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[[File:Countries who are currently, or have in the past, operated aircraft carriers (jan 2024 update).png|thumb|300x300px|{{legend|blue|Countries currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers (8)}}
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{{legend|lightblue|Historical operators of carriers (4)}}]]
[[File:Aircraft carriers of 2007 except US. carriers.jpg|thumb|right|Various aircraft carriers from around the world]]
[[File:Fleet_5_nations.jpg|thumb|right|Four modern aircraft carriers of various types; {{USS|John C. Stennis}} ([[United States Navy]]), [[French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle|''Charles de Gaulle'']] ([[French Navy]]), {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|6}} (US Navy), {{HMS|Ocean|L12|6}} ([[Royal Navy]]) and escort vessels, 2002]]

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This '''list of aircraft carriers''' contains [[aircraft carrier]]s 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 cruiser]]s, 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 {{sclass|Tiger|cruiser|2}}s, Japanese {{sclass|Hyūga|helicopter destroyer|2}}s, French cruiser {{ship|French cruiser|Jeanne d'Arc|R97|2}}, Soviet {{sclass|Moskva|helicopter carrier|2}}s, and Italian {{sclass|Andrea Doria|cruiser|2}}s. 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 {{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|2}}s or British {{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|2}}s ''are'' included however.
* [[Amphibious assault ship]]s, 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 amphibious assault ship|''Wasp''-class assault ships]], Brazilian [[Brazilian aircraft carrier Atlântico|NAM ''Atlântico'' (A140)]], and French {{sclass|Mistral|amphibious assault ship|4}}.
* [[Landing craft carrier]]s, such as Japanese {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akitsu Maru||2}} and {{USS|LST-906}}, which were modified amphibious landing ships, with limited aircraft carrier capabilities.
* [[Drone carrier]]s
* [[CAM ship|Catapult aircraft merchantmen]], merchant ships which carried cargo and an aircraft catapult (no flight deck).
* [[Escort carrier]]s, usually converted merchant ships, see separate [[List of escort carriers by country]].
* [[Merchant aircraft carrier]]s, 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==
''The table below does not include [[submarine aircraft carrier]]s, [[seaplane tender]]s, [[escort carrier]]s, [[merchant aircraft carrier]]s, [[helicopter carrier]]s, or [[amphibious assault ship]]s. It includes ships under construction, but not ships that never got past the planning stage.''
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|+Number of fleet aircraft carriers by operating nation
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! Country
! In service
! Inactive
! Decommissioned
! Under<br>construction
! Never<br>completed
! Total
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[List of ships of the Argentine Navy|Argentina]] || 0 
|0|| 2 || 0 || 0 ||'''2'''
|-<!----DO NOT CHANGE A NUMBER ENTRY WITHOUT CHANGING OTHER AFFECTED ENTRIES AND UPDATING TOTALS---->
| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[List of active Royal Australian Navy ships|Australia]] || 0 
|0|| 3 || 0 || 0 ||'''3'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[List of ships of the Brazilian Navy|Brazil]] || 0 
|0|| 2 || 0 || 0  ||'''2'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Canada}} [[List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy|Canada]] || 0 
|0|| 3 || 0 || 0 ||'''3'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|China}} [[Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy#Aircraft carriers|China]] || 3
|0|| 0 || 1 || 0 ||'''4'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|France}} [[List of active French Navy ships|France]] || 1 
|1|| 7 || 0 || 8 ||'''17'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Germany}} [[List of German aircraft carriers|Germany]] || 0 
|0|| 0 || 0 ||7||'''7'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|India}} [[List of active Indian Navy ships|India]] || 2
|0|| 2|| 0|| 0 ||'''4'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[List of active Italian Navy ships#Aircraft carriers|Italy]]|| 2
|0|| 1 || 0 || 2 ||'''5'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Japan}} [[List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships#Surface fleet|Japan]] || 2 
|0|| 20|| 0 || 8 ||'''30'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]] || 0 
|0|| 1 || 0 || 0 || '''1'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Russia}} [[List of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union|Russia]] || 0 
|1|| 4 || 0 || 2 ||'''7'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Spain}} [[List of active Spanish Navy ships|Spain]] || 1 
|0|| 2 || 0 || 1 ||'''4'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Turkey}} [[List of active ships of the Turkish Naval Forces|Turkey]] || 0 
|0|| 0 || 1 || 0 ||'''1'''
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| align="left" |{{nowrap|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy|United Kingdom]]}} || 2 
|0|| 38 || 0 || 15 ||'''55'''
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| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} [[List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy|United States]] || 11
|0|| 55 || 3 || 12 ||'''81'''
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| align="left" |'''Total'''||'''24'''
|'''2'''||'''140'''||'''5'''||'''55'''||'''226'''
|}
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==List of countries that have operated aircraft carriers==
<!-- '''Note''': Due to numerous edits in the past, this section, unlike the rest of the current article, does not necessarily exclude amphibious assault ships and helicopter carriers. -->

===Argentina===
'''Retired:'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Light Carriers
!Photo
!Ship
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:ARA Independencia (V-1).JPG|thumb|ARA ''Independencia'']]
|[[ARA Independencia (1958)|ARA ''Independencia'']]
(Former HMS Warrior)
|V-1
|1959
|1969
|Scrapped in 1971
|-
|[[File:Portaviones ARA Veinticinco de Mayo.jpg|thumb|Aircraft Carrier ARA ''Veinticinco de Mayo'']]
|[[ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2)|ARA ''Veinticinco de Mayo'']] (Former HMS Venerable)
|V-2
|1969
|1999
|Scrapped in 1999
|}
**

===Australia===
'''Retired:'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Light Fleet Carriers
!Photo
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:HMAS Sydney (R17) (AWM 301423).jpg|thumb|HMAS ''Sydney'' docked at port.]]
|[[HMAS Sydney (R17)|HMAS ''Sydney'']]
|[[Majestic class aircraft carrier|Majestic]]
|R-17
|1948
|1958
|Recommissioned as a troop transport
|-
|[[File:HMAS Melbourne (R21) and USS Midway (CV-41) underway, 16 May 1981 (6380752).jpg|thumb|HMAS ''Melbourne'' and the USS ''Midway'' (CV-41) underway in 1981.]]
|[[HMAS Melbourne (R21)|HMAS ''Melbourne'']]
(Former [[HMS Majestic (1945)|HMS ''Majestic'']])
|[[Majestic class aircraft carrier|Majestic]]
|R-21
|1955
|1982
|Scrapped
|-
|[[File:HMAS Vengeance (AWM 044574).jpg|thumb|HMAS ''Vengeance'' with a helicopter in the foreground.]]
|[[HMS Vengeance (R71)|HMAS ''Vengeance'']] 
([[HMS Vengeance (R71)|HMS ''Vengeance'']] on loan from the Royal Navy.)
|[[Colossus-class aircraft carrier|Colossus]]
|R-71
|1952
|1955
|Given back to the [[Royal Navy]] in 1955.
|}

===Brazil===
'''Retired:'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+Fleet Carrier
!Photo
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo (A12).jpg|thumb|Brazilian Aircraft Carrier ''Sao Paulo'']]
|''[[Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo|Sao Paulo]] (''Former French Carrier ''[[French aircraft carrier Foch|Foch]].)''
|[[Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier|Clemenceau]]
|A-12
|2000
|2017
|Scuttled in 2023.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Light Carrier
!Photo
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:NAe Minas Gerais (A-11).jpg|thumb|Brazilian Aircraft Carrier ''Minas Gerais'' (A-11)]]
|''[[Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais|Minas Gerais]]''
|[[Colossus-class aircraft carrier|Colossus Class]]
|A-11
|1960
|2001
|Scrapped in 2004
|}

===Canada===
'''Retired:'''
** [[File:HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) underway c1950.jpeg|thumb|HMCS ''Magnificent'' in 1950]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Light Carriers
!Photo
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:HMCS Warrior (R31) ca1947.jpg|thumb|HMCS ''Warrior'' in 1947]]
|[[HMCS Warrior|HMCS ''Warrior'']]
([[HMS Warrior (R31)|HMS Warrior]] on loan to [[Royal Canadian Navy]])
|[[Colossus-class aircraft carrier|Colossus]]
|R-31
|1946
|1948
|Given back to the [[Royal Navy]] in 1948.
|-
|[[File:TBM-3 over HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21).jpeg|thumb|TBM-3 flying over the HMCS ''Magnificent'']]
|[[HMCS Magnificent]] 
([[HMCS Magnificent|HMS Magnificent]] on loan to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].)
|[[Majestic class aircraft carrier|Majestic]]
|None
|1946
|1956
|Given back to the  [[Royal Navy]] in 1956.
|-
|[[File:HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) underway 1961.jpeg|thumb|''HMCS Bonaventure in 1961'']]
|[[HMCS Bonaventure]]
|[[Majestic class aircraft carrier|Majestic]]
|None
|1957
|1970
|Scrapped in 1971 in [[Taiwan]].
|}

===China===
{{main|Chinese aircraft carrier programme}}

'''Active:'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Photo
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
|-
|[[File:Aircraft Carrier Liaoning CV-16.jpg|thumb|Aircraft Carrier ''Liaoning'' in [[Hong Kong]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=China unveils first aircraft carrier to enter service|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-unveils-first-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-service/|date=25 September 2012|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022024939/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/25/china-unveils-first-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-service/|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
|[[Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning|''Liaoning'']] (Former unfinished [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Carrier Varyag.)
|[[Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier|Kuznetsov]]/Type 001
|CV-16
|2012
|-
|[[File:A PLAN Shenyang J-15 carrier-based fighter aircraft is taking off from Chinese aircraft carrier PLANS Shandong (CV-17) 20230410.jpg|thumb|A [[Shenyang J-15|J-15 Fighter jet]] takes of the ''Shandong.''<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html|title=China, Sending a Signal, Launches a Home-Built Aircraft Carrier|first=Chris|last=Buckley|date=25 April 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308221607/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html|archive-date=8 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
|''[[Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong|Shandong]]''
|Type 002
|CV-17
|2019
|-
|[[File:Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian flight deck.jpg|thumb|Aircraft Carrier ''Fujian'' flight deck<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-13 |title=China's most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, enters service
|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3325434/chinas-most-advanced-aircraft-carrier-fujian-enters-service |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>]]
|[[Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian|''Fujian'']]
|Type 003
|CV-18
|2025 (Most recent Aircraft Carrier Commissioned)
|}
'''Under construction:'''
* [[Type 004 aircraft carrier|Type 004]]: a [[nuclear-powered]] aircraft carrier under construction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-02 |title=China is working on an enormous aircraft carrier that rivals the biggest in the U.S. fleet, analysts say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-working-enormous-aircraft-carrier-rivals-biggest-us-fleet-analys-rcna193593 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

===France===
{{Main|List of aircraft carriers of France}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Active
!
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
|-
|[[File:French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) underway on 24 April 2019 (190424-M-BP588-1005).jpg|thumb|''Charles de Gaulle'' (R-91) in 2019]]
|''[[French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle|Charles de Gaulle]]''
|''[[Charles de Gaulle class|Charles de Gaulle]]''
|R-91
|2001
|}
*
*

