amagi |  Japanese Navy |  | Akagi | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | —  | 1920–22 conversion from battlecruiser never completed.
Amagi |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Light fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1944–1945  | Sunk 29 July 1945 by aircraft
Amastra |  British Merchant Navy | MAC 4  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Ameer |  US Navy | AVG-55  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Alazon Bay 1943 after construction began.
Ameer |  Royal Navy | D01  | Ruler | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Baffins.
America |  US Navy | CV-66  | Kitty Hawk | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1965–1996  |
Ancylus |  British Merchant Navy | MAC 5  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Andrea Doria |  Italian Navy | 550  |  | Aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Cavour before construction began.
Anguilla Bay |  US Navy | CVE-96  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Salamaua 1943 before construction began.
Antietam |  US Navy | CV-36  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1963  | 1st carrier modified with angled flight deck, 1952.
Anzio |  US Navy | CVE-57  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-USS Coral Sea, renamed to reuse name for CV-43.
Aquila |  Italian Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | 1941–1943 conversion from passenger liner never completed.
Arbiter |  Royal Navy | D31  | Ruler | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS St. Simon.
Archer |  US Navy | BAVG-1  | Long Island | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Converted cargo ship. Became HMS Archer.
Archer |  Royal Navy | D78  | Long Island | Escort carrier  |  | 1941–1943  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Archer.
Argus |  Royal Navy | I49  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | 1918–1929  | Converted ocean liner.
Ark Royal |  Royal Navy | 91  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | 1939–1941  | Sunk by U-81 on 13 November 1941
Ark Royal |  Royal Navy | R09  | Audacious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1955–1978  | Ex-Irresistible. First carrier commissioned with angled deck.
Ark Royal |  Royal Navy | R07  | Invincible | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 1985–2011  | Ex-Indomitable.
Arrogant |  Royal Navy |  | Centaur | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Laid down 1944, never completed.
Arromanches |  French Navy | R95  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1974  | Ex-HMS Colossus, loaned (later sold) to France
Aso |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Light fleet carrier  | STOBAR | —  | Launched in 1944, never completed.
Astrolabe Bay |  US Navy | CVE-60  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Guadalcanal 1943 before launch.
Astrolabe Bay |  US Navy | CVE-97  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Hollandia 1944 after launch.
Atheling |  Royal Navy | D51  | Ruler | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Glacier.
Attacker |  Royal Navy | D02  | Attacker | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Barnes.
Attu |  US Navy | CVE-102  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Elbour Bay.
Audacious |  Royal Navy | R05  | Audacious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1951–1972  | Renamed Eagle 1946 while under construction.
Audacity |  Royal Navy | D10  |  | Escort carrier  |  | 1941–1941  | Converted merchant ship, sunk by U-751
Auguilla Bay |  US Navy | CVE-58  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Corregidor1943 before launch.
Avenger |  US Navy | BAVG-1  | Avenger | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Avenger.
Avenger |  Royal Navy | D14  | Avenger | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1942  | [notes 5] Sunk 15 November 1942 by U-155.
Badoeng Strait |  US Navy | CVE-116  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1957  | Ex-San Alberto Bay.
Baffins |  US Navy | CVE-35  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Ameer.
Bairoko |  US Navy | CVE-115  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1955  | Ex-Portage Bay.
Baku |  Soviet Navy | 103  | Kiev | Aircraft cruiser  | VTOL | 1987–1991  | Renamed to Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov in 1991.
Balinas |  US Navy | CVE-36  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Bolinas after launch because of misspelling.
Barnes |  US Navy | CVE-7  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1942  | [notes 3] Became HMS Attacker.
Barnes |  US Navy | CVE-20  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  |
Bastian |  US Navy | CVE-37  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1942  | [notes 3] Became HMS Trumpeter.
Bastogne |  US Navy | CVE-124  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
Bataan |  US Navy | CVL-29  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1954  |
Battler |  Royal Navy | D18  | Attacker | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Altamaha.
BAVG-5  |  US Navy | BAVG-5  | Charger | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 5] Became HMS Dasher.
Béarn |  French Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | 1927–1948  | Converted battleship.
Begum |  Royal Navy | D38  | Ruler | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Bolinas.
Belleau Wood |  US Navy | CVL-24  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1947  | To France as Bois Belleau
Bennington |  US Navy | CV-20  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1970  |
Bismarck Sea |  US Navy | CVE-95  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1945  | Ex-Alikula Bay. Sunk 21 February 1945 by kamikaze attack off Iwo Jima
Biter |  US Navy | BAVG-23  | Avenger | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 5] Became HMS Biter.
Biter |  Royal Navy | D97  | Avenger | Escort carrier  |  | 1940–1945  | [notes 5] To France as Dixmude
Block Island |  US Navy | CVE-8  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Converted freighter. Became HMS Trailer, then HMS Hunter.
Block Island |  US Navy | CVE-21  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1944  | Sunk 29 May 1944 by U-549
Block Island |  US Navy | CVE-106 | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1954  | Ex-Sunset Bay (some sources say Sunset).
Bogue |  US Navy | CVE-9  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  |
Bois Belleau |  French Navy | R97  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1953–1960  | Ex-USS Belleau Wood.
Bolinas |  US Navy | CVE-36  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | Ex-Balinas. [notes 3] Became HMS Begum.
Bon Homme Richard |  US Navy | CV-10  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Yorktown 1942 before launch.
Bon Homme Richard |  US Navy | CV-31  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1971  |
Bonaventure |  Canadian Navy | CVL-22  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | 1957–1970  | Ex-incomplete HMS Powerful.
Bougainville |  US Navy | CVE-100  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Didrickson Bay.
Boxer |  US Navy | CV-21  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1969  |
Breton |  US Navy | CVE-10  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Chaser
Breton |  US Navy | CVE-23  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  |
Bucareli Bay |  US Navy | CVE-61  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Manila Bay 1943 before launch.
