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List of aircraft carriers

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.

  Countries currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers (10)
  Countries currently operating solely helicopter carriers (6)
  Historical operators of carriers (3)
Various aircraft carriers from around the world
Four modern aircraft carriers of various types; USS John C. Stennis (United States Navy), Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), USS John F. Kennedy (US Navy), HMS Ocean (Royal Navy) and escort vessels, 2002
Bow view of the US Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of her class, the largest carrier in the world.
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the newest and largest aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.

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:

"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
The total includes ships under construction, but not ships that never got past the planning stage.
Number of fleet aircraft carriers by operating nation
CountryIn serviceDecommissionedUnder constructionNever completedTotal
Argentina0200 2
Australia0300 3
Brazil02002
Canada0300 3
China3020 5
France1717 16
Germany0007 7
India2310 6
Italy2012 5
Japan22503 30
Netherlands0400 4
Russia1402 7
Spain1201 4
Thailand1000 1
Turkey1000 1
United Kingdom238015 55
United States115531281
Total27148849232

List of countries that have operated aircraft carriers

Argentina

Retired:

Australia

Retired:

Brazil

Retired:

Canada

Retired:

China

Active:

  • Liaoning: partially completed ex-Soviet Navy carrier sold to China by Ukraine and refitted in Dalian as Type 001. Handed over to PLAN on 23 September 2012 and entered active service on 25 September 2012.[1]
  • Shandong: construction started in 2013, launched in 2017, and entered active service on 17 December 2019.[2]

Fitting-out & Seatrials

  • Fujian: Type 003 carrier. Launched 17 June 2022. In January 2024, the Fujian was carrying out mooring tests in preparation for its maiden voyage.[3]

Under construction & Planned:

France

Active:

Planned:

  • PANG: a planned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Retired:

Never completed:

  • Engageante: Friponne-class sloop planned for conversion but not completed[4]
  • Conquerante: Valliante-class sloop planned for conversion but not completed[4]
  • Joffre class
    • Joffre: carrier construction cancelled in 1940
    • Painlevé: carrier plan cancelled in 1940
  • Verdun: 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 for the future British Queen Elizabeth class (formerly CVF).

Germany

Never completed:

  • German aircraft carrier I  – planned conversion of passenger ship from German shipyard to aircraft carrier. Cancelled in 1918.
  • Graf Zeppelin: 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.[5]
  • Flugzeugträger D: Planned Graf Zeppelin class carrier cancelled in 1938.[5]
  • Seydlitz: conversion of part-built Admiral Hipper-class cruiser. Work stopped in 1943 and not resumed.
  • German aircraft carrier I: conversion of the transport ship Europa cancelled at the design stage in November 1942 due to insurmountable problems.
  • Jade: Lead ship of the Jade-class. Converted from the passenger liner SS Potsdam. Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Sunk on 2 May 1943.[6]
  • 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 the 20 of June 1946.[6]
  • 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 cruiser 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[7]

The two planned Italian carriers Aquila and Sparviero were seized by the Germans after the Italian Armistice but not completed.

India

Active:

Planned:

  • INS Vishal: 65,000 ton carrier. Yet to start, planned to enter service in 2030. It will be conventionally powered.[10]

Retired:

Italy

Active:

Under construction:

Never completed:

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

Japan

Active:[12][13][14]

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

Retired:

  • Hōshō (1921) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946
  • Ryūhō (1933) – damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and dismantled 1946
  • Kaiyō (1943) – damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945, grounded in Beppu Bay and dismantled in place in 1946
  • Hiyō class
    • Jun'yō (1939) – damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; dismantled 1946
  • Unryū class
    • Katsuragi (1944) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946

Sunk:

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

Never completed:

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

Netherlands

Retired:

  • Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (ex-British HMS Venerable, purchased 1948) – Sold to Argentina 1968 and renamed ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, broken up
  • Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (ex-British HMS Nairana, transferred to Dutch service 1946) – Converted to merchantman and renamed Port Victor, Until March 1968, owned by Cunard Line but managed by Blue Star Port Lines. Eventually owned by Port Line, 21 July 1971, sent to Faslane to be scrapped
  • Rapana class:
    • Motor vessel Gadila of the Dutch Merchant Navy was a converted Royal Dutch Shell oil tanker along with her sister ship MV Macoma.
    • Motor vessel Macoma together with MV Gadila were the first Dutch aircraft carriers.