*

'''Planned:'''
* [[Future French aircraft carrier|PANG]]: a planned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
{| class="wikitable"
|+Retired
!Photo
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:CV Bearn NAN-5-63.jpg|thumb|French Aircraft Carrier ''Bearn'']]
|''[[French aircraft carrier Béarn|Bearn]]''
|''[[Normandie-class battleship|Normandie]]''
|5-63
|1927
|1948
|Turned into a floating barracks and scrapped in 1967
|-
|[[File:HMS Biter (D97) aerial bow shot March 1944.jpg|thumb|''Dixmude'' (Prior to French service under the [[Royal Navy]]) in 1944]]
|''[[HMS Biter (D97)|Dixmude]]''
(Former [[HMS Biter (D97)|HMS ''Biter'']])
|''[[Avenger-class escort carrier|Avenger]]''
|None
|1945
|1951
|Sunk as a target in 1966
|-
|[[File:Helldivers flying over carrier Arromanches (R95) in the Gulf of Tonkin c1953.jpg|thumb|[[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver|SB2C Helldivers]] flying over the ''Arromanches'' in 1953 in the [[Gulf of Tonkin]]]]
|''[[French aircraft carrier Arromanches|Arromanches]]''
(Former [[French aircraft carrier Arromanches|HMS ''Colossus'']])
|''[[Colossus-class aircraft carrier|Colossus]]''
|R-95
|1946
|1974
|Scrapped in 1978
|-
|[[File:French aircraft carrier La Fayette (R96) in Indochina, 1953 (NH 79384).jpg|thumb|French Aircraft Carrier ''La Fayette'' in [[Indochina]] in 1953]]
|''[[French aircraft carrier La Fayette|La Fayette]]'' (Former [[USS Langley (CVL-27)|USS ''Langley'']])
|''[[Independence-class aircraft carrier|Independence]]''
|R-96
|1951
|1963
|Scrapped in 1964
|-
|[[File:French aircraft carrier Bois Belleau (R97) at Naval Station Norfolk, in December 1953 (NH 89299).jpg|thumb|''Bois Belleau'' in [[Naval Station Norfolk]] in 1953]]
|''[[Bois Belleau (R 97)|Bois Belleau]]'' (Former [[USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)|USS ''Belleau Wood'']])
|''[[Independence-class aircraft carrier|Independence]]''
|R-97
|1953
|1960
|Scrapped in 1960
|-
|[[File:French carrier Clemenceau (R98) off Oman 1987.jpg|thumb|''Clemenceau'' off [[Oman]] in 1987]]
|''[[French aircraft carrier Clemenceau|Clemenceau]]''
|''[[Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier|Clemenceau]]''
|R-98
|1961
|1997
|Scrapped in 2009
|-
|[[File:FS Foch Dragon Hammer '92.jpg|thumb|French Aircraft Carrier ''Foch'' underway in 1992]]
|''[[French aircraft carrier Foch|Foch]]''
|[[Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier|''Clemenceau'']]
|R-99
|1963
|2000
|Given to [[Brazil]] in 2000 to become the ''[[Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo|Sao Paulo]]'', scuttled in 2023
|}
'''Never completed:'''
* {{Ship|French ship|Engageante||2}}: ''Friponne''-class sloop planned for conversion but not completed<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1/France/asw-french-escorts|title=French WW1 ASW vessels|date=2019-05-16|website=naval encyclopedia|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref>
* {{Ship|French ship|Conquerante||2}}: ''Valliante''-class sloop planned for conversion but not completed<ref name=":0" />
* {{sclass|Joffre|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Joffre||2}}: carrier construction cancelled in 1940
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Painlevé||2}}: carrier plan cancelled in 1940
* {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Verdun||2}}: 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
* [[French aircraft carrier PA2|PA 2]]: modified version of Thales UK/BMT design of the British ''Queen Elizabeth'' class (formerly CVF).

===Germany===
{{Main|List of aircraft carriers of Germany}}

'''Never completed:'''
* {{Ship|German aircraft carrier|I|1915|6}} &nbsp;– planned conversion of passenger ship from German shipyard to aircraft carrier. Cancelled in 1918.
* {{Ship|German aircraft carrier|Graf Zeppelin||2}}: [[Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier|''Graf Zeppelin''-class]] carrier. Launched but not completed. Construction work stopped in 1943.
* [[Flugzeugträger B|''Flugzeugträger'' B]]:  ''Graf Zeppelin'' class carrier cancelled partly constructed in 1939.
* Flugzeugträger C: Planned ''Graf Zeppelin'' class carrier cancelled in 1938.<ref name="Carl Dreessen 2000. p. 101">Carl Dreessen: "Die deutsche Flottenrüstung." Mittler & Sohn. Hamburg 2000. p. 101</ref>
* Flugzeugträger D: Planned ''Graf Zeppelin'' class carrier cancelled in 1938.<ref name="Carl Dreessen 2000. p. 101"/>
* {{Ship|German cruiser|Seydlitz||2}}: conversion of part-built [[Admiral Hipper-class cruiser|''Admiral Hipper''-class]] cruiser. Work stopped in 1943 and not resumed.
* {{Ship|German aircraft carrier|I|1942|6}}: conversion of the transport ship {{SS|Europa|1928|2}} cancelled at the design stage in November 1942 due to insurmountable problems.
* [[Jade-class aircraft carrier|Jade]]: Lead ship of the Jade-class. Converted from the passenger liner {{SS|Potsdam|1935|6}}. Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Sunk on 2 May 1943.<ref name=G74>{{harvnb|Gröner|1990|p=74}}</ref>
*[[Jade-class aircraft carrier|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.<ref name=G74/>
*[[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 crui ser 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]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJBMBvyQ83EC|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946|isbn=9780870219139|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|year=1984|publisher=Naval Institute Press}}</ref>
[[File:INS Vikrant (R11) and INS Vikramaditya (R33) during exercise.jpg|thumb|[[INS Vikrant (2013)|INS ''Vikrant'']] and [[INS Vikramaditya|INS ''Vikramaditya'']] in a exercise]]

===India===
*
{| class="wikitable"
|+Active
!Photo
!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
|-
|[[File:INS Vikramaditya (R33) with a Sea Harrier.jpg|thumb|INS ''Vikramaditya'' with a [[British Aerospace Sea Harrier|Sea Harrier]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=28 May 2015|title=INS Vikrant to be ready by 2018, says Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indigenous-aircraft-carrier-to-be-ready-by-2018-navy-chief-291430-2015-05-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501094615/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indigenous-aircraft-carrier-to-be-ready-by-2018-navy-chief-291430-2015-05-28|archive-date=1 May 2018|access-date=2 March 2016|website=[[India Today]]}}</ref>]]
|[[INS Vikramaditya|INS ''Vikramaditya'']]
(Former ''[[Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier|Admiral Gorshkov]]'')
|''[[Kiev-class aircraft carrier|Kiev]]''
|R-33
|2013
|-
|[[File:INS Vikrant Fleet Operation 4.jpg|thumb|INS ''Vikrant''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suciu|first=Peter|date=2022-07-28|title=INS Vikrant: India's New Aircraft Carrier Has Arrived|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-s-first-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-to-be-commissioned-on-sept-3-122082500520_1.html#:~:text=India%27s%20first%20aircraft%20carrier%20INS,Business%20Standard%20News|access-date=2022-08-02|website=19FortyFive|language=en-US}}</ref>]]
|[[INS Vikrant (2013)|INS ''Vikrant'']]
|''[[Vikrant-class aircraft carrier|Vikrant]]''
|R-11
|2022
|}
'''Planned:'''
* {{INS|Vishal}}: 65,000 ton carrier. Yet to start, planned to enter service in 2030. It will be conventionally powered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/news/india/ins-vishal-not-be-nuclear-powered-as-barc-says-15-years-will-be-needed-to-develop-reactor-2571054/|title=Navy's Dream of Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Suffers a Hit; BARC Says it Will Take 15-20 Years|date=27 October 2017|website=[[India.com]]|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509100544/http://www.india.com/news/india/ins-vishal-not-be-nuclear-powered-as-barc-says-15-years-will-be-needed-to-develop-reactor-2571054/|archive-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!Photo
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!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:INS Vikrant circa 1984 carrying a unique complement of Sea Harriers, Sea Hawks, Allouette & Sea King helicopters and Alize ASW.jpg|thumb|INS ''Vikrant'' in 1984]]
|[[INS Vikrant (1961)|INS ''Vikrant'']] (Former [[HMS Hercules (R49)|HMS ''Hercules'']])
|[[Majestic class aircraft carrier|''Majestic'']]
|R-49
|1961
|1997
|Scrapped in 2014
|-
|[[File:INS Viraat (R22) Malabar 07.jpg|thumb|INS ''Viraat'' in the [[Bay of Bengal]] in 2007]]
|[[INS Viraat|INS ''Viraat'']] 
(Former [[HMS Hermes (R12)|HMS ''Hermes'']])
|''[[Centaur-class aircraft carrier|Centaur]]''
|R-22
|1987
|2017
|Scrapped in 2021 in [[Alang]]
|}

===Italy===
'''Active:'''
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|-
|[[File:Cavour_(550).jpg|thumb|''Cavour'']]
|{{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Cavour||2}}
|{{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Cavour||2}}
|550
|2008
|-
|[[File:Italian_LHD_Trieste.jpg|thumb|''Trieste''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/11/italian-mods-defence-planning-document-2023-2025-new-naval-and-joint-programs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215234123/https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/naval-vessels/multirole-lhd/|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=live|title=MULTIROLE LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD)}}</ref>]]
|{{ship|Italian landing helicopter dock|Trieste||2}}
|{{ship|Italian landing helicopter dock|Trieste||2}}
|L9890
|2024
|}
{| class="wikitable"
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!Ship
!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:ITS_Giuseppe_Garibaldi_(C_551).jpg|thumb|Giuseppe Garibaldi in 2004]]
|{{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Giuseppe Garibaldi||2}}
|{{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Giuseppe Garibaldi||2}}
|551
|1985
|2024
|
|-
|}

'''Never completed:'''
* {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Sparviero||2}} (1927) (converted liner ''Augustus'', not completed as carrier)&nbsp;– Sunk 5 October 1944
* {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Aquila||2}} (1926) (converted liner ''Roma'')&nbsp;– BU 1951–1952

===Japan===
'''Active: (JMSDF)'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lockie|first=Alex|title=Japan unveiled new plans for an F-35 aircraft carrier – and it's a Chinese navy killer|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/japans-new-plan-for-izumo-f-35-carrier-a-tool-against-chinas-navy-2018-12|access-date=2019-12-28|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sutton|first=H. I.|title=Japan To Get First Aircraft Carriers Since World War II|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2019/11/20/japan-to-get-first-aircraft-carriers-since-world-war-two/|access-date=2019-12-27|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Yoshida|first=Reiji|date=2019-05-23|title=Japan's plan to remodel Izumo-class carriers: Needed upgrade or mere show of force?|language=en-US|work=The Japan Times Online|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/23/national/izumo-needed-upgrade-mere-show-force/|access-date=2019-12-27|issn=0447-5763}}</ref>
* {{sclass|Izumo|multi-purpose destroyer|4}}
** {{JS|Izumo||2}} – Commissioned in 2015. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into a multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft
** {{JS|Kaga||2}} – Commissioned in 2017. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into a multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft

'''Retired: (IJN)'''
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō||2}} (1921)&nbsp;– used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946
* {{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Jun'yō||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; dismantled 1946
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūhō||2}} (1942)&nbsp;– damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and dismantled 1946
* {{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Katsuragi||2}} (1944)&nbsp;– used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946

'''Sunk: (IJN)'''
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}} (1921)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{sclass|Amagi|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}} (1925)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} (1931)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Sōryū||2}} (1935)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}} (1937)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{sclass|Zuihō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōhō||2}} (1935)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuihō||2}} (1936)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* {{sclass|Chitose|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chitose||2}} (1936)&nbsp;– seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}} (1937)&nbsp;– sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* {{sclass|Shōkaku|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Cavalla|SS-244}}, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* {{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiyō||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taihō||2}} (1943)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Albacore|SS-218}}, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* {{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Amagi||2}} (1943)&nbsp;– used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Unryū||2}} (1943)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Redfish|SS-395|6}}, December 1944
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinano||2}} (1944)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Archerfish|SS-311|6}}, November 1944

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

'''Never completed: (IJN)'''
* {{sclass|Amagi|aircraft carrier|4}}
**''Amagi'' (not completed); damaged beyond economical repair in the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] of September 1923, scrapped 1924
* {{sclass|Taihō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** 5x Improved {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taihō||2}}, project G-15 (cancelled 1944)
* {{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|4}}
** Hull 5002, 3rd unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1943); materials used for Shinano conversion
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kasagi||2}}, 5th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
** Hull 5005, 6th unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1943); materials used for Shinano conversion
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Aso||2}}, 7th unit of Unryū class (not completed); sunk as weapon test target and scrapped postwar
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ikoma||2}}, 8th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
** ''Kurama'', 9th unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1944)
* {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Ibuki|1943|2}} – heavy cruiser conversion (not completed); dismantled post-war

===Netherlands===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Class
!Serial Number
!Commission Date
!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:Hr.Ms._vliegkampschip_Karel_Doorman_(R81)_(2158_005371).jpg|thumb|HNLMS Karel Doorman in 1950]]
|[[HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81)|Hr.Ms. ''Karel Doorman'']]
|[[Colossus-class aircraft carrier]]
|R63
|1944
|1947
|1948
|-
|}

===Russia (and USSR)===
{{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:'''
* {{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Russian aircraft carrier|Admiral Kuznetsov||2}} (Russia: 1991–present / USSR:  1985–1991); Undergoing overhaul and repairs since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Axe|first=David|title=The Russian Navy's Only Aircraft Carrier Is Stuck in Overhaul. So Her MiG-29 Fighters Have Gone To War in Ukraine.|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/21/the-russian-navys-only-aircraft-carrier-is-stuck-in-overhaul-so-her-mig-29-fighters-have-gone-to-war-in-ukraine/|access-date=2024-07-15|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