Bucareli Bay |  US Navy | CVE-98  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Kwajalein 1944 before launch.
Bulwark |  Royal Navy | R08  | Centaur | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1954–1981  | Converted to commando carrier 1960
Bunker Hill |  US Navy | CV-17  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1947  |
Cabot |  US Navy | CV-16  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Lexington 1942 before launch.
Cabot |  US Navy | CVL-28  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1955  | To Spain as Dédalo
Campania |  Royal Navy | D48  | Nairana | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1952  | Command ship for first British atomic bomb test
Cape Esperance |  US Navy | CVE-88  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1959  | Ex-Tananek Bay.
Cape Gloucester |  US Navy | CVE-109  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1946  | Ex-Willapa Bay.
Card |  US Navy | CVE-11  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  |
Carl Vinson |  US Navy | CVN-70  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1982–present  |
Carnegie |  US Navy | CVE-38  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Empress.
Casablanca |  US Navy | CVE-55  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  | Ex-Alazon Bay.
Cavour |  Italian Navy | 550  |  | Aircraft carrier  | V/STOL | 2008–present  | Ex-Andrea Doria.
Centaur |  Royal Navy | R06  | Centaur | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1953–1965  |
Chakri Naruebet |  Thai Navy | 911  | Príncipe de Asturias | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 1997–present  |
Chapin Bay |  US Navy | CVE-63  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Midway 1943 after construction began.
Chapin Bay |  US Navy | CVE-99  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Admiralty Islands before construction began.
Charger |  US Navy | CVE-30  | Charger | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | Converted liner. Became HMS Charger 1942, returned to US two days later.
Charger |  Royal Navy | D27  | Avenger | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1942  | Ex-Charger. Returned to US two days later.
Charles de Gaulle |  French Navy | R91  |  | Fleet carrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 2001–present  | ex-Richelieu
Chaser |  Royal Navy | D32  | Attacker | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Breton.
Chatham |  US Navy | CVE-32  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Slinger.
Chenango |  US Navy | CVE-28  | Sangamon | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | Converted oiler.
Chigusa Maru |  Japanese Army |  | Yamashio Maru | Escort carrier  | STOBAR | —  | 1944 tanker conversion, never completed.
Chitose |  Japanese Navy |  | Chitose | Light carrier  |  | 1942–1944  | Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.
Chiyoda |  Japanese Navy |  | Chitose | Light carrier  | STOBAR | 1943–1944  | Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.
Chūyō |  Japanese Navy |  | Taiyō | Escort carrier  | STOBAR | 1942–1943  | Converted ocean liner, sunk by USS Sailfish 4 December 1943
Clemenceau |  French Navy | R98  | Clemenceau | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1961–1997  |
Colossus |  Royal Navy | R15  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Loaned (later sold) to France as Arromanches
Commencement Bay |  US Navy | CVE-105  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | Ex-St. Joseph Bay.
Constellation |  US Navy | CV-64  | Kitty Hawk | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1961–2003  |
Copahee |  US Navy | CVE-12  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  |
Coral Sea |  US Navy | CVE-57  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1944  | Ex-Alikula Bay. Renamed Anzio to re-use the name for CV-43.
Coral Sea |  US Navy | CVB-43  | Midway | Fleet carrier  |  | 1947–1990  |
Cordova |  US Navy | CVE-39  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Khedive.
Core |  US Navy | CVE-13  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  |
Corregidor |  US Navy | CVE-58  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1958  | Ex-Auguilla Bay.
Courageous |  Royal Navy | 50  | Courageous | Fleet carrier  |  | 1928–1939  | Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by U-29, 17 September 1939
Cowpens |  US Navy | CVL-25  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1947  |
Croatan |  US Navy | CVE-14  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Fencer
Croatan |  US Navy | CVE-25  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  |
Crown Point |  US Navy | CV-32  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Leyte 1945 before launch.
CV-44  |  US Navy | CV-44  | Midway | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1943.
CV-50  |  US Navy | CV-50  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-51  |  US Navy | CV-51  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-52  |  US Navy | CV-52  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-53  |  US Navy | CV-53  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-54  |  US Navy | CV-54  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-55  |  US Navy | CV-55  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVB-56  |  US Navy | CVB-56  | Midway | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVB-57  |  US Navy | CVB-57  | Midway | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVE-128  |  US Navy | CVE-128  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
CVE-129  |  US Navy | CVE-129  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
CVE-130  |  US Navy | CVE-130  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-131  |  US Navy | CVE-131  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-132  |  US Navy | CVE-132  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-133  |  US Navy | CVE-133  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-134  |  US Navy | CVE-134  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-135  |  US Navy | CVE-135  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-136  |  US Navy | CVE-136  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-137  |  US Navy | CVE-137  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-138  |  US Navy | CVE-138  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-139  |  US Navy | CVE-139  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
Daiju Maru |  Japanese Army |  | Shimane Maru | Escort carrier  | STOBAR | —  | Tanker conversion. Cancelled 1945.
Dasher |  Royal Navy | D37  | Avenger | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1943  | [notes 5] Ex-American BAVG-5. Sunk 27 March 1943 following explosion of unknown cause.
Dédalo |  Spanish Navy |  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1967–1989  | Ex-USS Cabot.
Delgada |  US Navy | CVE-40  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Speaker.
Didrickson Bay |  US Navy | CVE-64  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Tripoli 1943 before launch.
Didrickson Bay |  US Navy | CVE-100  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Bougainville before construction began.
Dixmude |  French Navy |  | Charger | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1966  | Ex-HMS Biter.
Dolomi Bay |  US Navy | CVE-65  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Wake Island 1943 before launch.
