List of aircraft carriers

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  Countries currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers (8)

  Countries currently operating solely helicopter carriers (7)

  Historical operators of carriers (4)

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Various aircraft carriers from around the world

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Four modern aircraft carriers of various types; (United States Navy), Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), (US Navy), (Royal Navy) and escort vessels, 2002

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

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

Not included in this list are the following:

• Aircraft cruisers, also known as aviation cruisers, cruiser-carriers, flight deck cruisers, and hybrid battleship-carriers, which combine the characteristics of aircraft carriers and surface warfare ships, because they primarily operated helicopters or floatplanes and did not act as a floating airbase. Examples include the British s, Japanese s, French cruiser , Soviet s, and Italian 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 s or British s are included however.
• Amphibious assault ships, also known as commando carriers, assault carriers, helicopter carriers, landing helicopter assault ships, landing helicopter docks, landing platform docks, and landing platform helicopters. Although they have flight decks and look like aircraft carriers, they primarily operate helicopters and do not act as a floating airbase. Examples include the US Wasp-class assault ships, Brazilian NAM Atlântico (A140), and French .
• Landing craft carriers, such as Japanese and , which were modified amphibious landing ships, with limited aircraft carrier capabilities.
• Drone carriers
• Catapult aircraft merchantmen, merchant ships which carried cargo and an aircraft catapult (no flight deck).
• Escort carriers, usually converted merchant ships, see separate List of escort carriers by country.
• Merchant aircraft carriers, cargo-carrying merchant ships with a full flight deck.
• Seaplane tenders and seaplane carriers, because they could not land aircraft.
• Submarine aircraft carriers, because they had no flight deck and could not land their aircraft.

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

Numbers of aircraft carriers by country

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

Number of fleet aircraft carriers by operating nation

Country	In service	Inactive	Decommissioned	Under construction	Never completed	Total
Template:Flagicon Argentina	0	0	2	0	0	2
Template:Flagicon Australia	0	0	3	0	0	3
Template:Flagicon Brazil	0	0	2	0	0	2
Template:Flagicon Canada	0	0	3	0	0	3
Template:Flagicon China	3	0	0	1	0	4
Template:Flagicon France	1	1	7	0	8	17
Template:Flagicon Germany	0	0	0	0	7	7
Template:Flagicon India	2	0	2	0	0	4
Template:Flagicon Italy	2	0	1	0	2	5
Template:Flagicon Japan	2	0	20	0	8	30
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	0	0	1	0	0	1
Template:Flagicon Russia	0	1	4	0	2	7
Template:Flagicon Spain	1	0	2	0	1	4
Template:Flagicon Turkey	0	0	0	1	0	1
Template:Flagicon United Kingdom	2	0	38	0	15	55
Template:Flagicon United States	11	0	55	3	12	81
Total	24	2	140	5	55	226

List of countries that have operated aircraft carriers

Argentina

Retired:

Light Carriers

Photo	Ship	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:ARA Independencia (V-1).JPG ARA Independencia	ARA Independencia (Former HMS Warrior)	V-1	1959	1969	Scrapped in 1971
File:Portaviones ARA Veinticinco de Mayo.jpg Aircraft Carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo	ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (Former HMS Venerable)	V-2	1969	1999	Scrapped in 1999

Australia

Retired:

Light Fleet Carriers

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:HMAS Sydney (R17) (AWM 301423).jpg HMAS Sydney docked at port.	HMAS Sydney	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 HMAS Melbourne and the USS Midway (CV-41) underway in 1981.	HMAS Melbourne (Former HMS Majestic)	Majestic	R-21	1955	1982	Scrapped
File:HMAS Vengeance (AWM 044574).jpg HMAS Vengeance with a helicopter in the foreground.	HMAS Vengeance (HMS Vengeance on loan from the Royal Navy.)	Colossus	R-71	1952	1955	Given back to the Royal Navy in 1955.

Brazil

Retired:

Fleet Carrier

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo (A12).jpg Brazilian Aircraft Carrier Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo (Former French Carrier Foch.)	Clemenceau	A-12	2000	2017	Scuttled in 2023.

Light Carrier

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:NAe Minas Gerais (A-11).jpg Brazilian Aircraft Carrier Minas Gerais (A-11)	Minas Gerais	Colossus Class	A-11	1960	2001	Scrapped in 2004

Canada

Retired:

• • File:HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) underway c1950.jpeg

    HMCS Magnificent in 1950

Light Carriers

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:HMCS Warrior (R31) ca1947.jpg HMCS Warrior in 1947	HMCS Warrior (HMS Warrior on loan to Royal Canadian Navy)	Colossus	R-31	1946	1948	Given back to the Royal Navy in 1948.
File:TBM-3 over HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21).jpeg TBM-3 flying over the HMCS Magnificent	HMCS Magnificent (HMS Magnificent on loan to the Royal Canadian Navy.)	Majestic	None	1946	1956	Given back to the Royal Navy in 1956.
File:HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) underway 1961.jpeg HMCS Bonaventure in 1961	HMCS Bonaventure	Majestic	None	1957	1970	Scrapped in 1971 in Taiwan.

China

Active:

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date
File:Aircraft Carrier Liaoning CV-16.jpg Aircraft Carrier Liaoning in Hong Kong in 2017.	Liaoning (Former unfinished Soviet Carrier Varyag.)	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 A J-15 Fighter jet takes of the Shandong.	Shandong	Type 002	CV-17	2019
File:Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian flight deck.jpg Aircraft Carrier Fujian flight deck	Fujian	Type 003	CV-18	2025 (Most recent Aircraft Carrier Commissioned)

Under construction:

• Type 004: a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier under construction.