Russia (& USSR)

The Russian Navy was established 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:

Retired:

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

Never completed:

  • Kuznetsov class
    • Varyag (not commissioned) — to Ukraine (1991); rebuilt, tested and commissioned by the Chinese PLAN as Liaoning
  • Ulyanovsk class
    • Ulyanovsk (not commissioned) — scrapped (1991)

Spain

Active:

  • Juan Carlos I : 27,079 tonne STOVL carrier in active service, commissioned 30 September 2010.

Retired:

Never completed:

Thailand

Role changed:

  • 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.[16] Since 2006 is solely operated as a helicopter carrier.

Turkey

Active:

  • TCG Anadolu (2021) Construction works began on 30 April 2016 at the shipyard of Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. in Istanbul. It was delivered to the Turkish Navy in January 2023.[17][18][19]

United Kingdom

Active:

Retired:

Sunk:

Never completed:

  • Audacious class
    • Eagle – cancelled 1946
    • Africa – to Malta class then cancelled
  • Majestic class
  • Centaur class - second batch of four cancelled
    • Hermes – cancelled
    • Arrogant – cancelled
    • Monmouth – cancelled
    • Polyphemus – cancelled
  • Malta class – ordered 1943, not laid down, cancelled 1945[20]
    • 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) Nimitz-class and (CATOBAR/ EMALS) Gerald R. Ford-class 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

  • Gerald R. Ford class
    • CVN-82 (ordered)
    • CVN-83 (planned)
    • CVN-84 (planned)
    • CVN-85 (planned)
    • CVN-86 (planned)
    • CVN-87 (planned)

Reserve

  • (none currently in reserve)

Retired (preserved as museum ships)

Retired (other)

Retired (scrapped)

Sunk († scuttled)

Cancelled before completion

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;

  • Bogue class (45 ships, 33 went to the RN)
  • Sangamon class (4 ships)
  • Casablanca class (50 ships)
  • Commencement Bay class (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 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

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.[21] 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

Under construction

Planned

  • America-class amphibious assault ship (11 total)
    • LHA-10 (ordered)
    • LHA-11 (planned)
    • LHA-12 (planned)
    • LHA-13 (planned)
    • LHA-14 (planned)
    • LHA-15 (planned)
    • LHA-16 (planned)