'''Proposed:'''
* [[Project 23000 aircraft carrier]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project 23000 |url=http://www.mdc.idv.tw/mdc/navy/russia/23000e.htm |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.mdc.idv.tw}}</ref>
* Project 11430E aircraft carrier<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Military Watch Magazine Editorial |date=2020-01-22 |title=Russian Designers Display 'Budget Option' for Future Aircraft Carrier Design - Introducing the Project 11430E Lamantin |url=https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-designers-display-budget-option-for-future-aircraft-carrier-design-introducing-the-project-11430e-lamantin |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Military Watch Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
* Project 23000KM aircraft carrier
'''Retired:'''
* {{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Kiev||2}} (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1972–1991); converted to a theme park (later hotel) in China
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Minsk||2}} (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1975–1991); converted to a theme park in China
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Novorossiysk||2}} (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1978–1991); scrapped
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Admiral Gorshkov||2}} (Russia: 1991–1995, USSR: 1982–1991); sold to India, modified, rebuilt by India and renamed {{INS|Vikramaditya}}

'''Never completed:'''
* [[Project 1153 Orel]]
* {{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|4}}
** [[Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning|''Varyag'']] (not commissioned) – to Ukraine (1991); rebuilt, tested and commissioned by the Chinese PLAN as ''Liaoning''
* ''Ulyanovsk'' class
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Ulyanovsk||2}} (not commissioned) – scrapped (1991)

===Spain===
'''Active:'''
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|-
|[[File:Spanish_amphibious_assault_ship_Juan_Carlos_I_(L-61)_underway_in_the_Adriatic_Sea,_22_February_2023_(230222-N-MW880-1248).JPG|thumb|{{Ship|Spanish amphibious assault ship|Juan Carlos I||2}} in 2023]]
|{{Ship|Spanish amphibious assault ship|Juan Carlos I||2}}
|{{Ship|Spanish amphibious assault ship|Juan Carlos I||2}}
|L61
|2010
|}

'''Retired:'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Photo
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!Serial Number
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!Decommission Date
!Fate
|-
|[[File:Spanish_aircraft_carrier_Dédalo_(R01)_underway_in_the_Mediterranean_Sea,_1_June_1988_(6430233).jpg|thumb|''Dédalo'' in 1988]]
|{{Ship|Spanish aircraft carrier|Dédalo||2}}
|[[Independence-class aircraft carrier|Independence-class]]
|R01
|1976
|1989
|2002
|-
|[[File:SNS_Principe_de_Asturias_(R11)_during_Dragon_Hammer_92.jpg|thumb|''Príncipe de Asturias'' in 1992]]
|{{Ship|Spanish aircraft carrier|Príncipe de Asturias||2}}
|{{Ship|Spanish aircraft carrier|Príncipe de Asturias||2}}
|R-11
|1988
|2013
|2017
|}

'''Never completed:'''
* [[Italian cruiser Trieste|Spanish conversion]] for refloated Italian heavy cruiser ''Trieste'', cancelled in 1951.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Busquets|first1=C.|last2=Campanera|first2=A.|last3=Coello|first3=J. L.|title=Los portaaviones españoles|publisher=Agualarga Editores|year=1994|isbn=84-88959-02-8|language=es}}</ref>

===Thailand===
'''Role changed:'''
* {{Ship|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.<ref>{{cite book|first1=William M.|last1=Carpenter|first2=David G.|last2=Wiencek|title=Asian Security Handbook|location=[[Armonk, NY]]|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=2000|page=302|isbn=978-0-76560-714-0}}</ref> Since 2006 is solely operated as a helicopter carrier.

===Turkey===
'''Active:'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|[[File:Turkish_Navy_amphibious_assault_ship_TCG_Anadolu_(L400)_steams_in_the_Mediterranean_Sea.jpg|thumb|TCG ''Anadolu'' in 2023]]
|{{TCG|Anadolu}} 
|Anadolu class
|L-400
|2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enkucuk.com/ucak-gemisi-olan-ulkeleri-ogrenelim/|title=Uçak Gemisi Olan Ülkeleri Öğrenelim|date=2017-11-23|website=2020 Güncel Bilgi|language=tr|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tayfun|first1=Ozberk|title=Turkey's future LHD Anadolu Starts Sea Trials|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/02/turkeys-future-lhd-anadolu-starts-sea-trials/|website=Naval News|date=28 February 2022|access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/03/turkish-navy-accepts-delivery-of-its-flagship-tcg-anadolu/|title=Turkish Navy Accepts Delivery of Its Flagship, TCG ANADOLU|date=2023-03-05|website=Naval News|language=en|access-date=2023-03-09}}</ref>
|}

'''Under construction:'''
* [[MUGEM-class aircraft carrier]]

===United Kingdom===
{{Main|List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy}}

'''Active:'''
* {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|2}}, [[STOVL]] ship of 80,600 tonnes
** {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|R08|6}}
** {{HMS|Prince of Wales|R09|6}}

'''Retired:'''
* {{HMS|Argus|I49|6}} (1916) – scrapped 1946
* {{HMS|Furious|47|6}} (1916) – decommissioned 1945
* {{HMS|Vindictive|1918|6}} (1918)&nbsp;– converted to aircraft carrying cruiser 1925, sold for scrap 1946
* {{HMS|Unicorn|I72|6}} fleet maintenance carrier (1943) – sold for scrap 1959
* {{sclass|Illustrious|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Illustrious|87|6}} (1939)
** {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} (1939)
** {{HMS|Victorious|R38|6}} (1939)
* {{HMS|Indomitable|92|6}} (1940)
* {{sclass|Implacable|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Implacable|R86|6}} (1942)
** {{HMS|Indefatigable|R10|6}} (1942)
* {{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Eagle|R05|6}} (ex-''Audacious'') (1946) – decommissioned 1972
** {{HMS|Ark Royal|R09|6}} (ex-''Irresistible'') (1950) – decommissioned 1979
* [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Colossus'' class]]
** {{HMS|Colossus|R61|6}} (1943), to [[Marine Nationale|France]] 1946 as {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Arromanches||2}}
** {{HMS|Glory|R62|6}} (1943)
** {{HMS|Ocean|R68|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Theseus|R64|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Triumph|R16|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Venerable|R63|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to [[Royal Netherlands Navy|Netherlands]] 1948 as {{HNLMS|Karel Doorman|R81|6}}, to [[Argentine Navy|Argentina]] 1968 as {{Ship|ARA|Veinticinco de Mayo|V-2|6}}
** {{HMS|Vengeance|R71|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to Brazil 1956 as {{Ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|Minas Gerais||2}}
** {{HMS|Warrior|R31|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to Canada 1946–1948, to Argentina 1958 as {{Ship|ARA|Independencia|1958|6}}
** {{HMS|Perseus|R51|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Pioneer|R76|6}} (1944)
* [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic'' class]]
** {{HMS|Majestic|R77|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– to [[Royal Australian Navy|Australia]] 1955 as {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} 
** {{HMS|Hercules|R49|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– to [[Indian Navy|India]] 1957 as {{Ship|INS|Vikrant|1961|6}}
** HMS ''Magnificent'' (1944)&nbsp;– sold to Canada as {{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|6}}
** {{HMS|Powerful|R95|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– to [[Royal Canadian Navy|Canada]] 1952 as {{HMCS|Bonaventure|CVL 22|6}}
** {{HMS|Terrible|R93|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to Australia in 1948 as {{HMAS|Sydney|R17|6}} 
* {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Centaur|R06|6}} (1947)
** {{HMS|Albion|R07|6}} (1947)
** {{HMS|Bulwark|R08|6}} (1948)
** {{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}} (ex-''Elephant'') (1953), to India 1986 as {{INS|Viraat}}
* {{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}} (1977)
** {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}} (1982)
** {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|6}} (1985)

'''Sunk:'''
* [[Courageous-class aircraft carrier|''Glorious'' class]]
** {{HMS|Glorious}} (1916), sunk by ''Scharnhorst'' and ''Gneisenau'' 8 June 1940
** {{HMS|Courageous|50|6}} (1916), sunk by ''[[German submarine U-29 (1936)|U-29]]'' 17 September 1939
* {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} (1918), sunk by ''[[German submarine U-73 (1940)|U-73]]'' 11 August 1942
* {{HMS|Hermes|95|6}} (1923)&nbsp;– first purpose-designed aircraft carrier, sunk by Japanese aircraft 9 April 1942
* {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} (1938), sunk 14 November 1941 after being torpedoed by ''[[German submarine U-81 (1941)|U-81]]'' on 13 November 1941

'''Never completed:'''

* {{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|4}}
** ''Eagle''&nbsp;– cancelled 1946
** ''Africa''&nbsp;–  to ''Malta'' class then cancelled
* [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic'' class]]
** {{HMS|Leviathan|R97|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– was never completed
* {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|4}} – second batch of four cancelled
** ''Hermes''&nbsp;– cancelled
** ''Arrogant''&nbsp;– cancelled
** ''Monmouth''&nbsp;– cancelled
** ''Polyphemus''&nbsp;– cancelled
* {{sclass|Malta|aircraft carrier|4}}&nbsp;– ordered 1943, not laid down, cancelled 1945<ref>{{cite book|last=Hobbs|first=David|title=British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories|year=2013|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-138-0|page=215}}</ref> 
**''Malta''
**''New Zealand''
**''Gibraltar''
**''Africa''
* [[CVA-01]]&nbsp;– 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===
{{main|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 marine propulsion|nuclear powered]] aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the ([[CATOBAR]]) {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|0}} and (CATOBAR/ [[EMALS]]) {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|0}} [[supercarriers]]. These carriers serve as the centerpieces and [[flagship]]s for the Navy's [[Carrier Strike Group]]s, with their embarked [[carrier air wing]]s and accompanying ships and submarines, which strongly contribute to the US ability to [[Force projection|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'''
* {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Nimitz||6}} 
** {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower||6}}
** {{USS|Carl Vinson||6}}
** {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}}
** {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}}
** {{USS|George Washington|CVN-73|6}}
** {{USS|John C. Stennis||6}}
** {{USS|Harry S. Truman||6}}
** {{USS|Ronald Reagan||6}}
** {{USS|George H.W. Bush||6}}
* {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}} 
** {{USS|Gerald R. Ford||6}}

'''Under construction'''
* {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CVN-79|6}}
** {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-80|6}}
** {{USS|Doris Miller||6}}

'''Planned'''
* {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}} 
** {{USS|William J. Clinton||6}}
** {{USS|George W. Bush||6}}
** CVN-84 (planned)
** CVN-85 (planned)
** CVN-86 (planned)
** CVN-87 (planned)

'''Reserve'''
* (''none currently in reserve'')

'''Retired (preserved as museum ships)'''
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}} 
** {{USS|Yorktown|CV-10|6}} – ([[Charleston, South Carolina]])
** {{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|6}} – ([[New York City]], New York)
** {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}} – ([[Alameda, California]])
** {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|6}} – ([[Corpus Christi, Texas]])
* {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Midway|CV-41|6}} – ([[San Diego]], California)

'''Retired (other)'''                                    
* {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|6}} – (awaiting dismantling)
* {{sclass|Enterprise|aircraft carrier|0}}
** {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} – (awaiting dismantling)

'''Retired (scrapped)'''
* {{sclass|Ranger|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Ranger|CV-4|6}}
* {{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|6}}
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}} (‡ extended bow)
** {{USS|Essex|CV-9|6}}
** {{USS|Franklin|CV-13|6}}
** {{USS|Ticonderoga|CV-14|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Randolph|CV-15|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Bunker Hill|CV-17|6}}
** {{USS|Wasp|CV-18|6}}
** {{USS|Hancock|CV-19|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Bennington|CV-20|6}}
** {{USS|Boxer|CV-21|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Bon Homme Richard|CV-31|6}}
** {{USS|Leyte|CV-32|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Kearsarge|CV-33|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Antietam|CV-36|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Princeton|CV-37|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Shangri-La||6}} ‡
** {{USS|Lake Champlain|CV-39|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Tarawa|CV-40|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Valley Forge|CV-45|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Philippine Sea|CV-47|6}} ‡
* {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Belleau Wood|CVL-24|6}}
** {{USS|Cowpens|CVL-25|6}}
** {{USS|Monterey|CVL-26|6}}
** {{USS|Langley|CVL-27|6}}
** {{USS|Cabot|CVL-28|6}}
** {{USS|Bataan|CVL-29|6}}
** {{USS|San Jacinto|CVL-30|6}}
* {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Franklin D. Roosevelt||6}}
** {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}}
* {{sclass|Saipan|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Saipan|CVL-48|6}}
** {{USS|Wright|CVL-49|6}}
* {{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Forrestal||6}}
** {{USS|Saratoga|CV-60|6}}
** {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|6}}
** {{USS|Independence|CV-62|6}}
* {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|0}}
** {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|6}} 
** {{USS|Constellation|CV-64|6}}

'''Retired (scuttled)'''
* {{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} – scuttled as part of [[Operation Crossroads]], 1946
* {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Independence|CVL-22|6}} – scuttled on 29 January 1951 after [[nuclear weapon]]s testing in 1946
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Oriskany|CV-34|6}} (extended bow) – scuttled as [[artificial reef]] on 17 May 2006
* {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|America|CV-66|6}} – scuttled on 14 May 2005 after live-fire testing