France

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 Charles de Gaulle (R-91) in 2019	Charles de Gaulle	Charles de Gaulle	R-91	2001

Planned:

• PANG: a planned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Retired

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:CV Bearn NAN-5-63.jpg French Aircraft Carrier Bearn	Bearn	Normandie	5-63	1927	1948	Turned into a floating barracks and scrapped in 1967
File:HMS Biter (D97) aerial bow shot March 1944.jpg Dixmude (Prior to French service under the Royal Navy) in 1944	Dixmude (Former HMS Biter)	Avenger	None	1945	1951	Sunk as a target in 1966
File:Helldivers flying over carrier Arromanches (R95) in the Gulf of Tonkin c1953.jpg SB2C Helldivers flying over the Arromanches in 1953 in the Gulf of Tonkin	Arromanches (Former HMS Colossus)	Colossus	R-95	1946	1974	Scrapped in 1978
File:French aircraft carrier La Fayette (R96) in Indochina, 1953 (NH 79384).jpg French Aircraft Carrier La Fayette in Indochina in 1953	La Fayette (Former USS Langley)	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 Bois Belleau in Naval Station Norfolk in 1953	Bois Belleau (Former USS Belleau Wood)	Independence	R-97	1953	1960	Scrapped in 1960
File:French carrier Clemenceau (R98) off Oman 1987.jpg Clemenceau off Oman in 1987	Clemenceau	Clemenceau	R-98	1961	1997	Scrapped in 2009
File:FS Foch Dragon Hammer '92.jpg French Aircraft Carrier Foch underway in 1992	Foch	Clemenceau	R-99	1963	2000	Given to Brazil in 2000 to become the Sao Paulo, scuttled in 2023

Never completed:

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

Germany

Never completed:

•  – planned conversion of passenger ship from German shipyard to aircraft carrier. Cancelled in 1918.
• : Graf Zeppelin-class carrier. Launched but not completed. Construction work stopped in 1943.
• Flugzeugträger B: Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled partly constructed in 1939.
• Flugzeugträger C: Planned Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled in 1938.
• Flugzeugträger D: Planned Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled in 1938.
• : conversion of part-built Admiral Hipper-class cruiser. Work stopped in 1943 and not resumed.
• : conversion of the transport ship cancelled at the design stage in November 1942 due to insurmountable problems.
• Jade: Lead ship of the Jade-class. Converted from the passenger liner . Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Sunk on 2 May 1943.
• 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.
• 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

File:INS Vikrant (R11) and INS Vikramaditya (R33) during exercise.jpg

INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya in a exercise

India

Active

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date
File:INS Vikramaditya (R33) with a Sea Harrier.jpg INS Vikramaditya with a Sea Harrier	INS Vikramaditya (Former Admiral Gorshkov)	Kiev	R-33	2013
File:INS Vikrant Fleet Operation 4.jpg INS Vikrant	INS Vikrant	Vikrant	R-11	2022

Planned:

• Template:INS: 65,000 ton carrier. Yet to start, planned to enter service in 2030. It will be conventionally powered.

Retired

Photo	Ship	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 INS Vikrant in 1984	INS Vikrant (Former HMS Hercules)	Majestic	R-49	1961	1997	Scrapped in 2014
File:INS Viraat (R22) Malabar 07.jpg INS Viraat in the Bay of Bengal in 2007	INS Viraat (Former HMS Hermes)	Centaur	R-22	1987	2017	Scrapped in 2021 in Alang

Italy

Active:

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date
File:Cavour (550).jpg Cavour			550	2008
File:Italian LHD Trieste.jpg Trieste			L9890	2024

Retired

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551).jpg Giuseppe Garibaldi in 2004			551	1985	2024

Never completed:

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

Japan

Active: (JMSDF)

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

Retired: (IJN)

• (1921) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946
• • (1939) – damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; dismantled 1946
• (1942) – damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and dismantled 1946
• • (1944) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946

Sunk: (IJN)

• (1921) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
• • (1925) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
• (1931) – sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
• (1935) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
• (1937) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
• • (1935) – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
  • (1936) – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
• • (1936) – seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
  • (1937) – sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
• • (1939) – sunk by U.S. submarine , Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
  • (1939) – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
• • (1939) – sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
• (1943) – sunk by U.S. submarine , Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
• • (1943) – used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
  • (1943) – sunk by U.S. submarine , December 1944
• (1944) – sunk by U.S. submarine , November 1944

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

Never completed: (IJN)

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

Netherlands

Retired

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:Hr.Ms. vliegkampschip Karel Doorman (R81) (2158 005371).jpg HNLMS Karel Doorman in 1950	Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman	Colossus-class aircraft carrier	R63	1944	1947	1948

Russia (and USSR)

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:

• • (Russia: 1991–present / USSR: 1985–1991); Undergoing overhaul and repairs since 2017.

Proposed:

• Project 23000 aircraft carrier
• Project 11430E aircraft carrier
• Project 23000KM aircraft carrier

Retired:

• • (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1972–1991); converted to a theme park (later hotel) in China
  • (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1975–1991); converted to a theme park in China
  • (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1978–1991); scrapped
  • (Russia: 1991–1995, USSR: 1982–1991); sold to India, modified, rebuilt by India and renamed Template:INS

Never completed:

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

Spain

Active:

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date
File:Spanish amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I (L-61) underway in the Adriatic Sea, 22 February 2023 (230222-N-MW880-1248).JPG in 2023			L61	2010

Retired:

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date	Decommission Date	Fate
File:Spanish aircraft carrier Dédalo (R01) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, 1 June 1988 (6430233).jpg Dédalo in 1988		Independence-class	R01	1976	1989	2002
File:SNS Principe de Asturias (R11) during Dragon Hammer 92.jpg Príncipe de Asturias in 1992			R-11	1988	2013	2017

Never completed:

• Spanish conversion for refloated Italian heavy cruiser Trieste, cancelled in 1951.