Dolomi Bay |  US Navy | CVE-101  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Matanikau 1944 before launch.
Duke of Edinburgh |  Royal Navy |  | CVA-01 | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Planned 1960s fleet carrier, but never ordered.
Dwight D. Eisenhower |  US Navy | CVN-69  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1977–present  |
Eagle |  Royal Navy | 94  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | 1924–1942  | Converted battleship. Sunk by U-73, 11 August 1942
Eagle |  Royal Navy |  | Audacious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Laid down 1944, cancelled 1946.
Eagle |  Royal Navy | R05  | Audacious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1951–1972  | Ex-Audacious.
Edisto |  US Navy | CVE-41  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Nabob.
Elbe |  German Navy | Jade |  | Auxiliary aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Liner conversion, cancelled 1943.
Elbour Bay |  US Navy | CVE-66  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed White Plains 1943 before launch.
Elbour Bay |  US Navy | CVE-102  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Attu before construction began.
Elephant |  Royal Navy |  | Centaur | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Laid down 1944, not completed until 1959 as HMS Hermes.
Emperor |  Royal Navy | D98  | Ruler | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Pybus.
Emperor |  US Navy | CVE-67  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Nassuk Bay 1943 after construction began.
Empire MacAlpine |  British Merchant Navy | MH  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacAndrew |  British Merchant Navy | MK  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacCabe |  British Merchant Navy | ML  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacCallum |  British Merchant Navy | MN  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacColl |  British Merchant Navy | MB  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacDermott |  British Merchant Navy | MS  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1944–1945  | [notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacKay |  British Merchant Navy | MH  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacKendrick |  British Merchant Navy | MO  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacMahon |  British Merchant Navy | MJ  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacRae |  British Merchant Navy | MU  | Empire | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empress |  Royal Navy | D42  | Ruler | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Carnegie.
Eniwetok |  US Navy | CVE-125  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Keel laid April 1945, cancelled before launch
Enterprise |  US Navy | CV-6  | Yorktown | Fleet carrier  |  | 1938–1947  |
Enterprise |  US Navy | CVN-65  | Enterprise | Supercarrier[notes 1] |  | 1961–2012  | First nuclear-powered carrier
Enterprise |  US Navy | CVN-80  | Gerald R. Ford | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | —  | Commissioning 2025.
Essex |  US Navy | CV-9  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1942–1969  |
Estero |  US Navy | CVE-42  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Premier.
Falco |  Italian Navy |  |  | Aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Liner conversion began 1942. Renamed Sparviero but never completed.
Fanshaw Bay |  US Navy | CVE-70  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  |
Fencer |  Royal Navy | D64  | Attacker | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Croatan.
Flugzeugträger B |  German Navy |  | Graf Zeppelin | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Started 1938, cancelled 1939. Proposed name was Peter Strasser.
Flugzeugträger C  |  German Navy |  | Graf Zeppelin | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
Flugzeugträger D  |  German Navy |  | Graf Zeppelin | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
Foch |  French Navy | R99  | Clemenceau | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1963–2000  | sold to Brazil as São Paulo
Formidable |  Royal Navy | 67  | Illustrious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1940–1947  |
Forrestal |  US Navy | CV-59  | Forrestal | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1955–1993  | First supercarrier
Fortaleza Bay |  US Navy | CVE-72  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Ex-Fortazela Bay. Renamed Tulagi 1943 before launch.
Fortazela Bay |  US Navy | CVE-72  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Fortaleza Bay 1943 before launch due to spelling error.
Franklin |  US Navy | CV-13  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1947  | Badly damaged March 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt |  US Navy | CVB-42  | Midway | Fleet carrier  |  | 1945–1977  |
Frosty Bay |  US Navy | CVE-112  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Siboney 1944 before launch.
Furious |  Royal Navy | 47  | Courageous | Fleet carrier  |  | 1925–1945  | Converted battlecruiser.
Gadila |  Dutch Merchant Navy | MAC 6  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Gambier Bay |  US Navy | CVE-73  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1944  | Sunk by Japanese gunfire at Battle of Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
George H.W. Bush |  US Navy | CVN-77  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 2009–present  |
George Washington |  US Navy | CVN-73  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1992–present  |
Gerald R. Ford |  US Navy | CVN-78  | Gerald R. Ford | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 2017–present  | In-service
Gibraltar |  Royal Navy | D68  | Malta | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
Gilbert Islands |  US Navy | CVE-107  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1955  | Ex-St. Andrews Bay. Converted to communication relay ship USS Annapolis
Giuseppe Garibaldi |  Italian Navy | 551  |  | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 1983–2024  |
Glacier |  US Navy | CVE-33  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Atheling.
Glorious |  Royal Navy | 77  | Courageous | Fleet carrier  |  | 1930–1940  | Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau 8 June 1940
Glory |  Royal Navy | R62  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1956  |
Graf Zeppelin |  German Navy |  | Graf Zeppelin | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Launched 1938, never completed.
Guadalcanal |  US Navy | CVE-60  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  | Ex-Astrolabe Bay. Captured U-505
Hamlin |  US Navy | CVE-15  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1942  | [notes 3] Became HMS Stalker
Hancock |  US Navy | CV-14  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Ticonderoga 1943 before launch.
Hancock |  US Navy | CV-19  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1976  | Ex-Ticonderoga (CV-19).
Harry S. Truman |  US Navy | CVN-75  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1998–present  | Ex-United States
Hercules |  Royal Navy | R49  | Majestic | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR / STOVL | —  | Launched 1945. To India 1957 and completed as INS Vikrant.
Hermes |  Royal Navy | 95  |  | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR / STOBAR | 1924–1942  | First purpose built carrier launched. Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft.
Hermes |  Royal Navy |  | Centaur | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Laid down 1944, cancelled 1945.