'''Sunk'''
* {{sclass|Langley|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Langley|CV-1|6}} – scuttled after Japanese air attack off Java coast, 27 February 1942
* {{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|6}} – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
* {{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|6}} – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
** {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|6}} – sunk, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
* {{sclass|Wasp|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Wasp|CV-7|6}} – scuttled after attack by the Japanese submarine [[Japanese submarine I-19|''I-19'']], 15 September 1942
* {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Princeton|CVL-23|6}} – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

'''Cancelled before completion'''
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}} (‡ extended bow)
** {{USS|Reprisal|CV-35|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Iwo Jima|CV-46|6}} ‡
** 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)
* {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|4}}
** No name assigned (CV-44)
** No name assigned (CVB-56)
** No name assigned (CVB-57)
* {{sclass|United States|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|United States|CVA-58|6}}

'''Escort aircraft carrier'''
{{main|List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy}}

The United States Navy also had a sizable fleet of [[escort aircraft carrier]]s 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 [[Task force#United States Navy|naval task forces]] and would typically be assigned to amphibious operations, often seen in the [[Pacific War]]'s [[island hopping campaign]], or to [[Convoy#World War II|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 [[Lend-Lease|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;
* {{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|4}} (45 ships, 33 went to the RN)
* {{sclass|Sangamon|escort carrier|4}} (4 ships)
* {{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|4}} (50 ships)
* {{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|4}} (19 ships went into service, 4 were cancelled)
* Stand-alone ships;
** No [[USN]] name given (AVG-1/BAVG-1) – went to the RN as [[Her Majesty's Ship|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|CVE-1|6}}

'''Amphibious assault ship'''
{{main|List of amphibious warfare ships of the United States Navy}}

The United States Navy also has several full-deck, [[amphibious assault ship]]s, which are larger than many of the aircraft carriers of other navies today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/america_class.htm|title=America Class Amphibious Assault Ship|website=Military Today|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502061635/http://www.military-today.com/navy/america_class.htm|archive-date=2 May 2018|url-status=usurped}}</ref> These ships are [[STOVL]]-capable and can carry full squadrons of fixed-wing aircraft, such as the [[V/STOL]] [[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II|AV-8B Harrier II]] and the STOVL [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|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 [[USMC|US Marine Corps]] [[Marine Expeditionary Unit|Expeditionary Unit]]s and their equipment close to shore for amphibious landings and departures. The following are ships and classes of US Navy amphibious assault ships;

'''Active'''
* {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LHD) (843&nbsp;ft, 40,500 tons) 
** {{USS|Wasp|LHD-1|6}}
** {{USS|Essex|LHD-2|6}}
** {{USS|Kearsarge|LHD-3|6}}
** {{USS|Boxer|LHD-4|6}}
** {{USS|Bataan|LHD-5|6}}
** {{USS|Iwo Jima|LHD-7|6}}
** {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}}
* {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LHA) (844&nbsp;ft, 45,000 tons)
** {{USS|America|LHA-6|6}}
** {{USS|Tripoli|LHA-7|6}}

'''Under construction'''
* {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|2}}
** {{USS|Bougainville|LHA-8|6}}
** {{USS|Fallujah|LHA-9|6}}
'''Planned''' 
* {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|2}} (11 total)
** {{USS|Helmand Province|LHA-10|6}} (ordered)
** LHA-11 (planned)
** LHA-12 (planned)
** LHA-13 (planned)
** LHA-14 (planned)
** LHA-15 (planned)
** LHA-16 (planned)

'''Retired'''
* {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|2}}
** {{USS|Bonhomme Richard|LHD-6|6}} 
* {{sclass|Tarawa|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LHA)
** {{USS|Tarawa|LHA-1|6}} – (On donation hold)
** {{USS|Saipan|LHA-2|6}} 
** {{USS|Belleau Wood|LHA-3|6}} 
** {{USS|Nassau|LHA-4|6}} – (On donation hold)
** {{USS|Peleliu|LHA-5|6}} – (In Reserve)
* {{sclass|Iwo Jima|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LPH)
** {{USS|Iwo Jima|LPH-2|6}} 
** {{USS|Okinawa|LPH-3|6}} 
** {{USS|Guadalcanal|LPH-7|6}} 
** {{USS|Guam|LPH-9|6}} 
** {{USS|Tripoli|LPH-10|6}} – (Converted to missile trial platform with the [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]] in 2006, scrapped in 2018)
** {{USS|New Orleans|LPH-11|6}} 
** {{USS|Inchon|LPH-12|6}}   
* Stand-alone amphibious assault ships (all LPH, numbered in with the ''Iwo Jima'' class);
** {{USS|Block Island|LPH-1|6}} – (converted ''Commencement Bay''-class escort carrier)
** {{USS|Boxer|LPH-4|6}} – (converted ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier)
** {{USS|Princeton|LPH-5|6}} – (converted ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier) 
** {{USS|Thetis Bay|LPH-6|6}} – (converted ''Casablanca''-class escort carrier)
** {{USS|Valley Forge|LPH-8|6}} – (converted ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier)