Thailand

Role changed:

• (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. Since 2006 is solely operated as a helicopter carrier.

Turkey

Active:

Photo	Ship	Class	Serial Number	Commission Date
File:Turkish Navy amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu (L400) steams in the Mediterranean Sea.jpg TCG Anadolu in 2023	Template:TCG	Anadolu class	L-400	2023

Under construction:

• MUGEM-class aircraft carrier

United Kingdom

Active:

• , STOVL ship of 80,600 tonnes

Retired:

• (1916) – scrapped 1946
• (1916) – decommissioned 1945
• (1918) – converted to aircraft carrying cruiser 1925, sold for scrap 1946
• fleet maintenance carrier (1943) – sold for scrap 1959
• • (1939)
  • (1939)
  • (1939)
• (1940)
• • (1942)
  • (1942)
• • (ex-Audacious) (1946) – decommissioned 1972
  • (ex-Irresistible) (1950) – decommissioned 1979
• Colossus class
  • (1943), to France 1946 as
  • (1943)
  • (1944)
  • (1944)
  • (1944)
  • (1944) – to Netherlands 1948 as Template:HNLMS, to Argentina 1968 as
  • (1944) – to Brazil 1956 as
  • (1944) – to Canada 1946–1948, to Argentina 1958 as
  • (1944)
  • (1944)
• Majestic class
  • (1945) – to Australia 1955 as
  • (1945) – to India 1957 as
  • HMS Magnificent (1944) – sold to Canada as
  • (1945) – to Canada 1952 as
  • (1944) – to Australia in 1948 as
• • (1947)
  • (1947)
  • (1948)
  • (ex-Elephant) (1953), to India 1986 as Template:INS
• • (1977)
  • (1982)
  • (1985)

Sunk:

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

Never completed:

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

United States

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

Active

Under construction

Planned

• • CVN-84 (planned)
  • CVN-85 (planned)
  • CVN-86 (planned)
  • CVN-87 (planned)

Reserve

• (none currently in reserve)

Retired (preserved as museum ships)

• • – (Charleston, South Carolina)
  • – (New York City, New York)
  • – (Alameda, California)
  • – (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• • – (San Diego, California)

Retired (other)

• • – (awaiting dismantling)
• • – (awaiting dismantling)

Retired (scrapped)

• (‡ extended bow)
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Retired (scuttled)

• • – scuttled as part of Operation Crossroads, 1946
• • – scuttled on 29 January 1951 after nuclear weapons testing in 1946
• • (extended bow) – scuttled as artificial reef on 17 May 2006
• • – scuttled on 14 May 2005 after live-fire testing

Sunk

• • – scuttled after Japanese air attack off Java coast, 27 February 1942
• • – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
• • – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • – sunk, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
• • – scuttled after attack by the Japanese submarine I-19, 15 September 1942
• • – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

Cancelled before completion

• (‡ extended bow)
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  • 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)
• • No name assigned (CV-44)
  • No name assigned (CVB-56)
  • No name assigned (CVB-57)

Escort aircraft carrier

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

• (45 ships, 33 went to the RN)
• (4 ships)
• (50 ships)
• (19 ships went into service, 4 were cancelled)
• Stand-alone ships;
  • No USN name given (AVG-1/BAVG-1) – went to the RN as HMS Archer (D78)
  • No USN name given (AVG-2/BAVG-2) – went to the RN as HMS Avenger (D14)
  • No USN name given (AVG-3/BAVG-3) – went to the RN as HMS Biter (D97), then later to the French Navy as Dixmude
  • No USN name given (AVG-4/BAVG-4) – went to the RN as HMS Charger (D27), later returned to USN as
  • 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)

Amphibious assault ship

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

Active

• (LHD) (843 ft, 40,500 tons)
• (LHA) (844 ft, 45,000 tons)

Under construction

Planned

• (11 total)
  • (ordered)
  • LHA-11 (planned)
  • LHA-12 (planned)
  • LHA-13 (planned)
  • LHA-14 (planned)
  • LHA-15 (planned)
  • LHA-16 (planned)

Retired

• (LHA)
  • – (On donation hold)
  • – (On donation hold)
  • – (In Reserve)
• (LPH)
  • – (Converted to missile trial platform with the National Defense Reserve Fleet in 2006, scrapped in 2018)
• Stand-alone amphibious assault ships (all LPH, numbered in with the Iwo Jima class);
  • – (converted Commencement Bay-class escort carrier)
  • – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier)
  • – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier)
  • – (converted Casablanca-class escort carrier)
  • – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier)

