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Ships of the United States Navy

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This list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, and CVN. All units after CVA-57 are supercarriers.

For the smaller escort aircraft carriers (CVE), please see list of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.

For grouping by class, please see list of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy.

[edit] By hull number

#	Name	class
CV-1	Langley	single ship
CV-2	Lexington	Lexington Class
CV-3	Saratoga	Lexington Class
CV-4	Ranger	single ship
CV-5	Yorktown	Yorktown class fleet carrier
CV-6	Enterprise	Yorktown class fleet carrier
CV-7	Wasp	single ship
CV-8	Hornet	Yorktown class fleet carrier
CV-9	Essex	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-10	Yorktown	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-11	Intrepid	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-12	Hornet	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-13	Franklin	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-14	Ticonderoga	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-15	Randolph	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-16	Lexington	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-17	Bunker Hill	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-18	Wasp	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-19	Hancock	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-20	Bennington	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-21	Boxer	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CVL-22	Independence	Independence class light carrier
CVL-23	Princeton	Independence class light carrier
CVL-24	Belleau Wood	Independence class light carrier
CVL-25	Cowpens	Independence class light carrier
CVL-26	Monterey	Independence class light carrier
CVL-27	Langley	Independence class light carrier
CVL-28	Cabot	Independence class light carrier
CVL-29	Bataan	Independence class light carrier
CVL-30	San Jacinto	Independence class light carrier
CV-31	Bonhomme Richard	Essex class fleet carrier
CV-32	Leyte	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-33	Kearsarge	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-34	Oriskany	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-35	Reprisal | Cancelled 11 Aug 1945	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-36	Antietam	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-37	Princeton	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-38	Shangri-la	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-39	Lake Champlain	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-40	Tarawa	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CVB-41	Midway	Midway class large carrier
CVB-42	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Midway class large carrier
CVB-43	Coral Sea	Midway class large carrier
CVB-44	Cancelled	Midway class large carrier
CV-45	Valley Forge	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-46	Iwo Jima Cancelled 11 Aug 1945	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-47	Philippine Sea	'Long hull Essex'/Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CVL-48	Saipan	Saipan class light fleet aircraft carrier
CVL-49	Wright	Saipan class light fleet aircraft carrier
CV-50	Cancelled	'Long hull Essex' or Ticonderoga class fleet carrier
CV-51
CV-52
CV-53
CV-54
CV-55
CV-56	Cancelled	Midway class large carrier
CV-57
CVA-58	United States (cancelled 6 days after keel was laid)	Single ship (proposed 'United States' class supercarrier)
CVA-59	Forrestal	Forrestal class
CVA-60	Saratoga	Forrestal class
CVA-61	Ranger	Forrestal class
CV-62	Independence	Forrestal class
CV-63	Kitty Hawk	Kitty Hawk class conventional carrier
CV-64	Constellation	Kitty Hawk class conventional carrier
CVN-65	Enterprise	single ship / Nuclear powered carrier
CVA-66	America	Kitty Hawk class conventional carrier
CV-67	John F. Kennedy	Improved Kitty Hawk class/single ship
CVN-68	Nimitz	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-69	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-70	Carl Vinson	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-71	Theodore Roosevelt	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-72	Abraham Lincoln	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-73	George Washington	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-74	John C. Stennis	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-75	Harry S. Truman (initially named USS United States)	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-76	Ronald Reagan	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-77	George H. W. Bush	Nimitz class nuclear powered carrier
CVN-78	CVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford, planned for 2015)	CVN-21 class
CVN-79	CVN-79 (unnamed, planned for 2019)	CVN-21 class
CVN-80	CVN-80 (unnamed, planned for 20??)	CVN-21 class

[edit] By name

#	Name
CVN-72	Abraham Lincoln
CVA-66	America
CV-36	Antietam
CVL-29	Bataan
CVL-24	Belleau Wood
CV-20	Bennington
CV-31	Bonhomme Richard
CV-21	Boxer
CV-17	Bunker Hill
CVL-28	Cabot
CVN-70	Carl Vinson
CV-64	Constellation
CVB-43	Coral Sea
CVL-25	Cowpens
CVN-69	Dwight D. Eisenhower
CV-6	Enterprise
CVN-65	Enterprise
CV-9	Essex
CVA-59	Forrestal
CV-13	Franklin
CVB-42	Franklin D. Roosevelt
CVN-77	George H. W. Bush
CVN-73	George Washington
CV-19	Hancock
CVN-75	Harry S. Truman
CV-8	Hornet
CV-12	Hornet
CVL-22	Independence
CV-62	Independence
CV-11	Intrepid
CV-46	Iwo Jima
CVN-74	John C. Stennis
CV-67	John F. Kennedy
CV-33	Kearsarge
CV-63	Kitty Hawk
CV-39	Lake Champlain
CV-1	Langley
CVL-27	Langley
CV-2	Lexington
CV-16	Lexington
CV-32	Leyte
CVB-41	Midway
CVL-26	Monterey
CVN-68	Nimitz
CV-34	Oriskany
CV-47	Philippine Sea
CVL-23	Princeton
CV-37	Princeton
CV-15	Randolph
CV-4	Ranger
CVA-61	Ranger
CV-35	Reprisal
CVN-76	Ronald Reagan
CVL-48	Saipan
CVL-30	San Jacinto
CV-3	Saratoga
CVA-60	Saratoga
CV-38	Shangri-la
CV-40	Tarawa
CVN-71	Theodore Roosevelt
CV-14	Ticonderoga
CVA-58 / CVN-77	United States - never built / name changed
CV-45	Valley Forge
CV-7	Wasp
CV-18	Wasp
CVL-49	Wright
CV-5	Yorktown
CV-10	Yorktown
CVB-44	Cancelled
CV-50
CV-51
CV-52
CV-53
CV-54
CV-55
CV-56
CV-57

The active carriers of the US Navy as of June 1, 2004 are as follows:

• Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (Kitty Hawk class)
• Enterprise (CVN-65)
• John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (Enterprise and JFK are single ship classes, the latter sometimes designated an "Improved Kitty Hawk"),

Active Nimitz-class carriers:

• Nimitz (CVN-68)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69),
• Carl Vinson (CVN-70),
• Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71),
• Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
• George Washington (CVN-73),
• John C. Stennis (CVN-74),
• Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
• Ronald Reagan (CVN-76).

This is expected to remain until 2009, when Kitty Hawk retires and George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) enters the fleet.

[edit] See also

• List of aircraft carriers
• List of aircraft carriers by countryes:Listado de portaaviones de la US Navy

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