Hermes |  Royal Navy | R12  | Centaur | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR / STOVL | 1959–1984  | Ex-Elephant. To India as INS Viraat
Hiryū |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1939–1942  | Sunk at Midway
Hiyō |  Japanese Navy |  | Hiyō | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1942–1944  | Converted ocean liner, sunk at Battle of the Philippine Sea
Hobart Bay |  US Navy | CVE-113  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Puget Sound 1944 before launch.
Hoggatt Bay |  US Navy | CVE-75  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Hollandia |  US Navy | CVE-97  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1947  | Ex-Astrolabe Bay.
Hornet |  US Navy | CV-8  | Yorktown | Fleet carrier  |  | 1941–1942  | Sunk in Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Hornet |  US Navy | CV-12  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1970  | Ex-Kearsarge (CV-12). Museum at Alameda, CA.
Hōshō |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1922–1946  |
Hunter |  Royal Navy | D80  | Attacker | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Block Island. Renamed from HMS Trailer.
Ibuki |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Light carrier  | STOBAR | —  | Launched 1943, never completed.
I  |  German Navy |  |  | Auxiliary aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Transport conversion, cancelled 1942.
II  |  German Navy |  |  | Auxiliary aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Cruiser conversion, cancelled 1943.
Ikoma |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Light carrier  | STOBAR | 1944–1945  | Sunk in Kure dockyard 24 July 1945
Illustrious |  Royal Navy | 87  | Illustrious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1940–1954  |
Illustrious |  Royal Navy | R06  | Invincible | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 1982–2014  |
Implacable |  Royal Navy | R86  | Implacable | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1954  |
Indefatigable |  Royal Navy | R10  | Implacable | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Independence |  US Navy | CVL-22  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1946  |
Independence |  US Navy | CV-62  | Forrestal | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1959–1998  |
Independencia |  Argentine Navy | V-1  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1958–1970  | Ex-HMS Warrior
Indomitable |  Royal Navy | 92  | Illustrious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1941–1953  |
Indomitable |  Royal Navy | R07  | Invincible | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | —  | Renamed Ark Royal before construction began.
Intrepid |  US Navy | CV-11  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1974  | Museum in New York City.
Invincible |  Royal Navy | R05  | Invincible | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 1980–2005  |
Irresitible |  Royal Navy | R09  | Audacious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Ark Royal before launch.
Iwo Jima |  US Navy | CV-46  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Laid down 1945, but never completed.
Izumo |  Japan Maritime Self-defense Force | DDH-183  | Izumo | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 2015–present  | Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
Jade |  German Navy | Jade |  | Auxiliary aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Proposed liner conversion, cancelled 1942.
Jamaica |  US Navy | CVE-43  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Shah.
Joffre |  French Navy |  | Joffre | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Under construction 1938–1940, but never completed.
John C. Stennis |  US Navy | CVN-74  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1995–present  |
John F. Kennedy |  US Navy | CV-67  | Modified Kitty Hawk/
John F. Kennedy  | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1968–2007  |
John F. Kennedy |  US Navy | CVN-79  | Gerald R. Ford | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | —  | Under construction, planned commissioning 2024
Juan Carlos I |  Spanish Navy | L61  | Juan Carlos I | STOVL amphibious warfare ship  | STOVL | 2010–present  |
Jun'yō |  Japanese Navy |  | Hiyō | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1942–1946  | Converted ocean liner.
Kadashan Bay |  US Navy | CVE-76  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Kaga |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier  | STOBAR | 1928–1942  | Converted battleship. Sunk at Midway
Kaga |  Japan Maritime Self-defense Force | DDH–184  | Izumo | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 2017–present  | Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
Kaimon |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Light carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kurama.
Kaita Bay |  US Navy | CVE-78  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Savo Island 1943 before launch.
Kaiyō |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Escort carrier  | STOBAR | 1943–1945  | Converted ocean liner. Sunk at Beppu Bay 24 July 1945.
Kalinin Bay |  US Navy | CVE-68  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  |
Kanalku Bay |  US Navy | CVE-77  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Marcus Island 1943 before launch.
Karel Doorman |  Dutch Navy | QH1  | Nairana | Escort carrier  |  | 1946–1948  | Ex-HMS Nairana.
Karel Doorman |  Dutch Navy | R81  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1948–1968  | Ex-HMS Venerable. To Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo 1969\.
Kasaan Bay |  US Navy | CVE-69  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  |
Kasagi |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Light carrier  |  | —  | Launched 1944, but never completed.
Katsuragi |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Launched 1944, but never completed.
Kearsarge |  US Navy | CV-12  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Hornet 1942 before launch.
Kearsarge |  US Navy | CV-33  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1970  |
Keweenaw |  US Navy | CVE-44  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Patroller.
Khedive |  Royal Navy | D62  | Ruler | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Cordova.
Kiev |  Russian Navy
Soviet Navy | 075  | Kiev | Aircraft carrier  | VTOL | 1975–1993  | Currently an attraction at Tianjin Binhai theme park in China
Kitkun Bay |  US Navy | CVE-71  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  |
Kitty Hawk |  US Navy | CV-63  | Kitty Hawk | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1961–2009  |
Kremlin |  Soviet Navy |  | Ulyanovsk | Supercarrier  |  | —  | Renamed Ulyanovsk before construction began, never completed.
Kula Gulf |  US Navy | CVE-108  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1969  | Ex-Vermillion Bay.
Kurama |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Light carrier  |  | —  | Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kaimon.
Kwajalein |  US Navy | CVE-98  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Bucareli Bay.
La Fayette |  French Navy | R96  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1951–1963  | Ex-USS Langley.
Lake Champlain |  US Navy | CV-39  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1966  |
Langley |  US Navy | CV-1  |  | Light carrier  |  | 1922–1938  | Converted to seaplane tender. Scuttled 27 February 1942 after being damaged by dive bombers.