List of all aircraft carriers

Name	Service	Pennant or hull #	Class	Type	Flight operation	In commission	Notes
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-72		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1989–present
	British Merchant Navy	MAC 1		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1946	Returned to commercial service.
	Template:Navy/core	D94		Escort carrier		1942–1945	Converted freighter.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov	Template:Navy/core Template:Navy/core	111		Fleet carrier	VTOL	1987–1996	Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Admiral Gorshkov, or just Gorshkov. Before 1991, it was named Baku. To India as Vikramaditya 2004.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov	Template:Navy/core Template:Navy/core	063/113		Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1991–present	Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, Admiral Kuznetsov, or just Kuznetsov. Ex-Tbilisi.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-99		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	ex-Chapin Bay.
	British Merchant Navy	MAC 2		Merchant aircraft carrier		1944–1946	Returned to commercial service.
	Template:Navy/core		/	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Audacious-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to Malta-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1927–1942	Converted , Sunk 4 June 1942 at Midway
Alava Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-103		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
Alazon Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-55		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 after construction began.
Alazon Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-94		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	R07		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1954–1962	Converted to commando carrier.
	British Merchant Navy	MAC 3		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
Alikula Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-57		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed before launch.
Alikula Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-95		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1944 after launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-6		Escort carrier		1942–1942	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-18		Escort carrier		1942–1946
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	STOBAR	—	1920–22 conversion from battlecruiser never completed.
	Template:Navy/core			Light fleet carrier	STOBAR	1944–1945	Sunk 29 July 1945 by aircraft
	British Merchant Navy	MAC 4		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1946	Returned to commercial service
Ameer	Template:Navy/core	AVG-55		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed Alazon Bay 1943 after construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	D01		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-66		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1965–1996
Anadolu	Template:Navy/core	L400		STOVL amphibious warfare ship	STOVL	2023–present
	British Merchant Navy	MAC 5		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1946	Returned to commercial service
Andrea Doria	Template:Navy/core	550		Aircraft carrier		—	Renamed Cavour before construction began.
Anguilla Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-96		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-36		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1963	1st carrier modified with angled flight deck, 1952.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-57		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-USS Coral Sea, renamed to reuse name for CV-43.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	1941–1943 conversion from passenger liner never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	D31		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	BAVG-1		Escort carrier		—	Converted cargo ship. Became .
	Template:Navy/core	D78		Escort carrier		1941–1943	Ex-USS Archer.
	Template:Navy/core	I49		Fleet carrier		1918–1929	Converted ocean liner.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs91		Fleet carrier		1939–1941	Sunk by Template:GS on 13 November 1941
	Template:Navy/core	R09		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1955–1978	Ex-Irresistible. First carrier commissioned with angled deck.
	Template:Navy/core	R07		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	1985–2011	Ex-Indomitable.
Arrogant	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Laid down 1944, never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	R95		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1974	Ex-, loaned (later sold) to France
	Template:Navy/core			Light fleet carrier	STOBAR	—	Launched in 1944, never completed.
Astrolabe Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-60		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
Astrolabe Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-97		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1944 after launch.
	Template:Navy/core	D51		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	D02		Escort carrier		1942–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-102		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Elbour Bay.
Audacious	Template:Navy/core	R05		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1951–1972	Renamed 1946 while under construction.
	Template:Navy/core	D10		Escort carrier		1941–1941	Converted merchant ship, sunk by Template:GS
Auguilla Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-58		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
Avenger	Template:Navy/core	BAVG-1		Escort carrier		—	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	D14		Escort carrier		1942–1942	Sunk 15 November 1942 by Template:GS.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-116		Escort carrier		1945–1957	Ex-San Alberto Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-35		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	CVE-115		Escort carrier		1945–1955	Ex-Portage Bay.
Baku	Template:Navy/core	103		Aircraft cruiser	VTOL	1987–1991	Renamed to Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov in 1991.
Balinas	Template:Navy/core	CVE-36		Escort carrier		—	Renamed after launch because of misspelling.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-7		Escort carrier		1942–1942	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-20		Escort carrier		1942–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-37		Escort carrier		1942–1942	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	CVE-124		Escort carrier		—	Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-29		Light carrier		1943–1954
	Template:Navy/core	D18		Escort carrier		1942–1946	Ex-.
BAVG-5	Template:Navy/core	BAVG-5		Escort carrier		—	Became .
Béarn	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		1927–1948	Converted battleship.
	Template:Navy/core	D38		Escort carrier		1944–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-24		Light carrier		1943–1947	To France as Bois Belleau
	Template:Navy/core	CV-20		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1970
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-95		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1945	Ex-Alikula Bay. Sunk 21 February 1945 by kamikaze attack off Iwo Jima
Biter	Template:Navy/core	BAVG-23		Escort carrier		—	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	D97		Escort carrier		1940–1945	To France as Dixmude
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-8		Escort carrier		—	Converted freighter. Became HMS Trailer, then .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-21		Escort carrier		1943–1944	Sunk 29 May 1944 by Template:GS
	Template:Navy/core	CVE-106		Escort carrier		1944–1954	Ex-Sunset Bay (some sources say Sunset).
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-9		Escort carrier		1942–1946
Bois Belleau	Template:Navy/core	R97		Light carrier		1953–1960	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-36		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Ex-Balinas. Became .
Bon Homme Richard	Template:Navy/core	CV-10		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1942 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-31		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1971
	Template:Navy/core	CVL-22		Light carrier	CATOBAR	1957–1970	Ex-incomplete HMS Powerful.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-100		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Didrickson Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-21		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1969
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-10		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-23		Escort carrier		1943–1946
Bucareli Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-61		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
Bucareli Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-98		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1944 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	R08		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1954–1981	Converted to commando carrier 1960
	Template:Navy/core	CV-17		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1947
Cabot	Template:Navy/core	CV-16		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1942 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-28		Light carrier		1943–1955	To Spain as Dédalo
	Template:Navy/core	D48		Escort carrier		1944–1952	Command ship for first British atomic bomb test
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-88		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1959	Ex-Tananek Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-109		Escort carrier		1945–1946	Ex-Willapa Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-11		Escort carrier		1942–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-70		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1982–present
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-38		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-55		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Alazon Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	550		Aircraft carrier	V/STOL	2008–present	Ex-Andrea Doria.
	Template:Navy/core	R06		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1953–1965