Retired

List of all aircraft carriers

NameServicePennant
or hull #		ClassTypeFlight operationIn commissionNotes
Abraham Lincoln  US NavyCVN-72NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1989–present
Acavus  British Merchant NavyMAC 1RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service.
Activity  Royal NavyD94Escort carrier1942–1945Converted freighter.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov  Russian Navy
 Soviet Navy		111KievFleet carrierVTOL1987–1996Also 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  Russian Navy
 Soviet Navy		063/113KuznetsovFleet carrierSTOBAR1991–presentAlso known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, Admiral Kuznetsov, or just Kuznetsov. Ex-Tbilisi.
Admiralty Islands  US NavyCVE-99CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946ex-Chapin Bay.
Adula  British Merchant NavyMAC 2RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1944–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service.
Africa  Royal NavyAudacious/
Malta		Fleet carrierCATOBAR—Audacious-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to Malta-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945.
Akagi  Japanese NavyAkagiFleet carrierSTOBAR1927–1942Converted Amagi-class battlecruiser, Sunk 4 June 1942 at Midway
Alava Bay  US NavyCVE-103CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Roi 1943 before construction began.
Alazon Bay  US NavyCVE-55CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Casablanca 1943 after construction began.
Alazon Bay  US NavyCVE-94CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Lunga Point 1943 before construction began.
Albion  Royal NavyR07CentaurFleet carrierCATOBAR1954–1962Converted to commando carrier.
Alexia  British Merchant NavyMAC 3RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Alikula Bay  US NavyCVE-57CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Coral Sea before launch.
Alikula Bay  US NavyCVE-95CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Bismarck Sea 1944 after launch.
Altamaha  US NavyCVE-6BogueEscort carrier1942–1942[notes 3] Became HMS Battler.
Altamaha  US NavyCVE-18BogueEscort carrier1942–1946
Amagi  Japanese NavyAkagiFleet carrierSTOBAR—1920–22 conversion from battlecruiser never completed.
Amagi  Japanese NavyUnryūLight fleet carrierSTOBAR1944–1945Sunk 29 July 1945 by aircraft
Amastra  British Merchant NavyMAC 4RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Ameer  US NavyAVG-55CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Alazon Bay 1943 after construction began.
Ameer  Royal NavyD01RulerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Baffins.
America  US NavyCV-66Kitty HawkSupercarrierCATOBAR1965–1996
Ancylus  British Merchant NavyMAC 5RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Andrea Doria  Italian Navy550Aircraft carrier—Renamed Cavour before construction began.
Anguilla Bay  US NavyCVE-96CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Salamaua 1943 before construction began.
Antietam  US NavyCV-36EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1945–19631st carrier modified with angled flight deck, 1952.
Anzio  US NavyCVE-57CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-USS Coral Sea, renamed to reuse name for CV-43.
Aquila  Italian NavyFleet carrier—1941–1943 conversion from passenger liner never completed.
Arbiter  Royal NavyD31RulerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS St. Simon.
Archer  US NavyBAVG-1Long IslandEscort carrier—[notes 3] Converted cargo ship. Became HMS Archer.
Archer  Royal NavyD78Long IslandEscort carrier1941–1943[notes 4] Ex-USS Archer.
Argus  Royal NavyI49Fleet carrier1918–1929Converted ocean liner.
Ark Royal  Royal Navy91Fleet carrier1939–1941Sunk by U-81 on 13 November 1941
Ark Royal  Royal NavyR09AudaciousFleet carrierCATOBAR1955–1978Ex-Irresistible. First carrier commissioned with angled deck.
Ark Royal  Royal NavyR07InvincibleAircraft carrierSTOVL1985–2011Ex-Indomitable.
Arrogant  Royal NavyCentaurLight carrierCATOBAR—Laid down 1944, never completed.
Arromanches  French NavyR95ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1974Ex-HMS Colossus, loaned (later sold) to France
Aso  Japanese NavyUnryūLight fleet carrierSTOBAR—Launched in 1944, never completed.
Astrolabe Bay  US NavyCVE-60CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Guadalcanal 1943 before launch.
Astrolabe Bay  US NavyCVE-97CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Hollandia 1944 after launch.
Atheling  Royal NavyD51RulerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Glacier.
Attacker  Royal NavyD02AttackerEscort carrier1942–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Barnes.
Attu  US NavyCVE-102CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Elbour Bay.
Audacious  Royal NavyR05AudaciousFleet carrierCATOBAR1951–1972Renamed Eagle 1946 while under construction.
Audacity  Royal NavyD10Escort carrier1941–1941Converted merchant ship, sunk by U-751
Auguilla Bay  US NavyCVE-58CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Corregidor1943 before launch.