Langley |  US Navy | CVL-27  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1947  | To France as La Fayette.
Leonid Brezhnev |  Russian Navy |  | Kuznetsov | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Ex-Riga. Renamed Tbilisi after launch in 1985.
Leviathan |  Royal Navy | R97  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Launched 1945, but never completed.
Lexington |  US Navy | CV-2  | Lexington | Fleet carrier  |  | 1927–1942  | Sunk by enemy action on 8 May 1942 during Battle of the Coral Sea.
Lexington |  US Navy | CV-16  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1991  | Ex-Cabot (CV-16). Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas
Leyte |  US Navy | CV-32  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1959  | Ex-Crown Point (CV-32).
Liaoning |  Chinese Navy | 16  | Type 001 | Aircraft carrier  | STOBAR | 2012–present  | Ex-incomplete Varyag from Ukraine 1998.
Lingayen |  US Navy | CVE-126  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Laid down 1945, but never completed.
Liscome Bay |  US Navy | CVE-56  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1943  | Sunk by I-175 24 November 1943
Long Island |  US Navy | CVE-1  | Long Island | Escort carrier  |  | 1941–1946  |
Luigi Einaudi |  Italian Navy | 550  |  | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | —  | Renamed Andrea Doria before construction began.
Lunga Point |  US Navy | CVE-94  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Alazon Bay.
Macoma |  Dutch Merchant Navy | MAC 7  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Magnificent |  Royal Navy |  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Completed for Canada as HMCS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956.
Magnificent |  Canadian Navy | CVL-21  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | 1948–1956  | Ex-HMS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956.
Majestic |  Royal Navy | R77  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Completed for Australia as HMAS Melbourne.
Makassar Strait |  US Navy | CVE-91  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Ulitaka Bay.
Makin Island |  US Navy | CVE-93  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Woodcliff Bay.
Malta |  Royal Navy | D93  | Malta | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
Manila Bay |  US Navy | CVE-61  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  | Ex-Bucareli Bay.
Marcus Island |  US Navy | CVE-77  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Kanalku Bay.
Matanikau |  US Navy | CVE-101  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Dolomi Bay.
McClure |  US Navy | CVE-45  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Prince 1942 before construction began.
Melbourne |  Royal Australian Navy | R21  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | 1955–1982  | ex-HMS Majestic completed for Royal Australian Navy.
Midway |  US Navy | CVE-63  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Ex-Chapin Bay. Renamed USS St. Lo to free name for CV-41
Midway |  US Navy | CVB-41  | Midway | Fleet carrier  |  | 1945–1992  | Museum in San Diego, CA
Minas Gerais |  Brazilian Navy | A11  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1960–2001  | [notes 7]
Mindoro |  US Navy | CVE-120  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1955  |
Minsk |  Russian Navy
Soviet Navy | 025/011  | Kiev | Aircraft carrier  | VTOL | 1978–1993  | Currently a tourist attraction in Shenzhen, China.
Miralda |  British Merchant Navy | MAC 8  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Mission Bay |  US Navy | CVE-59  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1958  |
Monmouth |  Royal Navy | 96  | Centaur | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
Monterey |  US Navy | CVL-26  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1956  |
Mosser Bay |  US Navy | CVE-114  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Willamette after launch.
Munda |  US Navy | CVE-104  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Tonowek Bay.
Nabob |  Royal Navy | D77  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1944  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Edisto. Canadian crew.
Nairana |  Royal Navy | D05  | Nairana | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | To Netherlands as HNLMS Karel Doorman
Nassau |  US Navy | CVE-16  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  |
Nassuk Bay |  US Navy | CVE-67  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Ex-Emperor. Renamed Solomons 1943 after launch.
Natoma Bay |  US Navy | CVE-62  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  |
Nehenta Bay |  US Navy | CVE-74  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
New Zealand |  Royal Navy | D43  | Malta | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
Niantic |  US Navy | CVE-46  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Ranee.
Nimitz |  US Navy | CVN-68  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1975–present  |
Novorossiysk |  Russian Navy
Soviet Navy | 137  | Kiev | Aircraft carrier  | VTOL | 1982–1993  |
Ocean |  Royal Navy | R68  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1960  |
Okinawa |  US Navy | CVE-127  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
Ommaney Bay |  US Navy | CVE-79  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1945  | Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 4 January 1945.
Oriskany |  US Navy | CV-18  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Wasp 1943 before launch.
Oriskany |  US Navy | CV-34  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1950–1975  | Florida artificial reef in 2006.
Otakisan Maru |  Japanese Army |  | Shimane Maru | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Tanker conversion. Launched 1945 but never completed.
Painlevé |  French Navy |  | Joffre | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Planned for 1938, never laid down
Palau |  US Navy | CVE-122  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1946–1954  |
Patroller |  Royal Navy | D07  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1947  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Keweenaw.
Perdido |  US Navy | CVE-47  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1944  | [notes 3] Became HMS Trouncer.
Peter Strasser |  German Navy |  | Graf Zeppelin | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | See Flugzeugträger B.
Petrof Bay |  US Navy | CVE-80  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Philippine Sea |  US Navy | CV-47  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1958  |
Point Cruz |  US Navy | CVE-119  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1956  | Ex-Trocadero Bay.
Polyphemus |  Royal Navy | 57  | Centaur | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
Portage Bay |  US Navy | CVE-115  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Bairoko before construction began.
Powerful |  Royal Navy | R95  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Completed for Canada as HMCS Bonaventure
Premier |  Royal Navy | D23  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Estero.
Pretoria Castle |  Royal Navy | F61  |  | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | Converted armed merchant cruiser.
Prince |  US Navy | CVE-45  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Ex-McClure. Became HMS Rajah.