Chakri Naruebet	Template:Navy/core	911		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	1997–present
Chapin Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-63		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 after construction began.
Chapin Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-99		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-30		Escort carrier		1942–1946	Converted liner. Became HMS Charger 1942, returned to US two days later.
	Template:Navy/core	D27		Escort carrier		1942–1942	Ex-. Returned to US two days later.
	Template:Navy/core	R91		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	2001–present	ex-Richelieu
	Template:Navy/core	D32		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-32		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-28		Escort carrier		1942–1946	Converted oiler.
	Japanese Army		Yamashio Maru	Escort carrier	STOBAR	—	1944 tanker conversion, never completed.
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		1942–1944	Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier	STOBAR	1943–1944	Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.
	Template:Navy/core			Escort carrier	STOBAR	1942–1943	Converted ocean liner, sunk by 4 December 1943
	Template:Navy/core	R98		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1961–1997
	Template:Navy/core	R15		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Loaned (later sold) to France as Arromanches
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-105		Escort carrier		1944–1946	Ex-St. Joseph Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-64		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1961–2003
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-12		Escort carrier		1942–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-57		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1944	Ex-Alikula Bay. Renamed to re-use the name for CV-43.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVB-43		Fleet carrier		1947–1990
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-39		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-13		Escort carrier		1942–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-58		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1958	Ex-Auguilla Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs50		Fleet carrier		1928–1939	Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by Template:GS, 17 September 1939
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-25		Light carrier		1943–1947
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-14		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-25		Escort carrier		1943–1946
Crown Point	Template:Navy/core	CV-32		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1945 before launch.
CV-44	Template:Navy/core	CV-44		Fleet carrier		—	Never laid down, cancelled 1943.
CV-50	Template:Navy/core	CV-50		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-51	Template:Navy/core	CV-51		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-52	Template:Navy/core	CV-52		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-53	Template:Navy/core	CV-53		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-54	Template:Navy/core	CV-54		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-55	Template:Navy/core	CV-55		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVB-56	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVB-56		Fleet carrier		—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVB-57	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVB-57		Fleet carrier		—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVE-128	Template:Navy/core	CVE-128		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
CVE-129	Template:Navy/core	CVE-129		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
CVE-130	Template:Navy/core	CVE-130		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-131	Template:Navy/core	CVE-131		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-132	Template:Navy/core	CVE-132		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-133	Template:Navy/core	CVE-133		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-134	Template:Navy/core	CVE-134		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-135	Template:Navy/core	CVE-135		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-136	Template:Navy/core	CVE-136		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-137	Template:Navy/core	CVE-137		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-138	Template:Navy/core	CVE-138		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-139	Template:Navy/core	CVE-139		Escort carrier		—	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
Daiju Maru	Template:Navy/core		Special 1TL Type	Escort carrier	STOBAR	—	Tanker conversion. Cancelled 1945.
	Template:Navy/core	D37		Escort carrier		1942–1943	Ex-American BAVG-5. Sunk 27 March 1943 following explosion of unknown cause.
Dédalo	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		1967–1989	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-40		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
Didrickson Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-64		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
Didrickson Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-100		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed before construction began.
Dixmude	Template:Navy/core			Escort carrier		1945–1966	Ex-.
Dolomi Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-65		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
Dolomi Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-101		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1944 before launch.
Duke of Edinburgh	Template:Navy/core		CVA-01	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Planned 1960s fleet carrier, but never ordered.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-69		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1977–present
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs94		Fleet carrier		1924–1942	Converted battleship. Sunk by Template:GS, 11 August 1942
Eagle	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Laid down 1944, cancelled 1946.
	Template:Navy/core	R05		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1951–1972	Ex-Audacious.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-41		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
Elbe	Template:Navy/core	Jade		Auxiliary aircraft carrier		—	Liner conversion, cancelled 1943.
Elbour Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-66		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
Elbour Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-102		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed before construction began.
Elephant	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Laid down 1944, not completed until 1959 as .
	Template:Navy/core	D98		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
Emperor	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-67		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed Nassuk Bay 1943 after construction began.
	British Merchant Navy	MH		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MK		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	ML		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MN		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MB		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MS		Merchant aircraft carrier		1944–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MH		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MO		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MJ		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	British Merchant Navy	MU		Merchant aircraft carrier		1943–1945	Returned to commercial service
	Template:Navy/core	D42		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-125		Escort carrier		—	Keel laid April 1945, cancelled before launch
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-6		Fleet carrier		1938–1947
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-65		Supercarrier		1961–2012	First nuclear-powered carrier
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-80		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	—	Commissioning 2025.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-9		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1942–1969
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-42		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
Falco	Template:Navy/core			Aircraft carrier		—	Liner conversion began 1942. Renamed but never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-70		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946
	Template:Navy/core	D64		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
Flugzeugträger B	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Started 1938, cancelled 1939. Proposed name was Peter Strasser.
Flugzeugträger C	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
Flugzeugträger D	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	R99		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1963–2000	sold to Brazil as
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs67		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1940–1947
	Template:Navy/core	CV-59		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1955–1993	First supercarrier
Fortaleza Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-72		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Ex-Fortazela Bay. Renamed 1943 before launch.
Fortazela Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-72		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed Fortaleza Bay 1943 before launch due to spelling error.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-13		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1947	Badly damaged March 1945
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVB-42		Fleet carrier		1945–1977
Frosty Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-112		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs47		Fleet carrier		1925–1945	Converted battlecruiser.
	Dutch Merchant Navy	MAC 6		Merchant aircraft carrier		1944–1946	Returned to commercial service
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-73		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1944	Sunk by Japanese gunfire at Battle of Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-77		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	2009–present