Avenger  US NavyBAVG-1AvengerEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Avenger.
Avenger  Royal NavyD14AvengerEscort carrier1942–1942[notes 5] Sunk 15 November 1942 by U-155.
Badoeng Strait  US NavyCVE-116Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1957Ex-San Alberto Bay.
Baffins  US NavyCVE-35BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Ameer.
Bairoko  US NavyCVE-115Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1955Ex-Portage Bay.
Baku  Soviet Navy103KievAircraft cruiserVTOL1987–1991Renamed to Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov in 1991.
Balinas  US NavyCVE-36BogueEscort carrier—Renamed Bolinas after launch because of misspelling.
Barnes  US NavyCVE-7BogueEscort carrier1942–1942[notes 3] Became HMS Attacker.
Barnes  US NavyCVE-20BogueEscort carrier1942–1946
Bastian  US NavyCVE-37BogueEscort carrier1942–1942[notes 3] Became HMS Trumpeter.
Bastogne  US NavyCVE-124Commencement BayEscort carrier—Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
Bataan  US NavyCVL-29IndependenceLight carrier1943–1954
Battler  Royal NavyD18AttackerEscort carrier1942–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Altamaha.
BAVG-5  US NavyBAVG-5ChargerEscort carrier—[notes 5] Became HMS Dasher.
Béarn  French NavyFleet carrier1927–1948Converted battleship.
Begum  Royal NavyD38RulerEscort carrier1944–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Bolinas.
Belleau Wood  US NavyCVL-24IndependenceLight carrier1943–1947To France as Bois Belleau
Bennington  US NavyCV-20EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1970
Bismarck Sea  US NavyCVE-95CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1945Ex-Alikula Bay. Sunk 21 February 1945 by kamikaze attack off Iwo Jima
Biter  US NavyBAVG-23AvengerEscort carrier—[notes 5] Became HMS Biter.
Biter  Royal NavyD97AvengerEscort carrier1940–1945[notes 5] To France as Dixmude
Block Island  US NavyCVE-8BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Converted freighter. Became HMS Trailer, then HMS Hunter.
Block Island  US NavyCVE-21BogueEscort carrier1943–1944Sunk 29 May 1944 by U-549
Block Island  US NavyCVE-106Commencement BayEscort carrier1944–1954Ex-Sunset Bay (some sources say Sunset).
Bogue  US NavyCVE-9BogueEscort carrier1942–1946
Bois Belleau  French NavyR97IndependenceLight carrier1953–1960Ex-USS Belleau Wood.
Bolinas  US NavyCVE-36BogueEscort carrier1943–1943Ex-Balinas. [notes 3] Became HMS Begum.
Bon Homme Richard  US NavyCV-10EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Yorktown 1942 before launch.
Bon Homme Richard  US NavyCV-31EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1971
Bonaventure  Canadian NavyCVL-22MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR1957–1970Ex-incomplete HMS Powerful.
Bougainville  US NavyCVE-100CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Didrickson Bay.
Boxer  US NavyCV-21EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1969
Breton  US NavyCVE-10BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Chaser
Breton  US NavyCVE-23BogueEscort carrier1943–1946
Bucareli Bay  US NavyCVE-61CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Manila Bay 1943 before launch.
Bucareli Bay  US NavyCVE-98CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Kwajalein 1944 before launch.
Bulwark  Royal NavyR08CentaurFleet carrierCATOBAR1954–1981Converted to commando carrier 1960
Bunker Hill  US NavyCV-17EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1943–1947
Cabot  US NavyCV-16EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Lexington 1942 before launch.
Cabot  US NavyCVL-28IndependenceLight carrier1943–1955To Spain as Dédalo
Campania  Royal NavyD48NairanaEscort carrier1944–1952Command ship for first British atomic bomb test
Cape Esperance  US NavyCVE-88CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1959Ex-Tananek Bay.
Cape Gloucester  US NavyCVE-109Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1946Ex-Willapa Bay.
Card  US NavyCVE-11BogueEscort carrier1942–1946
Carl Vinson  US NavyCVN-70NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1982–present
Carnegie  US NavyCVE-38BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Empress.
Casablanca  US NavyCVE-55CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946Ex-Alazon Bay.
Cavour  Italian Navy550Aircraft carrierV/STOL2008–presentEx-Andrea Doria.
Centaur  Royal NavyR06CentaurFleet carrierCATOBAR1953–1965
Chakri Naruebet  Thai Navy911Príncipe de AsturiasAircraft carrierSTOVL1997–present
Chapin Bay  US NavyCVE-63CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Midway 1943 after construction began.
Chapin Bay  US NavyCVE-99CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Admiralty Islands before construction began.
Charger  US NavyCVE-30ChargerEscort carrier1942–1946Converted liner. Became HMS Charger 1942, returned to US two days later.
Charger  Royal NavyD27AvengerEscort carrier1942–1942Ex-Charger. Returned to US two days later.