Prince of Wales |  Royal Navy | R09  | Queen Elizabeth | Supercarrier  | STOVL | 2019–present  | Commissioned 10 December 2019
Prince William |  US Navy | CVE-19  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Striker
Prince William |  US Navy | CVE-31  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  |
Princeton |  US Navy | CVL-23  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1944  | Sunk 24 October 1944 at Leyte Gulf
Princeton |  US Navy | CV-37  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1970  |
Principe de Asturias |  Spanish Navy | R-11  | Príncipe de Asturias | Aircraft carrier  | STOVL | 1988–2013  |
Puget Sound |  US Navy | CVE-113  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1946  | Ex-Hobart Bay.
Puncher |  Royal Navy | D79  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Willapa. Canadian crew.
Pursuer |  Royal Navy | D73  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS St. George.
Pybus |  US Navy | CVE-34  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 3] Became HMS Emperor.
Queen |  Royal Navy | D19  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1947  | [notes 4] Ex-USS St. Andrews.
Queen Elizabeth |  Royal Navy |  | CVA-01 | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Announced 1963, cancelled 1966 before work started.
Queen Elizabeth |  Royal Navy | R08  | Queen Elizabeth | Supercarrier  | STOVL | 2017–present  | Commissioned 7 December 2017
Rabaul |  US Navy | CVE-121  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Completed but never commissioned.
Rajah |  Royal Navy | D10  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1947  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Prince.
Randolph |  US Navy | CV-15  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1969  |
Ranee |  Royal Navy | D03  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1947  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Niantic.
Ranger |  US Navy | CV-4  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | 1934–1946  |
Ranger |  US Navy | CV-61  | Forrestal | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1957–1993  |
Rapana |  Royal Navy | MAC 9  | Rapana | Merchant aircraft carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | [notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Ravager |  Royal Navy | D70  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4]
Reaper |  Royal Navy | D82  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Winjah.
Rendova |  US Navy | CVE-114  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1955  | Ex-Willamette.
Reprisal |  US Navy | CVL-30  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | —  | Renamed San Jacinto 1942 before launch.
Reprisal |  US Navy | CV-35  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Started 1944, cancelled 1945.
Richelieu |  French Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier[notes 1] |  | —  | Renamed Charles De Gaulle before construction began.
Richelieu (PA2) |  French Navy |  | Modified Queen Elizabeth | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | —  | Cancelled 2013 before construction began.
Riga |  Russian Navy |  | Kuznetsov | Fleet carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Leonid Brezhnev after construction began in 1982.
Riga |  Soviet Navy |  | Kuznetsov | Aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Renamed to Varyag in 1990 after construction began.
Roi |  US Navy | CVE-103  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Alava Bay.
Ronald Reagan |  US Navy | CVN-76  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 2003–present  |
Rudyerd Bay |  US Navy | CVE-81  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Ruler |  Royal Navy | D72  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS St. Joseph.
Ryūhō |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Light carrier  |  | 1942–1945  | Converted submarine tender. Severely damage by aircraft March 1945 not repaired
Ryūjō |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Light carrier  |  | 1933–1942  | Sunk by aircraft during Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Sable |  US Navy | IX-81  |  | Training carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
Saginaw Bay |  US Navy | CVE-82  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Saidor |  US Navy | CVE-117  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1947  | Ex-Saltery Bay.
Saipan |  US Navy | CVL-48  | Saipan | Light carrier  |  | 1946–1965  |
Salamaua |  US Navy | CVE-96  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Anguilla Bay.
Salerno Bay |  US Navy | CVE-110  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1954  | Ex-Winjah Bay.
Saltery Bay |  US Navy | CVE-117  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Saidor 1944 before construction began.
San Alberto Bay |  US Navy | CVE-116  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Badoeng Strait before construction began.
San Jacinto |  US Navy | CVL-30  | Independence | Light carrier  |  | 1943–1947  | Ex-Reprisal (CVL-30).
Sandy Bay |  US Navy | CVE-118  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Sicily 1944 before construction began.
Sangamon |  US Navy | CVE-26  | Sangamon | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1945  | Converted oiler.
Santee |  US Navy | CVE-29  | Sangamon | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | Converted oiler.
São Paulo |  Brazilian Navy | A12  | Clemenceau | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 2000–2017  | Ex-Foch.
Saratoga |  US Navy | CV-3  | Lexington | Fleet carrier  |  | 1927–1946  | Expended as a target ship in the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests.
Saratoga |  US Navy | CV-60  | Forrestal | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | 1956–1994  |
Sargent Bay |  US Navy | CVE-83  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Savo Island |  US Navy | CVE-78  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  | Ex-Kaita Bay.
Searcher |  Royal Navy | D40  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 4]
Shah |  Royal Navy | D21  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Jamaica.
Shamrock Bay |  US Navy | CVE-84  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946
Shandong |  Chinese Navy | 17  | Type 002 | Aircraft carrier  | STOBAR | 2019–present  | First domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier.
Shangri-La |  US Navy | CV-38  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1971  |
Shimane Maru |  Japanese Army |  | Shimane Maru | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1945  | Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft.
Shinano |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | 1944–1944  | Converted Yamato-class battleship. Sunk by USS Archerfish 29 November 1944.
Shin'yō |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1944  | Converted ocean liner, sunk by USS Spadefish on 17 November 1944.
Shipley Bay |  US Navy | CVE-85  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Shōhō |  Japanese Navy |  | Zuihō | Light carrier  |  | 1941–1942  | Sunk by aircraft at Coral Sea
Shōkaku |  Japanese Navy |  | Shōkaku | Fleet carrier  |  | 1941–1944  | Sunk by USS Cavalla 19 June 1944
Siboney |  US Navy | CVE-112  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1956  | Ex-Frosty Bay.
Sicily |  US Navy | CVE-118  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1954  | Ex-Sandy Bay.