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-73		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1992–present
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-78		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	2017–present	In-service
	Template:Navy/core	D68		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-107		Escort carrier		1945–1955	Ex-St. Andrews Bay. Converted to communication relay ship
	Template:Navy/core	551		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	1983–2024
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-33		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs77		Fleet carrier		1930–1940	Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by and 8 June 1940
	Template:Navy/core	R62		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1956
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Launched 1938, never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-60		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Astrolabe Bay. Captured Template:GS
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-15		Escort carrier		1942–1942	Became
Hancock	Template:Navy/core	CV-14		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-19		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1976	Ex-Ticonderoga (CV-19).
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-75		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1998–present	Ex-United States
	Template:Navy/core	R49		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOVL	—	Launched 1945. To India 1957 and completed as Template:INS.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs95		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOBAR	1924–1942	First purpose built carrier launched. Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft.
Hermes	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Laid down 1944, cancelled 1945.
	Template:Navy/core	R12		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOVL	1959–1984	Ex-Elephant. To India as Template:INS
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1939–1942	Sunk at Midway
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1942–1944	Converted ocean liner, sunk at Battle of the Philippine Sea
Hobart Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-113		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-75		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-97		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1947	Ex-Astrolabe Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-8		Fleet carrier		1941–1942	Sunk in Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-12		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1970	Ex-Kearsarge (CV-12). Museum at Alameda, CA.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1922–1946
	Template:Navy/core	D80		Escort carrier		1943–1945	Ex-. Renamed from HMS Trailer.
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier	STOBAR	—	Launched 1943, never completed.
I	Template:Navy/core			Auxiliary aircraft carrier		—	Transport conversion, cancelled 1942.
II	Template:Navy/core			Auxiliary aircraft carrier		—	Cruiser conversion, cancelled 1943.
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier	STOBAR	1944–1945	Sunk in Kure dockyard 24 July 1945
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs87		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1940–1954
	Template:Navy/core	R06		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	1982–2014
	Template:Navy/core	R86		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1954
	Template:Navy/core	R10		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-22		Light carrier		1943–1946
	Template:Navy/core	CV-62		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1959–1998
Independencia	Template:Navy/core	V-1		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1958–1970	Ex-
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs92		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1941–1953
Indomitable	Template:Navy/core	R07		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	—	Renamed before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-11		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1974	Museum in New York City.
	Template:Navy/core	R05		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	1980–2005
Irresitible	Template:Navy/core	R09		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-46		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Laid down 1945, but never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	DDH-183		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	2015–present	Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
Jade	Template:Navy/core	Jade		Auxiliary aircraft carrier		—	Proposed liner conversion, cancelled 1942.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-43		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
Joffre	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Under construction 1938–1940, but never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-74		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1995–present
	Template:Navy/core	CV-67	Modified / John F. Kennedy	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1968–2007
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-79		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	—	Under construction, planned commissioning 2024
Juan Carlos I	Template:Navy/core	L61		STOVL amphibious warfare ship	STOVL	2010–present
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1942–1946	Converted ocean liner.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-76		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1928–1942	Converted battleship. Sunk at Midway
	Template:Navy/core	DDH–184		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	2017–present	Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
Kaimon	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		—	Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kurama.
Kaita Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-78		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core			Escort carrier	STOBAR	1943–1945	Converted ocean liner. Sunk at Beppu Bay 24 July 1945.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-68		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946
Kanalku Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-77		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
Template:HNLMS	Template:Navy/core	QH1		Escort carrier		1946–1948	Ex-.
Template:HNLMS	Template:Navy/core	R81		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1948–1968	Ex-HMS Venerable. To Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo 1969.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-69		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		—	Launched 1944, but never completed.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Launched 1944, but never completed.
Kearsarge	Template:Navy/core	CV-12		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1942 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-33		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1970
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-44		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	D62		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
Kiev	Template:Navy/core Template:Navy/core	075		Aircraft carrier	VTOL	1975–1993	Currently an attraction at Tianjin Binhai theme park in China
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-71		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946
	Template:Navy/core	CV-63		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1961–2009
Kremlin	Template:Navy/core			Supercarrier		—	Renamed Ulyanovsk before construction began, never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-108		Escort carrier		1945–1969	Ex-Vermillion Bay.
Kurama	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		—	Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kaimon.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-98		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Bucareli Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	R96		Light carrier		1951–1963	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-39		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1966
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-1		Light carrier		1922–1938	Converted to seaplane tender. Scuttled 27 February 1942 after being damaged by dive bombers.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-27		Light carrier		1943–1947	To France as La Fayette.
Leonid Brezhnev	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Ex-Riga. Renamed Tbilisi after launch in 1985.
Leviathan	Template:Navy/core	R97		Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Launched 1945, but never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-2		Fleet carrier		1927–1942	Sunk by enemy action on 8 May 1942 during Battle of the Coral Sea.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-16		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1991	Ex-Cabot (CV-16). Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas
	Template:Navy/core	CV-32		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1959	Ex-Crown Point (CV-32).
Liaoning	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs16	Type 001	Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	2012–present	Ex-incomplete Varyag from Ukraine 1998.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-126		Escort carrier		—	Laid down 1945, but never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-56		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1943	Sunk by 24 November 1943
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-1		Escort carrier		1941–1946
Luigi Einaudi	Template:Navy/core	550		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	—	Renamed Andrea Doria before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-94		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Alazon Bay.
	Dutch Merchant Navy	MAC 7		Merchant aircraft carrier		1944–1946	Returned to commercial service
Magnificent	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Completed for Canada as . Returned to UK 1956.
	Template:Navy/core	CVL-21		Light carrier	CATOBAR	1948–1956	Ex-HMS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956.