Charles de Gaulle  French NavyR91Fleet carrier[notes 1]CATOBAR2001–presentex-Richelieu
Chaser  Royal NavyD32AttackerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Breton.
Chatham  US NavyCVE-32BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Slinger.
Chenango  US NavyCVE-28SangamonEscort carrier1942–1946Converted oiler.
Chigusa Maru  Japanese ArmyYamashio MaruEscort carrierSTOBAR—1944 tanker conversion, never completed.
Chitose  Japanese NavyChitoseLight carrier1942–1944Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.
Chiyoda  Japanese NavyChitoseLight carrierSTOBAR1943–1944Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.
Chūyō  Japanese NavyTaiyōEscort carrierSTOBAR1942–1943Converted ocean liner, sunk by USS Sailfish 4 December 1943
Clemenceau  French NavyR98ClemenceauFleet carrierCATOBAR1961–1997
Colossus  Royal NavyR15ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Loaned (later sold) to France as Arromanches
Commencement Bay  US NavyCVE-105Commencement BayEscort carrier1944–1946Ex-St. Joseph Bay.
Constellation  US NavyCV-64Kitty HawkSupercarrierCATOBAR1961–2003
Copahee  US NavyCVE-12BogueEscort carrier1942–1946
Coral Sea  US NavyCVE-57CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1944Ex-Alikula Bay. Renamed Anzio to re-use the name for CV-43.
Coral Sea  US NavyCVB-43MidwayFleet carrier1947–1990
Cordova  US NavyCVE-39BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Khedive.
Core  US NavyCVE-13BogueEscort carrier1942–1946
Corregidor  US NavyCVE-58CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1958Ex-Auguilla Bay.
Courageous  Royal Navy50CourageousFleet carrier1928–1939Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by U-29, 17 September 1939
Cowpens  US NavyCVL-25IndependenceLight carrier1943–1947
Croatan  US NavyCVE-14BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Fencer
Croatan  US NavyCVE-25BogueEscort carrier1943–1946
Crown Point  US NavyCV-32EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Leyte 1945 before launch.
CV-44  US NavyCV-44MidwayFleet carrier—Never laid down, cancelled 1943.
CV-50  US NavyCV-50EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-51  US NavyCV-51EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-52  US NavyCV-52EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-53  US NavyCV-53EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-54  US NavyCV-54EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CV-55  US NavyCV-55EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVB-56  US NavyCVB-56MidwayFleet carrier—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVB-57  US NavyCVB-57MidwayFleet carrier—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
CVE-128  US NavyCVE-128Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
CVE-129  US NavyCVE-129Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 after construction began.
CVE-130  US NavyCVE-130Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-131  US NavyCVE-131Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-132  US NavyCVE-132Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-133  US NavyCVE-133Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-134  US NavyCVE-134Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-135  US NavyCVE-135Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-136  US NavyCVE-136Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-137  US NavyCVE-137Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-138  US NavyCVE-138Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
CVE-139  US NavyCVE-139Commencement BayEscort carrier—Cancelled 1945 before construction began.
Daiju Maru  Japanese ArmyShimane MaruEscort carrierSTOBAR—Tanker conversion. Cancelled 1945.
Dasher  Royal NavyD37AvengerEscort carrier1942–1943[notes 5] Ex-American BAVG-5. Sunk 27 March 1943 following explosion of unknown cause.
Dédalo  Spanish NavyIndependenceLight carrier1967–1989Ex-USS Cabot.
Delgada  US NavyCVE-40BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Speaker.
Didrickson Bay  US NavyCVE-64CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Tripoli 1943 before launch.
Didrickson Bay  US NavyCVE-100CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Bougainville before construction began.
Dixmude  French NavyChargerEscort carrier1945–1966Ex-HMS Biter.
Dolomi Bay  US NavyCVE-65CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Wake Island 1943 before launch.
Dolomi Bay  US NavyCVE-101CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Matanikau 1944 before launch.
Duke of Edinburgh  Royal NavyCVA-01Fleet carrierCATOBAR—Planned 1960s fleet carrier, but never ordered.
Dwight D. Eisenhower  US NavyCVN-69NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1977–present
Eagle  Royal Navy94Fleet carrier1924–1942Converted battleship. Sunk by U-73, 11 August 1942
Eagle  Royal NavyAudaciousFleet carrierCATOBAR—Laid down 1944, cancelled 1946.
Eagle  Royal NavyR05AudaciousFleet carrierCATOBAR1951–1972Ex-Audacious.
Edisto  US NavyCVE-41BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Nabob.