==List of all aircraft carriers==
{|class="wikitable sortable"  style="font-size: 95%;"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#d8edff;"
!Name!!Service!!Pennant<br>or hull #!!width=135|Class!!width=135|Type!!Flight operation!!In commission!!class=unsortable |Notes
|-
|{{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-72}}CVN-72
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|[[Supercarrier]]<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{nowrap|1989–present}}
|
|-
|{{MV|Acavus||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 1
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|[[Merchant aircraft carrier]]
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil>Converted oil tanker with deck but no hangar or lifts, active as merchant ship. Aircraft stored on deck.</ref> Returned to commercial service.
|-
|{{HMS|Activity|D94|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D94
|
|[[Escort carrier]]
|
|1942–1945
|Converted freighter.
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov|''Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov'']]
|{{navy|Russia}} <br> {{navy|Soviet Union}}
|111
|{{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}}
|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 [[INS Vikramaditya|''Vikramaditya'']] 2004.
|-
|[[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov|''Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov'']]
|{{navy|Russia}} <br> {{navy|Soviet Union}}
|063/113
|{{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1991–present
|Also known as ''Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov'', ''Admiral Kuznetsov'', or just ''Kuznetsov''. Ex-''Tbilisi''.
|-
|{{USS|Admiralty Islands||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-099}}CVE-99
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|ex-''Chapin Bay''.
|-
|{{MV|Adula||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 2
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service.
|-
|{{HMS|Africa||2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
| 
|{{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}}/{{sclass|Malta|aircraft carrier|5}}
|[[Fleet carrier]]
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|''Audacious''-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to ''Malta''-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Amagi|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1927–1942
|Converted {{sclass|Amagi|battlecruiser|2}}, Sunk 4 June 1942 at [[Battle of Midway|Midway]]
|-
|''Alava Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-103}}CVE-103
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Roi||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|''Alazon Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-055}}CVE-55
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Casablanca||2}} 1943 after construction began.
|-
|''Alazon Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-094}}CVE-94
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Lunga Point||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|{{HMS|Albion|R07|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R07
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1954–1962
|Converted to commando carrier.
|-
|{{MV|Alexia||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 3
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|''Alikula Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-057}}CVE-57
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Coral Sea|CVE-57|2}} before launch.
|-
|''Alikula Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-095}}CVE-95
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Bismarck Sea||2}} 1944 after launch.
|-
|{{USS|Altamaha|CVE-6|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-006}}CVE-6
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1942
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease>Transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend Lease program. Returned to the US after World War II ended.</ref> Became {{HMS|Battler|D18|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Altamaha|CVE-18|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-018}}CVE-18
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|
|-
|{{ship|Japanese battlecruiser|Amagi||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Amagi|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|1920–22 conversion from battlecruiser never completed.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Amagi||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1944–1945
|Sunk 29 July 1945 by aircraft
|-
|{{MV|Amastra||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 4
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|''Ameer''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|AVG-55
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed ''Alazon Bay'' 1943 after construction began.
|-
|{{HMS|Ameer|D01|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D01
|{{sclass|Ruler|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Baffins|CVE-35|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|America|CV-66|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-66
|{{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1965–1996
|
|-
|[[TCG Anadolu|''Anadolu'']]
|{{navy|Turkey}}
|L400
|
|STOVL amphibious warfare ship
|[[STOVL]]
|2023–present
|
|-
|{{MV|Ancylus||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 5
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|[[Italian aircraft carrier Cavour|''Andrea Doria'']]
|{{navy|Italy|name=Italian Navy}}
|550
|
| Aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed ''Cavour'' before construction began.
|-
|''Anguilla Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-096}}CVE-96
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Salamaua||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Antietam|CV-36|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-36
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1963
|1st carrier modified with angled flight deck, 1952.
|-
|{{USS|Anzio|CVE-57|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-057}}CVE-57
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-USS ''Coral Sea'', renamed to reuse name for CV-43.
|-
|{{ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Aquila||2}}
|{{navy|Italy|name=Italian Navy}}
|
| 
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|1941–1943 conversion from passenger liner never completed.
|-
|{{HMS|Arbiter|D31|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D31
|{{sclass|Ruler|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|St. Simon|CVE-51|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Archer|BAVG-1|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|BAVG-1
|{{sclass|Long Island|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Converted cargo ship. Became {{HMS|Archer|D78|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Archer|D78|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D78
|{{sclass|Long Island|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1941–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-USS ''Archer''.
|-
|{{HMS|Argus|I49|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|I49
|
|Fleet carrier
|
|1918–1929
|Converted ocean liner.
|-
|{{HMS|Ark Royal|91|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|091}}91
|
|Fleet carrier
|
|1939–1941
|Sunk by {{GS|U-81|1941|2}} on 13 November 1941
|-
|{{HMS|Ark Royal|R09|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R09
|{{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1955–1978
|Ex-''Irresistible''. First carrier commissioned with angled deck.
|-
|{{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R07
|{{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|1985–2011
|Ex-''Indomitable''.
|-
|''Arrogant''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1944, never completed.
|-
|{{ship|French aircraft carrier|Arromanches||2}}
|{{navy|France}}
|R95
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1974
|Ex-{{HMS|Colossus|R15|6}}, loaned (later sold) to France
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Aso||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Launched in 1944, never completed.
|-
|''Astrolabe Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-060}}CVE-60
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Guadalcanal|CVE-60|2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|''Astrolabe Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-097}}CVE-97
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Hollandia||2}} 1944 after launch.
|-
|{{HMS|Atheling|D51|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D51
|{{sclass|Ruler|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Glacier|CVE-33|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Attacker|D02|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D02
|{{sclass|Attacker|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Barnes|CVE-7|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Attu||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-102}}CVE-102
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Elbour Bay''.
|-
|''Audacious''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R05
|{{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1951–1972
|Renamed {{HMS|Eagle|R05|2}} 1946 while under construction.
|-
|{{HMS|Audacity|D10|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D10
|
|Escort carrier
|
|1941–1941
|Converted merchant ship, sunk by {{GS|U-751||2}}
|-
|''Auguilla Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-058}}CVE-58
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Corregidor||2}}1943 before launch.
|-
|''Avenger''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|BAVG-1
|{{sclass|Avenger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Avenger|D14|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Avenger|D14|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D14
|{{sclass|Avenger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1942
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2NotReturned>Transferred from the United States under the Lend Lease program.</ref> Sunk 15 November 1942 by {{GS|U-155|1941|2}}.
|-
|{{USS|Badoeng Strait||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-116}}CVE-116
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1957
|Ex-''San Alberto Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Baffins|CVE-35|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-035}}CVE-35
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Ameer|D01|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Bairoko||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-115
|{{nowrap|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1955
|Ex-''Portage Bay''.
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov|''Baku'']]
|{{navy|Soviet Union}}
|103
|{{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Aircraft cruiser
|[[VTOL]]
|1987–1991
||Renamed to ''Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov'' in 1991.
|-
|''Balinas''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-36
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Bolinas|CVE-36|2}} after launch because of misspelling.
|-
|{{USS|Barnes|CVE-7|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-007}}CVE-7
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1942
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Attacker|D02|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Barnes|CVE-20|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-020}}CVE-20
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Bastian|CVE-37|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-037}}CVE-37
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1942
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Trumpeter|D09|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Bastogne|CVE-124|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-124
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
|-
|{{USS|Bataan|CVL-29|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-29}}CVL-29
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1954
|
|-
|{{HMS|Battler|D18|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D18
|{{sclass|Attacker|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2>Transferred from the United States under the Lend Lease program. Returned to the US after World War II ended.</ref> Ex-{{USS|Altamaha|CVE-6|6}}.
|-
|BAVG-5
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|BAVG-5
|{{sclass|Charger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2NotReturned/> Became {{HMS|Dasher|D37|6}}.
|-
|data-sort-value="Bearn"|[[French aircraft carrier Béarn|''Béarn'']]
|{{navy|France}}
|
| 
|Fleet carrier
|
|1927–1948
|Converted battleship.
|-
|{{HMS|Begum|D38|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D38
|{{sclass|Ruler|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Bolinas|CVE-36|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Belleau Wood|CVL-24|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-24}}CVL-24
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1947
|To France as ''Bois Belleau''
|-
|{{USS|Bennington|CV-20|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-20
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1970
|
|-
|{{USS|Bismarck Sea||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-095}}CVE-95
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1945
|Ex-''Alikula Bay''. Sunk 21 February 1945 by [[kamikaze]] attack off [[Iwo Jima]]
|-
|''Biter''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|BAVG-23
|{{sclass|Avenger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2NotReturned/> Became {{HMS|Biter|D97|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Biter|D97|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D97
|{{sclass|Avenger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1940–1945
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2NotReturned/> To France as [[French aircraft carrier Dixmude|''Dixmude'']]
|-
|{{USS|Block Island|CVE-8|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-008}}CVE-8
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Converted freighter. Became HMS ''Trailer'', then {{HMS|Hunter|D80|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Block Island|CVE-21|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-021}}CVE-21
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1944
|Sunk 29 May 1944 by {{GS|U-549||2}}
|-
|{{USS|Block Island|CVE-106|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{nowrap|CVE-106}}
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1954
|Ex-''Sunset Bay'' (some sources say ''Sunset'').
|-
|{{USS|Bogue||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-009}}CVE-9
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|
|-
|[[French aircraft carrier Bois Belleau|''Bois Belleau'']]
|{{navy|France}}
|R97
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1953–1960
|Ex-{{USS|Belleau Wood|CVL-24|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Bolinas|CVE-36|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-036}}CVE-36
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|Ex-''Balinas''. <ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Begum|D38|6}}.
|-
|''Bon Homme Richard''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-10
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Yorktown|CV-10|2}} 1942 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Bon Homme Richard|CV-31|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-31
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1971
|
|-
|{{HMCS|Bonaventure|CVL 22|2}}
|{{navy|Canada|naval-1911|name=Canadian Navy}}
|CVL-22
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1957–1970
|Ex-incomplete HMS ''Powerful''.
|-
|{{USS|Bougainville|CVE-100|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-100}}CVE-100
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Didrickson Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Boxer|CV-21|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-21
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1969
|
|-
|{{USS|Breton|CVE-10|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-010}}CVE-10
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Chaser|D32|6}}
|-
|{{USS|Breton|CVE-23|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-023}}CVE-23
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|
|-
|''Bucareli Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-061}}CVE-61
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Manila Bay||2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|''Bucareli Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-098}}CVE-98
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Kwajalein||2}} 1944 before launch.
|-
|{{HMS|Bulwark|R08|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R08
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1954–1981
|Converted to commando carrier 1960
|-
|{{USS|Bunker Hill|CV-17|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-17
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1947
|
|-
|''Cabot''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-16
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|2}} 1942 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Cabot|CVL-28|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-28}}CVL-28
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1955
|To Spain as [[Spanish aircraft carrier Dédalo|''Dédalo'']]
|-
|{{HMS|Campania|D48|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D48
|{{sclass|Nairana|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1952
|Command ship for first British atomic bomb test
|-
|{{USS|Cape Esperance||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-088}}CVE-88
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1959
|Ex-''Tananek Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Cape Gloucester||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-109}}CVE-109
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1946
|Ex-''Willapa Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Card||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-011}}CVE-11
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Carl Vinson||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-70}}CVN-70
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke>Nuclear-powered.</ref>
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1982–present
|
|-
|{{USS|Carnegie|CVE-38|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-038}}CVE-38
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Empress|D42|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Casablanca||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-055}}CVE-55
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|Ex-''Alazon Bay''.
|-
|{{ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Cavour||2}}
|{{navy|Italy|name=Italian Navy}}
|550
|
| Aircraft carrier
|[[V/STOL]]
|2008–present
|Ex-''Andrea Doria''.
|-
|{{HMS|Centaur|R06|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R06
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1953–1965
|
|-
|[[HTMS Chakri Naruebet|''Chakri Naruebet'']]
|{{navy|Thailand|name=Thai Navy}}
|911
|{{sclass|Príncipe de Asturias|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|1997–present
|
|-
|''Chapin Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-061}}CVE-63
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Midway|CVE-63|2}} 1943 after construction began.
|-
|''Chapin Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-099}}CVE-99
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Admiralty Islands||2}} before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Charger|CVE-30|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-030}}CVE-30
|{{sclass|Charger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|Converted liner. Became HMS ''Charger'' 1942, returned to US two days later.
|-
|{{HMS|Charger|CVE-30|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D27
|{{sclass|Avenger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1942
|Ex-{{USS|Charger|CVE-30|2}}. Returned to US two days later.
|-
|{{ship|French aircraft carrier|Charles de Gaulle||2}}
|{{navy|France}}
|R91
|
|Fleet carrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|2001–present
|ex-''Richelieu''
|-
|{{HMS|Chaser|D32|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D32
|{{sclass|Attacker|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Breton|CVE-10|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Chatham|CVE-32|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-032}}CVE-32
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Slinger|D26|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Chenango|CVE-28|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-028}}CVE-28
|{{sclass|Sangamon|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|Converted oiler.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chigusa Maru||2}}
|{{army|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}}
|
|[[Yamashio Maru-class escort carrier|''Yamashio Maru'']]
|Escort carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|1944 tanker conversion, never completed.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chitose||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Chitose|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1942–1944
|Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off [[Leyte Gulf]].
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Chitose|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1943–1944
|Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off [[Leyte Gulf]].
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chūyō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Taiyō|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1942–1943
|Converted ocean liner, sunk by {{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|6}} 4 December 1943
|-
|{{ship|French aircraft carrier|Clemenceau||2}}
|{{navy|France}}
|R98
|{{sclass|Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1961–1997
|
|-
|{{HMS|Colossus|R15|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R15
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Loaned (later sold) to France as ''Arromanches''
|-
|{{nowrap|{{USS|Commencement Bay||2}}}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-105}}CVE-105
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1946
|Ex-''St. Joseph Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Constellation|CV-64|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-64
|{{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1961–2003
|
|-
|{{USS|Copahee||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-012}}CVE-12
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Coral Sea|CVE-57|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-057}}CVE-57
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1944
|Ex-''Alikula Bay''. Renamed {{USS|Anzio|CVE-57|2}} to re-use the name for CV-43.
|-
|{{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-43}}CVB-43
|{{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1947–1990
|
|-
|{{USS|Cordova|CVE-39|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-039}}CVE-39
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Khedive|D62|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Core||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-013}}CVE-13
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Corregidor||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-058}}CVE-58
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1958
|Ex-''Auguilla Bay''.
|-
|{{HMS|Courageous|50|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|050}}50