	Template:Navy/core	R77		Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Completed for Australia as .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-91		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Ulitaka Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-93		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Woodcliff Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	D93		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-61		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Bucareli Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-77		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Kanalku Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-101		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Dolomi Bay.
McClure	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-45		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1942 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	R21		Light carrier	CATOBAR	1955–1982	ex- completed for Royal Australian Navy.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-63		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Ex-Chapin Bay. Renamed to free name for CV-41
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVB-41		Fleet carrier		1945–1992	Museum in San Diego, CA
Minas Gerais	Template:Navy/core	A11		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1960–2001
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-120		Escort carrier		1945–1955
Minsk	Template:Navy/core Template:Navy/core	025/011		Aircraft carrier	VTOL	1978–1993	Currently a tourist attraction in Shenzhen, China.
	British Merchant Navy	MAC 8		Merchant aircraft carrier		1944–1946	Returned to commercial service
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-59		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1958
Monmouth	Template:Navy/core	96		Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-26		Light carrier		1943–1956
Mosser Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-114		Escort carrier		—	Renamed Willamette after launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-104		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Tonowek Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	D77		Escort carrier		1943–1944	Ex-. Canadian crew.
	Template:Navy/core	D05		Escort carrier		1943–1946	To Netherlands as Template:HNLMS
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-16		Escort carrier		1942–1946
Nassuk Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-67		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Ex-Emperor. Renamed 1943 after launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-62		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-74		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	D43		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-46		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-68		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1975–present
Novorossiysk	Template:Navy/core Template:Navy/core	137		Aircraft carrier	VTOL	1982–1993
	Template:Navy/core	R68		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1960
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-127		Escort carrier		—	Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-79		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1945	Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 4 January 1945.
Oriskany	Template:Navy/core	CV-18		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-34		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1950–1975	Florida artificial reef in 2006.
Otakisan Maru	Template:Navy/core		Special 1TL Type	Escort carrier		—	Tanker conversion. Launched 1945 but never completed.
Painlevé	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Planned for 1938, never laid down
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-122		Escort carrier		1946–1954
	Template:Navy/core	D07		Escort carrier		1943–1947	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-47		Escort carrier		1943–1944	Became .
Peter Strasser	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	See Flugzeugträger B.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-80		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	CV-47		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1958
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-119		Escort carrier		1945–1956	Ex-Trocadero Bay.
Polyphemus	Template:Navy/core	57		Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
Portage Bay	Template:Navy/core	CVE-115		Escort carrier		—	Renamed before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	R95		Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Completed for Canada as HMCS Bonaventure
	Template:Navy/core	D23		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	F61		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Converted armed merchant cruiser.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-45		Escort carrier		—	Ex-McClure. Became .
	Template:Navy/core	R09		Supercarrier	STOVL	2019–present	Commissioned 10 December 2019
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-19		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-31		Escort carrier		1943–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-23		Light carrier		1943–1944	Sunk 24 October 1944 at Leyte Gulf
	Template:Navy/core	CV-37		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1970
Principe de Asturias	Template:Navy/core	R-11		Aircraft carrier	STOVL	1988–2013
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-113		Escort carrier		1945–1946	Ex-Hobart Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	D79		Escort carrier		1944–1946	Ex-. Canadian crew.
	Template:Navy/core	D73		Escort carrier		1942–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-34		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	D19		Escort carrier		1943–1947	Ex-.
Queen Elizabeth	Template:Navy/core		CVA-01	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Announced 1963, cancelled 1966 before work started.
	Template:Navy/core	R08		Supercarrier	STOVL	2017–present	Commissioned 7 December 2017
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-121		Escort carrier		—	Completed but never commissioned.
	Template:Navy/core	D10		Escort carrier		1943–1947	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-15		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1969
	Template:Navy/core	D03		Escort carrier		1943–1947	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-4		Fleet carrier		1934–1946
	Template:Navy/core	CV-61		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1957–1993
	Template:Navy/core	MAC 9		Merchant aircraft carrier		1942–1946	Returned to commercial service
	Template:Navy/core	D70		Escort carrier		1943–1946
	Template:Navy/core	D82		Escort carrier		1944–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-114		Escort carrier		1945–1955	Ex-Willamette.
Reprisal	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-30		Light carrier		—	Renamed 1942 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-35		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Started 1944, cancelled 1945.
Richelieu	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Renamed Charles De Gaulle before construction began.
Richelieu (PA2)	Template:Navy/core		Modified	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	—	Cancelled 2013 before construction began.
Riga	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		—	Renamed Leonid Brezhnev after construction began in 1982.
Riga	Template:Navy/core			Aircraft carrier		—	Renamed to Varyag in 1990 after construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-103		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Alava Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-76		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	2003–present
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-81		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	D72		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		1942–1945	Converted submarine tender. Severely damage by aircraft March 1945 not repaired
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		1933–1942	Sunk by aircraft during Battle of the Eastern Solomons
	Template:Navy/core	IX-81		Training carrier		1943–1945	Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-82		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-117		Escort carrier		1945–1947	Ex-Saltery Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-48		Light carrier		1946–1965
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-96		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Anguilla Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-110		Escort carrier		1945–1954	Ex-Winjah Bay.
Saltery Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-117		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 before construction began.
San Alberto Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-116		Escort carrier		—	Renamed before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-30		Light carrier		1943–1947	Ex-Reprisal (CVL-30).
Sandy Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-118		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-26		Escort carrier		1942–1945	Converted oiler.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-29		Escort carrier		1942–1946	Converted oiler.
	Template:Navy/core	A12		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	2000–2017	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-3		Fleet carrier		1927–1946	Expended as a target ship in the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-60		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1956–1994
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-83		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-78		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Kaita Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	D40		Escort carrier		1943–1945
	Template:Navy/core	D21		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-84		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs17	Type 002	Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	2019–present	First domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-38		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1971
	Template:Navy/core		Special 1TL Type	Escort carrier		1945–1945	Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		1944–1944	Converted . Sunk by 29 November 1944.
	Template:Navy/core			Escort carrier		1943–1944	Converted ocean liner, sunk by on 17 November 1944.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-85		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		1941–1942	Sunk by aircraft at Coral Sea