Sitkoh Bay |  US Navy | CVE-86  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946
1950–1954  |
Slinger |  Royal Navy | D26  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Chatham.
Smiter |  Royal Navy | D55  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Vermillion.
Solomons |  US Navy | CVE-67  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  | Ex-Nassuk Bay.
Sōryū |  Japanese Navy |  |  | Fleet carrier  |  | 1937–1942  | Sunk at Midway 4 June 1942
Sparviero |  Italian Navy |  |  | Aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Ex-Falco, never completed.
Speaker |  Royal Navy | D90  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Delgada.
St. Andrews |  US Navy | CVE-49  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Queen.
St. Andrews Bay |  US Navy | CVE-107  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Gilbert Islands 1944 before launch.
St. George |  US Navy | CVE-17  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Pursuer
St. Joseph |  US Navy | CVE-50  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Ruler.
St. Joseph Bay |  US Navy | CVE-105  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Commencement Bay 1944 after launch.
St. Lo |  US Navy | CVE-63  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1944  | Ex-USS Midway, renamed to use name for CV-41. Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 25 October 1944.
St. Simon |  US Navy | CVE-51  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Arbiter.
Stalker |  Royal Navy | D91  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1945  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Hamlin.
Steamer Bay |  US Navy | CVE-87  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1947  |
Striker |  Royal Navy | D12  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] ex-USS Prince William.
Sunset |  US Navy | CVE-48  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Thane.
Sunset Bay |  US Navy | CVE-106 | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Some sources say the name was Sunset. Renamed Block Island 1944 before launch.
Suwannee |  US Navy | CVE-27  | Sangamon | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1946  | Converted oiler.
Sydney |  Royal Australian Navy | R17  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | 1948–1958  | ex-HMS Terrible completed for Royal Australian Navy.
Taihō |  Japanese Navy |  | Taihō | Fleet carrier  |  | 1944–1944  | Sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944
Taisha Maru |  Japanese Army |  | Shimane Maru | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Proposed tanker conversion. Cancelled 1944.
Taiyō |  Japanese Navy |  | Taiyō | Escort carrier  |  | 1941–1944  | Converted ocean liner. Sunk by USS Rasher 18 August 1944
Takanis Bay |  US Navy | CVE-89  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1946  |
Tananek Bay |  US Navy | CVE-88  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Cape Esperance 1943 before construction began.
Tarawa |  US Navy | CV-40  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1960  |
Tbilisi |  Soviet Navy | 113  | Kuznetsov | Aircraft cruiser  |  | —  | ex-Leonid Brezhnev. Renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Sozuya Kuznetzov 1990\.
Terrible |  Royal Navy | R93  | Majestic | Light carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Completed for Australia as HMAS Sydney.
Thane |  Royal Navy | D48  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1945  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Sunset.
Theodore Roosevelt |  US Navy | CVN-71  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | 1986–present  |
Theseus |  Royal Navy | R64  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1956  |
Thetis Bay |  US Navy | CVE-90  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1964  |
Ticonderoga |  US Navy | CV-19  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Hancock 1943 before launch.
Ticonderoga |  US Navy | CV-14  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1973  | Ex-Hancock (CV-14).
Tinian |  US Navy | CVE-123  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Completed 1946, but never commissioned
Tonowek Bay |  US Navy | CVE-104  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Munda 1943 before construction began.
Totem Bay |  US Navy | CVE-111  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Vella Gulf 1944 before launch.
Tracker |  Royal Navy | D24  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4]
Trailer |  Royal Navy | D80  | Attacker | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1943  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Block Island. Renamed to HMS Hunter 1943\.
Tripoli |  US Navy | CVE-64  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1958  | Ex-Didrickson Bay.
Triumph |  Royal Navy | R16  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1975  |
Trocadero Bay |  US Navy | CVE-119  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Point Cruz 1944 before construction began.
Trouncer |  Royal Navy | D85  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1944–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Perdido.
Trumpeter |  Royal Navy | D09  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1946  | [notes 4] Ex-USS Bastian.
Tulagi |  US Navy | CVE-72  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  | Ex-Fortaleza Bay.
Fujian |  Chinese Navy | 18  | Type 003 | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Fitting out. Planned for commission in 2023.
Type 004 |  Chinese Navy |  | Type 004 | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Under preliminary stages of construction. Planned for commission by late 2020s.
Ulitaka Bay |  US Navy | CVE-91  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Makassar Strait 1943 before construction began.
Ulyanovsk |  Soviet Navy |  | Ulyanovsk | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Ex-Kremlin. Under construction 1988–1991, never completed.
Unicorn |  Royal Navy | I72  |  | Light aircraft carrier,
Aircraft repair ship  |  | 1943–1946, 1949–1953  |
United States |  US Navy | CVA-58  | United States | Supercarrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Laid down 18 April 1949, cancelled five days later.
United States |  US Navy | CVN-75  | Nimitz | Supercarrier[notes 1] | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Harry S. Truman 1992 after launch.
Unryū |  Japanese Navy |  | Unryū | Fleet carrier  |  | 1944–1944  | Sunk by USS Redfish on 19 December 1944
Un'yō |  Japanese Navy |  | Taiyō | Escort carrier  |  | 1942–1944  | Sunk by USS Barb 17 September 1944
Valley Forge |  US Navy | CV-45  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1970  |
Varyag |  Soviet Navy |  | Kuznetsov | Aircraft carrier  |  | —  | Ex-Riga. To Ukraine 1992 while still under construction. Construction cancelled 1995. To China as Liaoning 1998\.
Veinticinco de Mayo |  Argentine Navy | V-2  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1968–1997  | Ex-Dutch Karel Doorman (R81) 1969.
Vella Gulf |  US Navy | CVE-111  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1946  | Ex-Totem Bay.