|{{sclass|Courageous|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1928–1939
|Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by {{GS|U-29|1936|2}}, 17 September 1939
|-
|{{USS|Cowpens|CVL-25|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-25}}CVL-25
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1947
|
|-
|{{USS|Croatan|CVE-14|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-014}}CVE-14
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Fencer|D64|6}}
|-
|{{USS|Croatan|CVE-25|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-025}}CVE-25
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|
|-
|''Crown Point''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-32
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Leyte|CV-32|2}} 1945 before launch.
|-
|CV-44
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-44
|{{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1943.
|-
|CV-50
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-50
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CV-51
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-51
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CV-52
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-52
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CV-53
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-53
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CV-54
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-54
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CV-55
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-55
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CVB-56
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-56}}CVB-56
|{{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CVB-57
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-57}}CVB-57
|{{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|CVE-128
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-128
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
|-
|CVE-129
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-129
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
|-
|CVE-130
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-130
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-131
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-131
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-132
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-132
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-133
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-133
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-134
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-134
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-135
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-135
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-136
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-136
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-137
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-137
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-138
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-138
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|CVE-139
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-139
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
|-
|''Daiju Maru''
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|[[Special 1TL Type escort carrier|Special 1TL Type]]
|Escort carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Tanker conversion. Cancelled 1945.
|-
|{{HMS|Dasher|D37|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D37
|{{sclass|Avenger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2NotReturned/> Ex-American BAVG-5. Sunk 27 March 1943 following explosion of unknown cause.
|-
|data-sort-value="Dedalo"|[[Spanish aircraft carrier Dédalo|''Dédalo'']]
|{{navy|Spain}}
|
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1967–1989
|Ex-{{USS|Cabot|CVL-28|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Delgada|CVE-40|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-040}}CVE-40
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Speaker|D90|6}}.
|-
|''Didrickson Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-064}}CVE-64
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Tripoli|CVE-64|2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|''Didrickson Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-100}}CVE-100
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Bougainville|CVE-100|2}} before construction began.
|-
|[[French aircraft carrier Dixmude|''Dixmude'']]
|{{navy|France}}
|
|{{sclass|Charger|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1966
|Ex-{{HMS|Biter|D97|6}}.
|-
|''Dolomi Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-065}}CVE-65
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Wake Island||2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|''Dolomi Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-101}}CVE-101
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Matanikau||2}} 1944 before launch.
|-
|''Duke of Edinburgh''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
| 
|''[[CVA-01]]''
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Planned 1960s fleet carrier, but never ordered.
|-
|{{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-69}}CVN-69
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1977–present
|
|-
|{{HMS|Eagle|1918|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|094}}94
| 
|Fleet carrier
|
|1924–1942
|Converted battleship. Sunk by {{GS|U-73|1940|2}}, 11 August 1942
|-
|''Eagle''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|
|{{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1944, cancelled 1946.
|-
|{{HMS|Eagle|R05|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R05
|{{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1951–1972
|Ex-''Audacious''.
|-
|{{USS|Edisto|CVE-41|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-041}}CVE-41
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Nabob|D77|6}}.
|-
|''Elbe''
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
|''[[Jade-class aircraft carrier|Jade]]''
|
|Auxiliary aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Liner conversion, cancelled 1943.
|-
|''Elbour Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-066}}CVE-66
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|White Plains|CVE-66|2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|''Elbour Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-102}}CVE-102
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Attu||2}} before construction began.
|-
|''Elephant''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1944, not completed until 1959 as {{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Emperor|D98|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D98
|{{sclass|Ruler|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Pybus|CVE-34|6}}.
|-
|''Emperor''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-067}}CVE-67
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed ''Nassuk Bay'' 1943 after construction began.
|-
|{{MV|Empire MacAlpine||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MH
|{{sclass2|Empire|grain carrier|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Grain>Converted Grain carrier with added deck and hangar, still carried cargo but reduced capacity.</ref> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{MV|Empire MacAndrew||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MK
|{{sclass2|Empire|grain carrier|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Grain /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{MV|Empire MacCabe||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|ML
|{{sclass2|Empire|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{MV|Empire MacCallum||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MN
|{{sclass2|Empire|grain carrier|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Grain /> Returned to commercial service
|-
| {{MV|Empire MacColl||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MB
|{{sclass2|Empire|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
| {{MV|Empire MacDermott||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MS
|{{sclass2|Empire|grain carrier|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1944–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Grain /> Returned to commercial service
|-
| {{MV|Empire MacKay||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MH
|{{sclass2|Empire|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
| {{MV|Empire MacKendrick||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MO
|{{sclass2|Empire|grain carrier|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Grain /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{MV|Empire MacMahon||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MJ
|{{sclass2|Empire|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{MV|Empire MacRae||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MU
|{{sclass2|Empire|grain carrier|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=Grain /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{HMS|Empress|D42|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D42
|{{sclass|Ruler|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Carnegie|CVE-38|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Eniwetok|CVE-125|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-125}}CVE-125
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Keel laid April 1945, cancelled before launch
|-
|{{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-06}}CV-6
|{{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1938–1947
|
|-
|{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-65}}CVN-65
|{{sclass|Enterprise|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|
|1961–2012
|First nuclear-powered carrier
|-
| {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-80|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-80}}CVN-80
|{{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Commissioning 2025.
|-
|{{USS|Essex|CV-9|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-09}}CV-9
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1942–1969
|
|-
|{{USS|Estero|CVE-42|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-042}}CVE-42
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Premier|D23|6}}.
|-
|[[Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero|''Falco'']]
|{{navy|Italy|name=Italian Navy}}
|
|
| Aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Liner conversion began 1942. Renamed {{ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Sparviero||2}} but never completed.
|-
|{{USS|Fanshaw Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-070}}CVE-70
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|
|-
|{{HMS|Fencer|D64|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D64
|{{sclass|Attacker|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Croatan|CVE-14|6}}.
|-
|[[Flugzeugträger B]]
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Started 1938, cancelled 1939. Proposed name was ''Peter Strasser''.
|-
|Flugzeugträger C
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
|-
|Flugzeugträger D
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
|-
|{{ship|French aircraft carrier|Foch||2}}
|{{navy|France}}
|R99
|{{sclass|Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1963–2000
|sold to Brazil as {{ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|São Paulo||2}}
|-
|{{HMS|Formidable|67|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|067}}67
|{{sclass|Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1940–1947
|
|-
|{{USS|Forrestal|CV-59|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-59
|{{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1955–1993
|First [[supercarrier]]
|-
|''Fortaleza Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-072}}CVE-72
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Fortazela Bay''. Renamed {{USS|Tulagi|CVE-72|2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|''Fortazela Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-072}}CVE-72
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed ''Fortaleza Bay'' 1943 before launch due to spelling error.
|-
|{{USS|Franklin|CV-13|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-13
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1947
|Badly damaged March 1945
|-
|{{USS|Franklin D. Roosevelt||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-42}}CVB-42
|{{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1945–1977
|
|-
|''Frosty Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-112}}CVE-112
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Siboney|CVE-112|2}} 1944 before launch.
|-
|{{HMS|Furious|47|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|047}}47
|{{sclass|Courageous|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1925–1945
|Converted battlecruiser.
|-
|{{MV|Gadila||2}}
|{{flag|Netherlands|name=Dutch Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 6
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{USS|Gambier Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-073}}CVE-73
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1944
|Sunk by Japanese gunfire at [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] 25 October 1944
|-
|{{USS|George H.W. Bush||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-77}}CVN-77
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|2009–present
|
|-
|{{USS|George Washington|CVN-73|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-73}}CVN-73
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1992–present
|
|-
|{{USS|Gerald R. Ford||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-78}}CVN-78
|{{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|2017–present
|In-service
|-
|{{HMS|Gibraltar|D68|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D68
|{{sclass|Malta|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
|-
|{{USS|Gilbert Islands||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-107}}CVE-107
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1955
|Ex-''St. Andrews Bay''. Converted to communication relay ship {{USS|Annapolis|AGMR-1|6}}
|-
|{{ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Giuseppe Garibaldi||2}}
|{{navy|Italy|name=Italian Navy}}
|551
|
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|1983–2024
|
|-
|{{USS|Glacier|CVE-33|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-033}}CVE-33
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Atheling|D51|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Glorious||2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|077}}77
|{{sclass|Courageous|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1930–1940
|Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} and {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}} 8 June 1940
|-
|{{HMS|Glory|R62|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R62
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1956
|
|-
|{{ship|German aircraft carrier|Graf Zeppelin||2}}
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
| 
|{{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Launched 1938, never completed.
|-
|{{USS|Guadalcanal|CVE-60|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-060}}CVE-60
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|Ex-''Astrolabe Bay''. Captured {{GS|U-505||2}}
|-
|{{USS|Hamlin|CVE-15|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-015}}CVE-15
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1942
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Stalker|D91|6}}
|-
|''Hancock''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-14
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Ticonderoga|CV-14|2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Hancock|CV-19|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-19
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1976
|Ex-''Ticonderoga'' (CV-19).
|-
|{{USS|Harry S. Truman||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-75}}CVN-75
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1998–present
|Ex-''United States''
|-
|{{HMS|Hercules|R49|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R49
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]] / [[STOVL]]
|{{n/a}}
|Launched 1945. To India 1957 and completed as {{INS|Vikrant|1961|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Hermes|95|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|095}}95
|
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]] / [[STOBAR]]
|1924–1942
|First purpose built carrier launched. Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft.
|-
|''Hermes''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1944, cancelled 1945.
|-
|{{HMS|Hermes|R12|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R12
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]] / [[STOVL]]
|1959–1984
|Ex-''Elephant''. To India as {{INS|Viraat}}
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1939–1942
|Sunk at [[Battle of Midway|Midway]]
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiyō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1942–1944
|Converted ocean liner, sunk at [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]]
|-
|''Hobart Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-113}}CVE-113
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Puget Sound|CVE-113|2}} 1944 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Hoggatt Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-075}}CVE-75
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Hollandia||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-097}}CVE-97
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1947
|Ex-''Astrolabe Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Hornet|CV-8|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-08}}CV-8
|{{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1941–1942
|Sunk in [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]].
|-
|{{USS|Hornet|CV-12|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-12
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1970
|Ex-''Kearsarge'' (CV-12). Museum at [[Alameda, California|Alameda, CA]].
|-
|data-sort-value="Hosho"|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1922–1946
|
|-
|{{HMS|Hunter|D80|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D80
|{{sclass|Attacker|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Block Island|CVE-8|6}}. Renamed from HMS ''Trailer''.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Ibuki|1943|2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Light carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Launched 1943, never completed.
|-
|I
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
| 
|
|Auxiliary aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Transport conversion, cancelled 1942.
|-
|II
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
| 
|
|Auxiliary aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cruiser conversion, cancelled 1943.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ikoma||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1944–1945
|Sunk in [[Kure]] dockyard 24 July 1945
|-
|{{HMS|Illustrious|87|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|087}}87
|{{sclass|Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1940–1954
|
|-
|{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R06
|{{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|1982–2014
|
|-
|{{HMS|Implacable |R86|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R86
|{{sclass|Implacable|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1954
|
|-
|{{HMS|Indefatigable|R10|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R10
|{{sclass|Implacable|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Independence|CVL-22|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-22}}CVL-22
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Independence|CV-62|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-62
|{{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1959–1998
|
|-
|[[ARA Independencia (1958)|''Independencia'']]
|{{navy|Argentina}}
|V-1
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1958–1970
|Ex-{{HMS|Warrior|R31|6}}
|-
|{{HMS|Indomitable|92|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|{{hs|092}}92
|{{sclass|Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1941–1953
|
|-
|''Indomitable''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R07
|{{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|2}} before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-11
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1974
|Museum in [[New York City, NY|New York City]].
|-
|{{HMS|Invincible|R05|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R05
|{{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|1980–2005
|
|-
|''Irresitible''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R09
|{{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{HMS|Ark Royal|R09|2}} before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Iwo Jima|CV-46|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-46
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1945, but never completed.
|-
|{{JS|Izumo||2}}
|{{navy|Japan|name=Japan Maritime Self-defense Force}}
|DDH-183
|{{sclass|Izumo|multi-purpose destroyer|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|2015–present
|Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
|-
|''Jade''
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
|''[[Jade-class aircraft carrier|Jade]]''
|
|Auxiliary aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Proposed liner conversion, cancelled 1942.
|-
|{{USS|Jamaica|CVE-43|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-043}}CVE-43
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Shah|D21|6}}.
|-
|[[French aircraft carrier Joffre|''Joffre'']]
|{{navy|France}}
|
|{{sclass|Joffre|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Under construction 1938–1940, but never completed.
|-
|{{USS|John C. Stennis||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-74}}CVN-74
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1995–present
|
|-
|{{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-67
|Modified {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}}/<br>John F. Kennedy
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1968–2007
|
|-
|{{USS|John F. Kennedy|CVN-79|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-79}}CVN-79
|{{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Under construction, planned commissioning 2024
|-
|[[Spanish ship Juan Carlos I (L61)|''Juan Carlos I'']]
|{{navy|Spain}}
|L61
|{{sclass|Juan Carlos I|aircraft carrier|5}}
|STOVL amphibious warfare ship
|[[STOVL]]
|2010–present
|
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Jun'yō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1942–1946
|Converted ocean liner.
|-
|{{USS|Kadashan Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-076}}CVE-76
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1928–1942
|Converted battleship. Sunk at [[Battle of Midway|Midway]]
|-
|{{JS|Kaga||2}}
|{{navy|Japan|name=Japan Maritime Self-defense Force}}
|DDH–184
|{{sclass|Izumo|multi-purpose destroyer|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|2017–present
|Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
|-
|''Kaimon''
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as ''Kurama''.
|-
|''Kaita Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-078}}CVE-78
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Savo Island||2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaiyō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Escort carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|1943–1945
