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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
**CVL-25** | Independence class (4th ship)
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**USS Monterey** | Jun 1943 - Jan 1956
**CVL-26** | Independence class (5th ship)
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**USS Langley** | Aug 1943 - Feb 1947
**CVL-27** | Independence class (6th ship)
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**USS Cabot** | Jul 1943 - Jan 1955
**CVL-28** | Independence class (7th ship)
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**USS Bataan** | Nov 1943 - Apr 1954
**CVL-29** | Independence class (8th ship)
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**USS San Jacinto** | Dec 1943 - Mar 1947
**CVL-30** | Independence class (9th ship)
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**USS Bon Homme Richard** | Nov 1944 - 1971
**CV-31** | Essex class (14th ship)
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**USS Leyte** | Apr 1946 - May 1959
**CV-32** | Essex class extended bow (15th ship)
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**USS Kearsarge** | May 1946 - Jan 1970
**CV-33** | Essex class extended bow (16th ship)
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**USS Oriskany** | Sep 1950 - Sep 1979
**CV-34** | Essex class extended bow (17th ship)
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**USS Reprisal** | Cancelled
**CV-35** | Essex class extended bow (18th ship)
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**USS Antietam** | Jan 1945 - May 1963
**CV-36** | Essex class extended bow (19th ship)
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**USS Princeton** | Nov 1945 - Jan 1970
**CV-37** | Essex class extended bow (20th ship)
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**USS Shangri-La** | Sep 1944 - Jul 1971
**CV-38** | Essex class extended bow (21st ship)
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**USS Lake Champlain** | Jul 1945 - May 1966
**CV-39** | Essex class extended bow (22nd ship)
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**USS Tarawa** | Dec 1945 - May 1960
**CV-40** | Essex class extended bow (23rd ship)
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**USS Midway** | Sep 1945 - Apr 1992
**CVB-41** | Midway class (lead ship)
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**USS Franklin D. Roosevelt** | Oct 1945 - Oct 1977
**CVB-42** | Midway class (2nd ship)
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**USS Coral Sea** | Oct 1947 - Apr 1990
**CVB-43** | Midway class (3rd ship)
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**USS Valley Forge** | Nov 1946 - Jan 1970
**CV-45** | Midway class (4th ship)
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**USS Philippine Sea** | May 1946 - Dec 1958
**CV-47** | Midway class (5th ship)
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**USS Saipan** | Jul 1946 - Jan 1970
**CVL-48** | Saipan class (lead ship)
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**USS Wright** | Feb 1947 - Mar 1956
**CVL-49** | Saipan class (2nd ship)
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**Cancelled Ships**
- **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
**CV-59** | Forrestal class (lead ship)
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**USS Saratoga** | Apr 1956 - Aug 1994
**CV-60** | Forrestal class (2nd ship)
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**USS Ranger** | Aug 1957 - Jul 1993
**CV-61** | Forrestal class (3rd ship)
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**USS Independence** | Jan 1959 - Sep 1998
**CV-62** | Forrestal class (4th ship)
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**USS Kitty Hawk** | Apr 1961 - May 2009
**CV-63** | Kitty Hawk class (lead ship)
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**USS Constellation** | Oct 1961 - Aug 2003
**CV-64** | Kitty Hawk class (2nd ship)
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**USS Enterprise** | Nov 1961 - Feb 2017
**CVN-65** | Enterprise class (lead ship)
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**USS America** | Jan 1965 - Aug 1996
**CV-66** | Kitty Hawk class (3rd ship)
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**USS John F. Kennedy** | Sep 1968 - Mar 2007
**CV-67** | John F Kennedy class (lead ship)
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**USS Nimitz** | May 1975 -
**CVN-68** | Nimitz class (lead ship)
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**USS Dwight D. Eisenhower** | Oct 1977 -
**CVN-69** | Nimitz class (2nd ship)
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**USS Carl Vinson** | Mar 1982 -
**CVN-70** | Nimitz class (3rd ship)
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**USS Theodore Roosevelt** | Oct 1986 -
**CVN-71** | Nimitz class (4th ship)
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**USS Abraham Lincoln** | Nov 1989 -
**CVN-72** | Nimitz class (5th ship)
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**USS George Washington** | Jul 1992 -
**CVN-73** | Nimitz class (6th ship)
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**USS John C. Stennis** | Dec 1995 -
**CVN-74** | Nimitz class (7th ship)
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**USS Harry S. Truman** | Jul 1998 -
**CVN-75** | Nimitz class (8th ship)
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**USS Ronald Reagan** | Jul 2003 -
**CVN-76** | Nimitz class (9th ship)
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**USS George H.W. Bush** | Jan 2009 -
**CVN-77** | Nimitz class (10th ship)
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**USS Gerald R. Ford** | Jul 2017 -
**CVN-78** | Gerald R Ford (lead ship)
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**USS John F. Kennedy** | c. 2025
**CVN-79** | Gerald R Ford (2nd ship)
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**USS Enterprise** | c. 2028
**CVN-80** | Gerald R Ford (3rd ship)
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**USS Doris Miller** | c. 2032
**CVN-81** | Gerald R Ford (4th ship)
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**USS TBA** | c 2034
**CVN-82** | Gerald R Ford (5th ship)

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