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USS Langley

Mar 1992 - Feb 1942

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CV-1

Langley class (lead ship)

Sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942
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USS Lexington

Dec 1927 - May 1942

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CV-2

Lexington class (lead ship)

Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942
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USS Saratoga

Nov 1927 - Jul 1946

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CV-3

Lexington class (2nd ship)

Sunk as target ship near Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads in 1946
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USS Ranger

Jun 1934 - Oct 1946

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CV-4

Ranger class (lead ship)

Scrapped in 1947
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USS Yorktown

Sep 1937 - Jun 1942

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CV-5

Yorktown class (lead ship)

Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942
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USS Enterprise

May 1938 - Feb 1947

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CV-6

Yorktown class (2nd ship)

Scrapped in 1960
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USS Wasp

Apr 1940 - Sep 1942

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CV-7

Wasp class (lead ship)

Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942
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USS Hornet

Oct 1941 - Oct 1942

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CV-8

Yorktown class (3rd ship)

Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1942
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USS Essex

Dec 1942 - Jun 1969

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CV-9

Essex class (lead ship)

Scrapped in 1975
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USS Yorktown

Apr 1943 - Jun 1970

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CV-10

Essex class (2nd ship)

Preserved at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
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USS Intrepid

Aug 1943 - Mar 1974

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CV-11

Essex class (3rd ship)

Preserved at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York City, New York, USA
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USS Hornet

Nov 1943 - May 1970

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CV-12

Essex Class (4th ship)

Preserved at USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California, USA
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USS Franklin

Jan 1944 - Feb 1947

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CV-13

Essex class (5th ship)

Scrapped in 1966
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USS Ticonderoga

May 1944 - Sep 1972

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CV-14

Essex class (6th ship)

Scrapped in 1975
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USS Randolph

Oct 1944 - Feb 1969

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CV-15

Essex class with extended bow (7th ship)

Scrapped in 1975
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USS Lexington

Feb 1943 - Nov 1991

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CV-16

Essex class (8th ship)

Preserved at USS Lexington Museum on the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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USS Bunker Hill

May 1943 - Jul 1947

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CV-17

Essex class (9th ship)

Scrapped in 1973
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USS Wasp
1943 - 1972

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CV-18

Essex class (10th ship)

Scrapped in 1973
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USS Hancock

Apr 1944 - Jan 1976

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CV-19

Essex class with extended bow (11th ship)

Scrapped in 1976
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USS Bennington

Aug 1944 - Jan 1970

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CV-20

Essex class (12th ship)

Scrapped in 1944
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USS Boxer

Apr 1945 - Dec 1969

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CV-21

Essex class (13th ship)

Scrapped in 1971
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USS Independence

Jan 1943 - Aug 1946

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CVL-22

Independence class (lead ship)

Sunk as target ship near the Farallon Islands in 1951
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USS Princeton

Feb 1943 - Oct 1944

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CVL-23

Independence class (2nd ship)

Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944
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USS Belleau Wood

Mar 1934 - Jan 1947

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CVL-24

Independence class (3rd ship)

Scrapped in 1960
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USS Cowpens

May 1943 - Jan 1947

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CVL-25

Independence class (4th ship)

Scrapped in 1960
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USS Monterey

Jun 1943 - Jan 1956

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CVL-26

Independence class (5th ship)

Scrapped in 1971
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USS Langley

Aug 1943 - Feb 1947

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CVL-27

Independence class (6th ship)

Scrapped in 1964
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USS Cabot

Jul 1943 - Jan 1955

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CVL-28

Independence class (7th ship)

Scrapped in 2002
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USS Bataan

Nov 1943 - Apr 1954

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CVL-29

Independence class (8th ship)

Scrapped in 1961
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USS San Jacinto

Dec 1943 - Mar 1947

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CVL-30

Independence class (9th ship)

Scrapped in 1972
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USS Bon Homme Richard

Nov 1944 - 1971

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CV-31

Essex class (14th ship)

Scrapped in 1992
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USS Leyte

Apr 1946 - May 1959

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CV-32

Essex class extended bow (15th ship)

Scrapped in 1970
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USS Kearsarge

May 1946 - Jan 1970

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CV-33

Essex class extended bow (16th ship)

Scrapped in 1974
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USS Oriskany

Sep 1950 - Sep 1979

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CV-34

Essex class extended bow (17th ship)

Scuttled as artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006
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USS Reprisal

Cancelled

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CV-35

Essex class extended bow (18th ship)

Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949
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USS Antietam