Venerable |  Royal Navy | R63  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1947  | To Netherlands as Karel Doorman 1948\.
Vengeance |  Royal Navy | R71  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1952  | [notes 7]
Vengeance |  Royal Australian Navy | R71  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1952–1955  | [notes 7] On loan from the Royal Navy
Verdun |  French Navy |  |  | Attack carrier  |  | —  | Never laid down, cancelled 1961
Vermillion |  US Navy | CVE-52  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Smiter.
Vermillion Bay |  US Navy | CVE-108  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Kula Gulf 1943 before construction began.
Victorious |  Royal Navy | R38  | Illustrious | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1941–1968  |
Vikramaditya |  Indian Navy | R33  | Kiev | Aircraft carrier  | STOBAR | 2013–present  | ex-Russian Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Suzuya Gorshkov.
Vikrant |  Indian Navy | R11  | Majestic | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR / STOVL | 1961–1997  | Ex-HMS Hercules completed for India.
Vikrant |  Indian Navy | IAC-I  |  | Aircraft carrier  | STOBAR | 2022–present  | Commissioned in 2022
Vindex |  Royal Navy | D15  | Nairana | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1947  |
Viraat |  Indian Navy | R22  | Centaur | Fleet carrier  | STOVL | 1987–2017  | ex-HMS Hermes.
Vishal |  Indian Navy | IAC-II  |  | Supercarrier |  | —  | Planned. Scheduled to commission in 2025.
Wake Island |  US Navy | CVE-65  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  | Ex-Dolomi Bay.
Warrior |  Canadian Navy | R31  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1946–1948  | Ex-HMS Warrior. Returned to UK.
Warrior |  Royal Navy | R31  | Colossus | Light fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1945–1946, 1948–1958  | To Canada as HMCS Warrior. Returned to UK and thence to Argentina as Independencia.
Wasp |  US Navy | CV-7  | Wasp | Light carrier  |  | 1940–1942  | Sunk 15 September 1942.
Wasp |  US Navy | CV-18  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1972  | Ex-Oriskany.
Weser |  German Navy |  |  | Aircraft carrier  |  | —  | 1942–1943 cruiser conversion, never completed.
White Plains |  US Navy | CVE-66  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1946  | Ex-Elbour Bay.
Willamette |  US Navy | CVE-114  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Ex-Mosser Bay. Renamed Rendova at commissioning.
Willapa |  US Navy | CVE-53  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | 1943–1944  | [notes 3] Became HMS Puncher.
Willapa Bay |  US Navy | CVE-109  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Cape Gloucester 1944 after construction began.
Windham Bay |  US Navy | CVE-92  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | 1944–1959  |
Winjah |  US Navy | CVE-54  | Bogue | Escort carrier  |  | —  | [notes 3] Became HMS Reaper.
Winjah Bay |  US Navy | CVE-110  | Commencement Bay | Escort carrier  |  | —  | Renamed Salerno Bay 1943 before construction began.
Wolverine |  US Navy | IX-64  |  | Training carrier  |  | 1942–1945  | Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
Woodcliff Bay |  US Navy | CVE-93  | Casablanca | Escort carrier  | CATOBAR | —  | Renamed Makin Island 1943 before construction began.
Wright |  US Navy | CVL-49  | Saipan | Light carrier  |  | 1947–1970  |
Yamashiro Maru |  Japanese Army |  | Yamashiro Maru | Escort carrier  |  | 1945–1945  | Tanker conversion. Sunk by aircraft 17 February 1945
Yorktown |  US Navy | CV-5  | Yorktown | Aircraft carrier  |  | 1937–1942  | Sunk 7 June 1942 at Midway after air and sub attacks.
Yorktown |  US Navy | CV-10  | Essex | Fleet carrier  | CATOBAR | 1943–1970  | Ex-Bon Homme Richard. Museum at Mount Pleasant, SC
Zuihō |  Japanese Navy |  | Zuihō | Light carrier  |  | 1940–1944  | Converted oiler, sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
Zuikaku |  Japanese Navy |  | Shōkaku | Fleet carrier  |  | 1941–1944  | Sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
Zuiun Maru |  Japanese Army |  | Yamashiro Maru | Escort carrier  |  | —  | 1945 tanker conversion, never completed.

## See also

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* List of active French Navy ships
* List of active Indian Navy ships
* List of active Italian Navy ships
* List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships
* List of active Spanish Navy ships
* List of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy
* List of aircraft carriers by configuration
* List of aircraft carriers in service
* List of aircraft carriers of Germany
* List of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union
* List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
* List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
* List of amphibious warfare ships
* List of carrier-based aircraft
* List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy
* List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy
* List of escort carriers of the United States Navy
* List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy
* List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* List of sunken aircraft carriers
* People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
* Timeline for aircraft carrier service

## References

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* Data for Japanese carriers from: Francillon, Rene (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.

### Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Nuclear-powered.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Converted oil tanker with deck but no hangar or lifts, active as merchant ship. Aircraft stored on deck.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend Lease program. Returned to the US after World War II ended.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Transferred from the United States under the Lend Lease program. Returned to the US after World War II ended.
5. ^ a b c d e Transferred from the United States under the Lend Lease program.
6. ^ a b c d e f Converted Grain carrier with added deck and hangar, still carried cargo but reduced capacity.
7. ^ a b c HMS Vengeance loaned to Australia from 1952 to 1956 as HMAS Vengeance, sold to Brazil 1956 as Minas Gerais.

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* Francillon, Rene (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Limited. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
* Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-790-6.
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## Further reading

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* Warrilow, Betty. Nabob, the first Canadian-manned aircraft carrier Owen Sound, Ont. : Escort Carriers Association, 1989.
* Chesneau, Roger. Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present. An Illustrated Encyclopedia Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-902-2

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