|Converted ocean liner. Sunk at Beppu Bay 24 July 1945.
|-
|{{USS|Kalinin Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-068}}CVE-68
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|
|-
|''Kanalku Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-077}}CVE-77
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Marcus Island||2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|{{HNLMS|Karel Doorman|QH1|2}}
|{{nowrap|{{navy|Netherlands|name=Dutch Navy}}}}
|QH1
|{{sclass|Nairana|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1946–1948
|Ex-{{HMS|Nairana|D05|6}}.
|-
|{{HNLMS|Karel Doorman|R81|2}}
|{{navy|Netherlands|name=Dutch Navy}}
|R81
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1948–1968
|Ex-HMS ''Venerable''. To Argentina as [[ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2)|''Veinticinco de Mayo'']] 1969.
|-
|{{USS|Kasaan Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-069}}CVE-69
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kasagi||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Launched 1944, but never completed.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Katsuragi||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Launched 1944, but never completed.
|-
|''Kearsarge''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-12
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|2}} 1942 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Kearsarge|CV-33|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-33
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1970
|
|-
|{{USS|Keweenaw|CVE-44|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-044}}CVE-44
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Patroller|D07|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Khedive|D62|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D62
|{{sclass|Ruler|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Cordova|CVE-39|6}}.
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev|''Kiev'']]
|{{navy|Russia}} <br> {{navy|Soviet Union}}
|075
|{{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[VTOL]]
|1975–1993
|Currently an attraction at Tianjin Binhai theme park in China
|-
|{{USS|Kitkun Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-071}}CVE-71
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-63
|{{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1961–2009
|
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk|''Kremlin'']]
|{{navy|Soviet Union}}
|
|{{sclass|Ulyanovsk|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed [[Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk|''Ulyanovsk'']] before construction began, never completed.
|-
|{{USS|Kula Gulf||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-108}}CVE-108
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1969
|Ex-''Vermillion Bay''.
|-
|''Kurama''
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as ''Kaimon''.
|-
|{{USS|Kwajalein||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-098}}CVE-98
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Bucareli Bay''.
|-
|{{ship|French aircraft carrier|La Fayette||2}}
|{{navy|France}}
|R96
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1951–1963
|Ex-{{USS|Langley|CV-27|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Lake Champlain|CV-39|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-39
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1966
|
|-
|{{USS|Langley|CV-1|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-01}}CV-1
|
|Light carrier
|
|1922–1938
|Converted to seaplane tender. Scuttled 27 February 1942 after being damaged by [[Aichi D3A|dive bombers]].
|-
|{{USS|Langley|CV-27|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-27}}CVL-27
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1947
|To France as ''La Fayette''.
|-
|[[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov|''Leonid Brezhnev'']]
|{{navy|Russia}}
|
|{{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Riga''. Renamed ''Tbilisi'' after launch in 1985.
|-
|''Leviathan''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R97
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Launched 1945, but never completed.
|-
|{{USS|Lexington|CV-2|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-02}}CV-2
|{{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1927–1942
|Sunk by enemy action on 8 May 1942 during [[Battle of the Coral Sea]].
|-
|{{USS|Lexington|CV-16|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-16
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1991
|Ex-''Cabot'' (CV-16). Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas
|-
|{{USS|Leyte|CV-32|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-32
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1959
|Ex-''Crown Point'' (CV-32).
|-
|[[Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning|''Liaoning'']]
|{{navy|China|name=Chinese Navy}}
|{{hs|016}}16
|[[Type 001 aircraft carrier|Type 001]]
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|2012–present
|Ex-incomplete ''Varyag'' from Ukraine 1998.
|-
|{{USS|Lingayen|CVE-126|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-126}}CVE-126
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1945, but never completed.
|-
|{{USS|Liscome Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-056}}CVE-56
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1943
|Sunk by {{Jsub|I-175||2}} 24 November 1943
|-
|{{USS|Long Island|CVE-1|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-001}}CVE-1
|{{sclass|Long Island|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1941–1946
|
|-
|[[Italian aircraft carrier Cavour|''Luigi Einaudi'']]
|{{navy|Italy|name=Italian Navy}}
|550
|
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed ''Andrea Doria'' before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Lunga Point||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-094}}CVE-94
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Alazon Bay''.
|-
|{{MV|Macoma||2}}
|{{flag|Netherlands|name=Dutch Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 7
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|''Magnificent''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Completed for Canada as {{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|6}}. Returned to UK 1956.
|-
|{{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|2}}
|{{navy|Canada|naval-1911|name=Canadian Navy}}
|CVL-21
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1948–1956
|Ex-HMS ''Magnificent''. Returned to UK 1956.
|-
|{{HMS|Majestic|R77|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R77
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Completed for Australia as {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Makassar Strait|CVE-91|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-091}}CVE-91
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Ulitaka Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Makin Island|CVE-93|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-093}}CVE-93
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Woodcliff Bay''.
|-
|{{HMS|Malta|D93|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D93
|{{sclass|Malta|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
|-
|{{USS|Manila Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-061}}CVE-61
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|Ex-''Bucareli Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Marcus Island||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-077}}CVE-77
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Kanalku Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Matanikau|CVE-101|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-101}}CVE-101
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Dolomi Bay''.
|-
|''McClure''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-045}}CVE-45
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Prince|CVE-45|2}} 1942 before construction began.
|-
|{{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|2}}
|{{navy|Australia|name=Royal Australian Navy}}
|R21
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1955–1982
|ex-{{HMS|Majestic|R77|6}} completed for Royal Australian Navy.
|-
|{{USS|Midway|CVE-63|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-061}}CVE-63
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Chapin Bay''. Renamed {{USS|St. Lo||6}} to free name for CV-41
|-
|{{USS|Midway|CV-41|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-41}}CVB-41
|{{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1945–1992
|Museum in [[San Diego|San Diego, CA]]
|-
|[[Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais|''Minas Gerais'']]
|{{navy|Brazil}}
|A11
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1960–2001
|<ref group=notes name=Vengeance>{{HMS|Vengeance|R71|6}} loaned to Australia from 1952 to 1956 as {{HMAS|Vengeance|R71|6}}, sold to Brazil 1956 as [[Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais|''Minas Gerais'']].</ref>
|-
|{{USS|Mindoro|CVE-120|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-120}}CVE-120
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1955
|
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk|''Minsk'']]
|{{navy|Russia}} <br> {{navy|Soviet Union}}
|025/011
|{{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[VTOL]]
|1978–1993
|Currently a tourist attraction in Shenzhen, China.
|-
|{{MV|Miralda||2}}
|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}}
|MAC 8
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{USS|Mission Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-059}}CVE-59
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1958
|
|-
|''Monmouth''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|96
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|{{USS|Monterey|CV-26|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-26}}CVL-26
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1956
|
|-
|''Mosser Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-114}}CVE-114
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed ''Willamette'' after launch. 
|-
|{{USS|Munda||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-104}}CVE-104
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Tonowek Bay''.
|-
|{{HMS|Nabob|D77|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D77
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1944
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Edisto|CVE-41|6}}. Canadian crew.
|-
|{{HMS|Nairana|D05|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D05
|{{sclass|Nairana|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|To Netherlands as {{HNLMS|Karel Doorman|QH1|6}}
|-
|{{USS|Nassau|CVE-16|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-016}}CVE-16
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|
|-
|''Nassuk Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-067}}CVE-67
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Emperor''. Renamed {{USS|Solomons||2}} 1943 after launch.
|-
|{{USS|Natoma Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-062}}CVE-62
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Nehenta Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-074}}CVE-74
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{HMS|New Zealand|D43|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D43
|{{sclass|Malta|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
|-
|{{USS|Niantic|CVE-46|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-046}}CVE-46
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Ranee|D03|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Nimitz||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-68}}CVN-68
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1975–present
|
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk|''Novorossiysk'']]
|{{navy|Russia}} <br> {{navy|Soviet Union}}
|137
|{{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[VTOL]]
|1982–1993
|
|-
|{{HMS|Ocean|R68|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R68
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1960
|
|-
|{{USS|Okinawa|CVE-127|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-127}}CVE-127
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
|-
|{{USS|Ommaney Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-079}}CVE-79
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1945
|Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 4 January 1945.
|-
|''Oriskany''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-18
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Wasp|CV-18|2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Oriskany|CV-34|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-34
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1950–1975
|Florida artificial reef in 2006.
|-
|''Otakisan Maru''
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|[[Special 1TL Type escort carrier|Special 1TL Type]]
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Tanker conversion. Launched 1945 but never completed.
|-
|[[French aircraft carrier Painlevé|''Painlevé'']]
|{{navy|France}}
|
|{{sclass|Joffre|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Planned for 1938, never laid down
|-
|{{USS|Palau||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-122}}CVE-122
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1946–1954
|
|-
|{{HMS|Patroller|D07|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D07
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1947
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Keweenaw|CVE-44|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Perdido|CVE-47|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-047}}CVE-47
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1944
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Trouncer|D85|6}}.
|-
|''Peter Strasser''
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|See Flugzeugträger B.
|-
|{{USS|Petrof Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-080}}CVE-80
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Philippine Sea|CV-47|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-47
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1958
|
|-
|{{USS|Point Cruz||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-119}}CVE-119
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1956
|Ex-''Trocadero Bay''.
|-
|''Polyphemus''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|57
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
|-
|''Portage Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CVE-115
|{{nowrap|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Bairoko||2}} before construction began.
|-
|{{HMS|Powerful|R95|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R95
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Completed for Canada as HMCS ''Bonaventure''
|-
|{{HMS|Premier|D23|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D23
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Estero|CVE-42|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Pretoria Castle|F61|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|F61
|
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|Converted armed merchant cruiser.
|-
|{{USS|Prince|CVE-45|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-045}}CVE-45
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Ex-''McClure''. Became {{HMS|Rajah|D10|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Prince of Wales|R09|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R09
|{{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[STOVL]]
|2019–present
|Commissioned 10 December 2019
|-
|{{USS|Prince William|CVE-19|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-019}}CVE-19
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Striker|D12|6}}
|-
|{{USS|Prince William|CVE-31|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-031}}CVE-31
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|
|-
| {{USS|Princeton|CVL-23|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-23}}CVL-23
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1944
|Sunk 24 October 1944 at [[Battle of Leyte Gulf|Leyte Gulf]]
|-
|{{USS|Princeton|CV-37|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-37
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1970
|
|-
|[[Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias|''Principe de Asturias'']]
|{{navy|Spain}}
|R-11
|{{sclass|Príncipe de Asturias|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|1988–2013
|
|-
|{{USS|Puget Sound|CVE-113|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-113}}CVE-113
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1946
|Ex-''Hobart Bay''.
|-
|{{HMS|Puncher|D79|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D79
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Willapa|CVE-53|6}}. Canadian crew.
|-
|{{HMS|Pursuer|D73|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D73
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|St. George|CVE-17|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Pybus|CVE-34|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-034}}CVE-34
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Emperor|D98|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Queen|D19|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D19
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1947
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|St. Andrews|CVE-49|6}}.
|-
|''Queen Elizabeth''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
| 
|''[[CVA-01]]''
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Announced 1963, cancelled 1966 before work started.
|-
|{{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|R08|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R08
|{{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[STOVL]]
|2017–present
||Commissioned 7 December 2017
|-
|{{USS|Rabaul||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-121}}CVE-121
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Completed but never commissioned.
|-
|{{HMS|Rajah|D10|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D10
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1947
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Prince|CVE-45|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Randolph|CV-15|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-15
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1969
|
|-
|{{HMS|Ranee|D03|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D03
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1947
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Niantic|CVE-46|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Ranger|CV-4|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-04}}CV-4
|
|Fleet carrier
|
|1934–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Ranger|CV-61|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-61
|{{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1957–1993
|
|-
|{{MV|Rapana||2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|MAC 9
|{{sclass|Rapana|oil tanker|5}}
|Merchant aircraft carrier
|
|1942–1946
|<ref group=notes name=Oil /> Returned to commercial service
|-
|{{HMS|Ravager|D70|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D70
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> 
|-
|{{HMS|Reaper|D82|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D82
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Winjah|CVE-54|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Rendova||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-114}}CVE-114
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1955
|Ex-''Willamette''.
|-
|''Reprisal''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-30}}CVL-30
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|San Jacinto|CVL-30|2}} 1942 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Reprisal|CV-35|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-35
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Started 1944, cancelled 1945.
|-
|''Richelieu''
|{{navy|France}}
|
|
|Fleet carrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed [[French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91)|''Charles De Gaulle'']] before construction began.
|-
|''Richelieu ([[French aircraft carrier PA2|PA2]])''
|{{navy|France}}
|
|Modified {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|5}}
|[[Supercarrier]]
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Cancelled 2013 before construction began.
|-
|[[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov|''Riga'']]
|{{navy|Russia}}
|
|{{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed ''Leonid Brezhnev'' after construction began in 1982.
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag|''Riga'']]
|{{navy|Soviet Union}}
|
|{{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed to ''[[Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning|Varyag]]'' in 1990 after construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Roi||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-103}}CVE-103
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Alava Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Ronald Reagan||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-76}}CVN-76
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|2003–present
|
|-
|{{USS|Rudyerd Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-081}}CVE-81
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{HMS|Ruler|D72|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D72
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|St. Joseph|CVE-50|6}}.
|-
|data-sort-value="Ryuho"|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūhō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Light carrier
|
|1942–1945
|Converted submarine tender. Severely damage by aircraft March 1945 not repaired
|-
|data-sort-value="Ryujo"|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Light carrier
|
|1933–1942
|Sunk by aircraft during [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]]
|-
|{{USS|Sable|IX-81|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|IX-81
|
|Training carrier
|
|1943–1945
|Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
|-
|{{USS|Saginaw Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-082}}CVE-82
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Saidor||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-117}}CVE-117
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1947
|Ex-''Saltery Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Saipan|CVL-48|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-48}}CVL-48
|{{sclass|Saipan|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1946–1965
|
|-
|{{USS|Salamaua||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-096}}CVE-96
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Anguilla Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Salerno Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-110}}CVE-110
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1954
|Ex-''Winjah Bay''.
|-
|''Saltery Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-117}}CVE-117
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Saidor||2}} 1944 before construction began.
|-
|''San Alberto Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-116}}CVE-116
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Badoeng Strait||2}} before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|San Jacinto|CVL-30|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-30}}CVL-30
|{{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1943–1947
|Ex-''Reprisal'' (CVL-30).