Jan 1945 - May 1963

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CV-36

Essex class extended bow (19th ship)

Scrapped in 1974
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USS Princeton

Nov 1945 - Jan 1970

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CV-37

Essex class extended bow (20th ship)

Scrapped in 1971
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USS Shangri-La

Sep 1944 - Jul 1971

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CV-38

Essex class extended bow (21st ship)

Scrapped in 1988
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USS Lake Champlain

Jul 1945 - May 1966

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CV-39

Essex class extended bow (22nd ship)

Scrapped in 1972
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USS Tarawa

Dec 1945 - May 1960

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CV-40

Essex class extended bow (23rd ship)

Scrapped in 1968
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USS Midway

Sep 1945 - Apr 1992

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CVB-41

Midway class (lead ship)

Preserved at the USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA
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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

Oct 1945 - Oct 1977

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CVB-42

Midway class (2nd ship)

Scrapped in 1978
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USS Coral Sea

Oct 1947 - Apr 1990

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CVB-43

Midway class (3rd ship)

Scrapped in 2000
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USS Valley Forge

Nov 1946 - Jan 1970

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CV-45

Midway class (4th ship)

Scrapped in 1971
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USS Philippine Sea

May 1946 - Dec 1958

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CV-47

Midway class (5th ship)

Scrapped in 1971
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USS Saipan

Jul 1946 - Jan 1970

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CVL-48

Saipan class (lead ship)

Scrapped in 1976
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USS Wright

Feb 1947 - Mar 1956

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CVL-49

Saipan class (2nd ship)

Scrapped in 1980
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Cancelled Ships

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  • CV-44 before construction
  • CV-50– CV-57 before construction
  • CV-58 USS United States days after start of construction
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USS Forrestal

Oct 1955 - Sep 1993

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CV-59

Forrestal class (lead ship)

Scrapped in 2015
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USS Saratoga

Apr 1956 - Aug 1994

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CV-60

Forrestal class (2nd ship)

Scrapped in 2019
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USS Ranger

Aug 1957 - Jul 1993

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CV-61

Forrestal class (3rd ship)

Scrapped in 2017
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USS Independence

Jan 1959 - Sep 1998

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CV-62

Forrestal class (4th ship)

Scrapped in 2019
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USS Kitty Hawk

Apr 1961 - May 2009

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CV-63

Kitty Hawk class (lead ship)

Undergoing scrappin
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USS Constellation

Oct 1961 - Aug 2003

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CV-64

Kitty Hawk class (2nd ship)

Scrapped in 2017
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USS Enterprise

Nov 1961 - Feb 2017

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CVN-65

Enterprise class (lead ship)

Struck, to be scrapped
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USS America

Jan 1965 - Aug 1996

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CV-66

Kitty Hawk class (3rd ship)

Sunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005
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USS John F. Kennedy

Sep 1968 - Mar 2007

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CV-67

John F Kennedy class (lead ship)

Sold for scrap in 2021
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USS Nimitz

May 1975 -

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CVN-68

Nimitz class (lead ship)

Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oct 1977 -

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CVN-69

Nimitz class (2nd ship)

Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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USS Carl Vinson

Mar 1982 -

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CVN-70

Nimitz class (3rd ship)

Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
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USS Theodore Roosevelt

Oct 1986 -

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CVN-71

Nimitz class (4th ship)

Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
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USS Abraham Lincoln

Nov 1989 -

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CVN-72

Nimitz class (5th ship)

Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California
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USS George Washington

Jul 1992 -

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CVN-73

Nimitz class (6th ship)

Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California (Undergoing Maintenance)
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USS John C. Stennis

Dec 1995 -

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CVN-74

Nimitz class (7th ship)

Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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USS Harry S. Truman

Jul 1998 -

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CVN-75

Nimitz class (8th ship)

Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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USS Ronald Reagan

Jul 2003 -

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CVN-76

Nimitz class (9th ship)

Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan
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USS George H.W. Bush

Jan 2009 -

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CVN-77

Nimitz class (10th ship)

Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
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USS Gerald R. Ford

Jul 2017 -

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CVN-78

Gerald R Ford (lead ship)

Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
69
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USS John F. Kennedy

c. 2025

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CVN-79

Gerald R Ford (2nd ship)

Currently fitting out
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USS Enterprise

c. 2028

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CVN-80

Gerald R Ford (3rd ship)

Under construction
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USS Doris Miller

c. 2032

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CVN-81

Gerald R Ford (4th ship)

Under construction
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USS TBA

c 2034

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CVN-82

Gerald R Ford (5th ship)

Ordered

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