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		1941–1944	Sunk by 19 June 1944
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-112		Escort carrier		1945–1956	Ex-Frosty Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-118		Escort carrier		1945–1954	Ex-Sandy Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-86		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946 1950–1954
	Template:Navy/core	D26		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	D55		Escort carrier		1944–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-67		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Nassuk Bay.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		1937–1942	Sunk at Midway 4 June 1942
	Template:Navy/core			Aircraft carrier		—	Ex-Falco, never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	D90		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-49		Escort carrier		—	Became .
St. Andrews Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-107		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-17		Escort carrier		—	Became
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-50		Escort carrier		—	Became .
St. Joseph Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-105		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 after launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-63		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1944	Ex-, renamed to use name for CV-41. Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 25 October 1944.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-51		Escort carrier		—	Became .
	Template:Navy/core	D91		Escort carrier		1942–1945	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-87		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1947
	Template:Navy/core	D12		Escort carrier		1943–1946	ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-48		Escort carrier		—	Became .
Sunset Bay	Template:Navy/core	CVE-106		Escort carrier		—	Some sources say the name was Sunset. Renamed 1944 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-27		Escort carrier		1942–1946	Converted oiler.
	Template:Navy/core	R17		Light carrier	CATOBAR	1948–1958	ex- completed for Royal Australian Navy.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		1944–1944	Sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944
Taisha Maru	Template:Navy/core		Special 1TL Type	Escort carrier		—	Proposed tanker conversion. Cancelled 1944.
	Template:Navy/core			Escort carrier		1941–1944	Converted ocean liner. Sunk by 18 August 1944
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-89		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946
Tananek Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-88		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-40		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1960
Tbilisi	Template:Navy/core	113		Aircraft cruiser		—	ex-Leonid Brezhnev. Renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Sozuya Kuznetzov 1990.
	Template:Navy/core	R93		Light carrier	CATOBAR	—	Completed for Australia as .
	Template:Navy/core	D48		Escort carrier		1943–1945	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-71		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1986–present
	Template:Navy/core	R64		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1956
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-90		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1964
Ticonderoga	Template:Navy/core	CV-19		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-14		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1973	Ex-Hancock (CV-14).
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-123		Escort carrier		—	Completed 1946, but never commissioned
Tonowek Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-104		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
Totem Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-111		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 before launch.
	Template:Navy/core	D24		Escort carrier		1943–1946
Trailer	Template:Navy/core	D80		Escort carrier		1943–1943	Ex-. Renamed to 1943.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-64		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1958	Ex-Didrickson Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	R16		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1975
Trocadero Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-119		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	D85		Escort carrier		1944–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	D09		Escort carrier		1943–1946	Ex-.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-72		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Fortaleza Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:Hs18	Type 003	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	2025–present
Type 004	Template:Navy/core		Type 004	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	—	Under preliminary stages of construction. Planned for commission by late 2020s.
Ulitaka Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-91		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
Ulyanovsk	Template:Navy/core			Supercarrier	CATOBAR	—	Ex-Kremlin. Under construction 1988–1991, never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	I72		Light aircraft carrier, Aircraft repair ship		1943–1946, 1949–1953
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVA-58		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	—	Laid down 18 April 1949, cancelled five days later.
United States	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVN-75		Supercarrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1992 after launch.
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		1944–1944	Sunk by on 19 December 1944
	Template:Navy/core			Escort carrier		1942–1944	Sunk by 17 September 1944
	Template:Navy/core	CV-45		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1970
Varyag	Template:Navy/core			Aircraft carrier		—	Ex-Riga. To Ukraine 1992 while still under construction. Construction cancelled 1995. To China as Liaoning 1998.
Veinticinco de Mayo	Template:Navy/core	V-2		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1968–1997	Ex-Dutch Karel Doorman (R81) 1969.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-111		Escort carrier		1945–1946	Ex-Totem Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	R63		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1947	To Netherlands as Template:HNLMS 1948.
	Template:Navy/core	R71		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1952
	Template:Navy/core	R71		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1952–1955	On loan from the Royal Navy
Verdun	Template:Navy/core			Attack carrier		—	Never laid down, cancelled 1961
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-52		Escort carrier		—	Became .
Vermillion Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-108		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	R38		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1941–1968
Template:INS	Template:Navy/core	R33		Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	2013–present	ex-Russian Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Suzuya Gorshkov.
Template:INS	Template:Navy/core	R11		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOVL	1961–1997	Ex- completed for India.
Template:INS	Template:Navy/core	IAC-I		Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	2022–present	Commissioned in 2022
	Template:Navy/core	D15		Escort carrier		1943–1947
Template:INS	Template:Navy/core	R22		Fleet carrier	STOVL	1987–2017	ex-.
Template:INS	Template:Navy/core	IAC-II		Supercarrier		—	Planned. Scheduled to commission in 2025.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-65		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Dolomi Bay.
	Template:Navy/core	R31		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1948	Ex-. Returned to UK.
	Template:Navy/core	R31		Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1946, 1948–1958	To Canada as . Returned to UK and thence to Argentina as Independencia.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-7		Light carrier		1940–1942	Sunk 15 September 1942.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-18		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1972	Ex-Oriskany.
Weser	Template:Navy/core			Aircraft carrier		—	1942–1943 cruiser conversion, never completed.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-66		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Elbour Bay.
Willamette	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-114		Escort carrier		—	Ex-Mosser Bay. Renamed at commissioning.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-53		Escort carrier		1943–1944	Became .
Willapa Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-109		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1944 after construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-92		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1959
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-54		Escort carrier		—	Became .
Winjah Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-110		Escort carrier		—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	IX-64		Training carrier		1942–1945	Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
Woodcliff Bay	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVE-93		Escort carrier	CATOBAR	—	Renamed 1943 before construction began.
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCVL-49		Light carrier		1947–1970
	Japanese Army		Special 2TL Type	Escort carrier		1945–1945	Tanker conversion. Sunk by aircraft 17 February 1945
	Template:Navy/core	Template:HsCV-5		Aircraft carrier		1937–1942	Sunk 7 June 1942 at Midway after air and sub attacks.
	Template:Navy/core	CV-10		Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1970	Ex-Bon Homme Richard. Museum at Mount Pleasant, SC
	Template:Navy/core			Light carrier		1940–1944	Converted oiler, sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
	Template:Navy/core			Fleet carrier		1941–1944	Sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
Zuiun Maru	Japanese Army		Special 2TL Type	Escort carrier		—	1945 tanker conversion, never completed.

See also

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

References

• Data for Japanese carriers from:

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. Template:ISBN