|-
|''Sandy Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-118}}CVE-118
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Sicily||2}} 1944 before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Sangamon|CVE-26|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-026}}CVE-26
|{{sclass|Sangamon|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1945
|Converted oiler.
|-
|{{USS|Santee|CVE-29|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-029}}CVE-29
|{{sclass|Sangamon|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|Converted oiler.
|-
|data-sort-value="Sao Paulo"|{{ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|São Paulo||2}}
|{{navy|Brazil}}
|A12
|{{sclass|Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|2000–2017
|Ex-{{ship|French aircraft carrier|Foch||2}}.
|-
|{{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-03}}CV-3
|{{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1927–1946
|Expended as a target ship in the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests.
|-
|{{USS|Saratoga|CV-60|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-60
|{{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1956–1994
|
|-
|{{USS|Sargent Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-083}}CVE-83
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|{{USS|Savo Island||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-078}}CVE-78
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|Ex-''Kaita Bay''.
|-
|{{HMS|Searcher|D40|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D40
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> 
|- <!-- for Seydlitz see Weser-->
|{{HMS|Shah|D21|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D21
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Jamaica|CVE-43|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Shamrock Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-084}}CVE-84
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|-
|{{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Shandong||2}}
|{{navy|China|name=Chinese Navy}}
|{{hs|017}}17
|[[Type 002 aircraft carrier|Type 002]]
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|2019–present
|First domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier.
|-
|{{USS|Shangri-La|CV-38|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-38
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1971
|
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shimane Maru||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|[[Special 1TL Type escort carrier|Special 1TL Type]]
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1945
|Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinano||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Fleet carrier
|
|1944–1944
|Converted {{sclass|Yamato|battleship|2}}. Sunk by {{USS|Archerfish|SS-311|6}} 29 November 1944.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shin'yō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1944
|Converted ocean liner, sunk by {{USS|Spadefish|SS-411|6}} on 17 November 1944.
|-
|{{USS|Shipley Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-085}}CVE-85
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Shoho"|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōhō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Zuihō|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1941–1942
|Sunk by aircraft at [[Battle of the Coral Sea|Coral Sea]]
|-
|data-sort-value="Shokaku"|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Shōkaku|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1941–1944
|Sunk by {{USS|Cavalla|SS-244|6}} 19 June 1944
|-
|{{USS|Siboney|CVE-112|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-112}}CVE-112
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1956
|Ex-''Frosty Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Sicily||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-118}}CVE-118
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1954
|Ex-''Sandy Bay''.
|-
|{{USS|Sitkoh Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-086}}CVE-86
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946<br />1950–1954
|
|-
|{{HMS|Slinger|D26|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D26
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Chatham|CVE-32|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Smiter|D55|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D55
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Vermillion|CVE-52|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Solomons||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-067}}CVE-67
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|Ex-''Nassuk Bay''.
|-
|data-sort-value="Soryu"|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Sōryū||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|
|Fleet carrier
|
|1937–1942
|Sunk at [[Battle of Midway|Midway]] 4 June 1942
|-
|{{ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Sparviero||2}}
|{{navy|Italy|name=Italian Navy}}
|
|
| Aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Falco'', never completed.
|-
|{{HMS|Speaker|D90|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D90
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Delgada|CVE-40|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|St. Andrews|CVE-49|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-049}}CVE-49
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Queen|D19|6}}.
|-
|''St. Andrews Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-107}}CVE-107
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Gilbert Islands||2}} 1944 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|St. George|CVE-17|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-017}}CVE-17
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Pursuer|D73|6}}
|-
|{{USS|St. Joseph|CVE-50|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-050}}CVE-50
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Ruler|D72|6}}.
|-
|''St. Joseph Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-105}}CVE-105
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{nowrap|{{USS|Commencement Bay||2}}}} 1944 after launch.
|-
|{{USS|St. Lo||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-063}}CVE-63
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1944
|Ex-{{USS|Midway|CVE-63|6}}, renamed to use name for CV-41. Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 25 October 1944.
|-
|{{USS|St. Simon|CVE-51|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-051}}CVE-51
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Arbiter|D31|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Stalker|D91|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D91
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1945
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Hamlin|CVE-15|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Steamer Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-087}}CVE-87
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1947
|
|-
|{{HMS|Striker|D12|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D12
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> ex-{{USS|Prince William|CVE-19|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Sunset|CVE-48|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-048}}CVE-48
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Thane|D48|6}}.
|-
|''Sunset Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{nowrap|CVE-106}}
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Some sources say the name was ''Sunset''. Renamed {{USS|Block Island|CVE-106|2}} 1944 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Suwannee|CVE-27|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-027}}CVE-27
|{{sclass|Sangamon|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1946
|Converted oiler.
|-
|{{HMAS|Sydney|R17|2}}
|{{navy|Australia|name=Royal Australian Navy}}
|R17
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1948–1958
|ex-{{HMS|Terrible|R93|6}} completed for Royal Australian Navy.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taihō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Taihō|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1944–1944
|Sunk in the [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]], 19 June 1944
|-
|''Taisha Maru''
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|[[Special 1TL Type escort carrier|Special 1TL Type]]
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Proposed tanker conversion. Cancelled 1944.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taiyō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Taiyō|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1941–1944
|Converted ocean liner. Sunk by {{USS|Rasher|SS-269|6}} 18 August 1944
|-
|{{USS|Takanis Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-089}}CVE-89
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1946
|
|-
|''Tananek Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-088}}CVE-88
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Cape Esperance||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Tarawa|CV-40|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-40
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1960
|
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov|''Tbilisi'']]
|{{navy|Soviet Union}}
|113
|{{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Aircraft cruiser
|
|{{n/a}}
|ex-''Leonid Brezhnev''. Renamed ''Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Sozuya Kuznetzov'' 1990.
|-
|{{HMS|Terrible|R93|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R93
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Completed for Australia as {{HMAS|Sydney|R17|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Thane|D48|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D48
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1945
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Sunset|CVE-48|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-71}}CVN-71
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1986–present
|
|-
|{{HMS|Theseus|R64|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R64
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1956
|
|-
|{{USS|Thetis Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-090}}CVE-90
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1964
|
|-
|''Ticonderoga''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-19
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Hancock|CV-19|2}} 1943 before launch.
|-
|{{USS|Ticonderoga|CV-14|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-14
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1973
|Ex-''Hancock'' (CV-14).
|-
|{{USS|Tinian||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-123}}CVE-123
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Completed 1946, but never commissioned
|-
|''Tonowek Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-104}}CVE-104
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Munda||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|''Totem Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-111}}CVE-111
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Vella Gulf|CVE-111|2}} 1944 before launch.
|-
|{{HMS|Tracker|D24|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D24
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> 
|-
|''Trailer''
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D80
|{{sclass|Attacker|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1943
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Block Island|CVE-8|6}}. Renamed to {{HMS|Hunter|D80|6}} 1943.
|-
|{{USS|Tripoli|CVE-64|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-064}}CVE-64
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1958
|Ex-''Didrickson Bay''.
|-
|{{HMS|Triumph|R16|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R16
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1975
|
|-
|''Trocadero Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-119}}CVE-119
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Point Cruz||2}} 1944 before construction began.
|-
|{{HMS|Trouncer|D85|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D85
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1944–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Perdido|CVE-47|6}}.
|-
|{{HMS|Trumpeter|D09|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D09
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1946
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease2 /> Ex-{{USS|Bastian|CVE-37|6}}.
|-
|{{USS|Tulagi||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-072}}CVE-72
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|Ex-''Fortaleza Bay''.
|-
|{{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Fujian||2}}
|{{navy|China|name=Chinese Navy}}
|{{hs|018}}18
|[[Type 003 aircraft carrier|Type 003]]
| Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|2025–present
|
|-
|[[Type 004 aircraft carrier|Type 004]]
|{{navy|China|name=Chinese Navy}}
|
|[[Type 004 aircraft carrier|Type 004]]
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Under preliminary stages of construction. Planned for commission by late 2020s.
|-
|''Ulitaka Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-091}}CVE-91
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Makassar Strait||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk|''Ulyanovsk'']]
|{{navy|Soviet Union}}
|
|{{sclass|Ulyanovsk|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Kremlin''. Under construction 1988–1991, never completed.
|-
|{{HMS|Unicorn|I72|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|I72
|
|Light aircraft carrier,<br />Aircraft repair ship
|
|1943–1946, 1949–1953
|
|-
|{{USS|United States |CVA-58|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-58}}CVA-58
|{{sclass|United States|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Laid down 18 April 1949, cancelled five days later.
|-
|''United States''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-75}}CVN-75
|{{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Supercarrier<ref group=notes name=Nuke />
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Harry S. Truman||2}} 1992 after launch.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Unryū||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1944–1944
|Sunk by {{USS|Redfish|SS-395|6}} on 19 December 1944
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Un'yō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Taiyō|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1942–1944
|Sunk by {{USS|Barb|SS-220|6}} 17 September 1944
|-
|{{USS|Valley Forge|CV-45|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-45
||{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1970
|
|-
|[[Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag|''Varyag'']]
|{{navy|Soviet Union}}
|
|{{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Riga''. To Ukraine 1992 while still under construction. Construction cancelled 1995. To China as ''[[Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning|Liaoning]]'' 1998.
|-
|[[ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2)|''Veinticinco de Mayo'']]
|{{navy|Argentina}}
|V-2
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1968–1997
|Ex-Dutch ''Karel Doorman'' (R81) 1969.
|-
|{{USS|Vella Gulf|CVE-111|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-111}}CVE-111
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1946
|Ex-''Totem Bay''.
|-
|{{HMS|Venerable|R63|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R63
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1947
|To Netherlands as {{HNLMS|Karel Doorman|R81|2}} 1948.
|-
|{{HMS|Vengeance|R71|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R71
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1952
|<ref group=notes name=Vengeance />
|-
|{{HMAS|Vengeance|R71|2}}
|{{navy|Australia|name=Royal Australian Navy}}
|R71
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1952–1955
|<ref group=notes name=Vengeance /> On loan from the Royal Navy
|-
|[[French aircraft carrier Verdun|''Verdun'']]
|{{navy|France}}
|
|
|Attack carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Never laid down, cancelled 1961
|-
|{{USS|Vermillion|CVE-52|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-052}}CVE-52
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Smiter|D55|6}}.
|-
|''Vermillion Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-108}}CVE-108
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Kula Gulf||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|{{HMS|Victorious|R38|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R38
|{{sclass|Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1941–1968
|
|-
|{{INS|Vikramaditya||2}}
|{{navy|India}}
|R33
|{{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|2013–present
|ex-Russian ''[[Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier|Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Suzuya Gorshkov]]''.
|-
|{{INS|Vikrant|1961|2}}
|{{navy|India}}
|R11
|{{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]] / [[STOVL]]
|1961–1997
|Ex-{{HMS|Hercules|R49|6}} completed for India.
|-
|{{INS|Vikrant|2013|2}}
|{{navy|India}}
|IAC-I
|
| Aircraft carrier
|[[STOBAR]]
|2022–present
|Commissioned in 2022
|-
|{{HMS|Vindex|D15|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|D15
|{{sclass|Nairana|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1947
|
|-
|{{INS|Viraat||2}}
|{{navy|India}}
|R22
|{{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[STOVL]]
|1987–2017
|ex-{{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}}.
|-
|{{INS|Vishal||2}}
|{{navy|India}}
|IAC-II
|
|[[Supercarrier]]
|
|{{n/a}}
|Planned. Scheduled to commission in 2025.
|-
|{{USS|Wake Island||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-065}}CVE-65
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|Ex-''Dolomi Bay''.
|-
|{{HMCS|Warrior|R31|2}}
|{{navy|Canada|naval-1911|name=Canadian Navy}}
|R31
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1946–1948
|Ex-{{HMS|Warrior|R31|6}}. Returned to UK.
|-
|{{HMS|Warrior|R31|2}}
|{{navy|United Kingdom}}
|R31
|{{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1945–1946, 1948–1958
|To Canada as {{HMCS|Warrior|R31|6}}. Returned to UK and thence to Argentina as ''Independencia''.
|-
|{{USS|Wasp|CV-7|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-07}}CV-7
|{{sclass|Wasp|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1940–1942
|Sunk 15 September 1942.
|-
|{{USS|Wasp|CV-18|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-18
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1972
|Ex-''Oriskany''.
|-
|[[German cruiser Seydlitz|''Weser'']]
|{{navy|Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}}
|
|
| Aircraft carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|1942–1943 cruiser conversion, never completed.
|-
|{{USS|White Plains|CVE-66|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-066}}CVE-66
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1946
|Ex-''Elbour Bay''.
|-
|''Willamette''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-114}}CVE-114
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Ex-''Mosser Bay''. Renamed {{USS|Rendova||2}} at commissioning.
|-
|{{USS|Willapa|CVE-53|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-053}}CVE-53
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|1943–1944
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Puncher|D79|6}}.
|-
|''Willapa Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-109}}CVE-109
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Cape Gloucester||2}} 1944 after construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Windham Bay||2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-092}}CVE-92
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1944–1959
|
|-
|{{USS|Winjah|CVE-54|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-054}}CVE-54
|{{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|<ref group=notes name=LendLease /> Became {{HMS|Reaper|D82|6}}.
|-
|''Winjah Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-110}}CVE-110
|{{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Salerno Bay||2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Wolverine|IX-64|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|IX-64
|
|Training carrier
|
|1942–1945
|Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
|-
|''Woodcliff Bay''
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CVE-093}}CVE-93
|{{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|5}}
|Escort carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|{{n/a}}
|Renamed {{USS|Makin Island|CVE-93|2}} 1943 before construction began.
|-
|{{USS|Wright|CVL-49|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-49}}CVL-49
|{{sclass|Saipan|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1947–1970
|
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Yamashiro Maru||2}}
|{{army|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}}
|
|[[Special 2TL Type escort carrier|Special 2TL Type]]
|Escort carrier
|
|1945–1945
|Tanker conversion. Sunk by aircraft 17 February 1945
|-
|{{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|{{hs|CV-05}}CV-5
|{{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier|5}}
| Aircraft carrier
|
|1937–1942
|Sunk 7 June 1942 at [[Battle of Midway|Midway]] after air and sub attacks.
|-
|{{USS|Yorktown|CV-10|2}}
|{{navy|United States|name=US Navy}}
|CV-10
|{{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|[[CATOBAR]]
|1943–1970
|Ex-''Bon Homme Richard''. Museum at [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina|Mount Pleasant, SC]]
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuihō||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Zuihō|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Light carrier
|
|1940–1944
|Converted oiler, sunk by aircraft at [[Battle of Leyte Gulf|Leyte Gulf]] 25 October 1944
|-
|{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}}
|{{navy|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}}
|
|{{sclass|Shōkaku|aircraft carrier|5}}
|Fleet carrier
|
|1941–1944
|Sunk by aircraft at [[Battle of Leyte Gulf|Leyte Gulf]] 25 October 1944
|-
|''Zuiun Maru''
|{{army|Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}}
|
|[[Special 2TL Type escort carrier|Special 2TL Type]]
|Escort carrier
|
|{{n/a}}
|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]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
* Data for Japanese carriers from: {{cite book|last=Francillon|first=Rene|title=Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War|year=1979|publisher=Putnam|location=London|isbn=0-370-30251-6}}

===Notes===
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===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|last=Francillon|first=Rene|title=Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War|year=1979|publisher=Putnam & Company Limited|location=London|isbn=0-370-30251-6}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Gröner
  | first = Erich
  |author-link=Erich Gröner
  | year = 1990
  | title = German Warships: 1815–1945
  | volume = I: Major Surface Vessels
  | publisher = Naval Institute Press
  | location = Annapolis
  | isbn = 978-0-87021-790-6
  }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/ |publisher=Haze Gray & Underway |title=World Aircraft Carrier Lists}}
* {{cite book | last=Busquets | first=C. |author2=Campanera, A. |author3=Coello, J.L. |title=Los portaaviones españoles | publisher=Agualarga Editores | year=1994 | isbn=84-88959-02-8 | language=es}}

==Further reading==
* 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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