Elbe  German NavyJadeAuxiliary aircraft carrier—Liner conversion, cancelled 1943.
Elbour Bay  US NavyCVE-66CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed White Plains 1943 before launch.
Elbour Bay  US NavyCVE-102CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Attu before construction began.
Elephant  Royal NavyCentaurLight carrierCATOBAR—Laid down 1944, not completed until 1959 as HMS Hermes.
Emperor  Royal NavyD98RulerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Pybus.
Emperor  US NavyCVE-67CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Nassuk Bay 1943 after construction began.
Empire MacAlpine  British Merchant NavyMHEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacAndrew  British Merchant NavyMKEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacCabe  British Merchant NavyMLEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacCallum  British Merchant NavyMNEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacColl  British Merchant NavyMBEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacDermott  British Merchant NavyMSEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1944–1945[notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacKay  British Merchant NavyMHEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacKendrick  British Merchant NavyMOEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacMahon  British Merchant NavyMJEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Empire MacRae  British Merchant NavyMUEmpireMerchant aircraft carrier1943–1945[notes 6] Returned to commercial service
Empress  Royal NavyD42RulerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Carnegie.
Eniwetok  US NavyCVE-125Commencement BayEscort carrier—Keel laid April 1945, cancelled before launch
Enterprise  US NavyCV-6YorktownFleet carrier1938–1947
Enterprise  US NavyCVN-65EnterpriseSupercarrier[notes 1]1961–2012First nuclear-powered carrier
Enterprise  US NavyCVN-80Gerald R. FordSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR—Commissioning 2025.
Essex  US NavyCV-9EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1942–1969
Estero  US NavyCVE-42BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Premier.
Falco  Italian NavyAircraft carrier—Liner conversion began 1942. Renamed Sparviero but never completed.
Fanshaw Bay  US NavyCVE-70CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946
Fencer  Royal NavyD64AttackerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Croatan.
Flugzeugträger B  German NavyGraf ZeppelinFleet carrier—Started 1938, cancelled 1939. Proposed name was Peter Strasser.
Flugzeugträger C  German NavyGraf ZeppelinFleet carrier—Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
Flugzeugträger D  German NavyGraf ZeppelinFleet carrier—Cancelled 1938 before construction began.
Foch  French NavyR99ClemenceauFleet carrierCATOBAR1963–2000sold to Brazil as São Paulo
Formidable  Royal Navy67IllustriousFleet carrierCATOBAR1940–1947
Forrestal  US NavyCV-59ForrestalSupercarrierCATOBAR1955–1993First supercarrier
Fortaleza Bay  US NavyCVE-72CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Ex-Fortazela Bay. Renamed Tulagi 1943 before launch.
Fortazela Bay  US NavyCVE-72CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Fortaleza Bay 1943 before launch due to spelling error.
Franklin  US NavyCV-13EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1947Badly damaged March 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt  US NavyCVB-42MidwayFleet carrier1945–1977
Frosty Bay  US NavyCVE-112Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Siboney 1944 before launch.
Furious  Royal Navy47CourageousFleet carrier1925–1945Converted battlecruiser.
Gadila  Dutch Merchant NavyMAC 6RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1944–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Gambier Bay  US NavyCVE-73CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1944Sunk by Japanese gunfire at Battle of Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
George H.W. Bush  US NavyCVN-77NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR2009–present
George Washington  US NavyCVN-73NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1992–present
Gerald R. Ford  US NavyCVN-78Gerald R. FordSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR2017–presentIn-service
Gibraltar  Royal NavyD68MaltaFleet carrierCATOBAR—Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
Gilbert Islands  US NavyCVE-107Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1955Ex-St. Andrews Bay. Converted to communication relay ship USS Annapolis
Giuseppe Garibaldi  Italian Navy551Aircraft carrierSTOVL1983–present
Glacier  US NavyCVE-33BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Atheling.
Glorious  Royal Navy77CourageousFleet carrier1930–1940Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau 8 June 1940
Glory  Royal NavyR62ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1943–1956
Graf Zeppelin  German NavyGraf ZeppelinFleet carrier—Launched 1938, never completed.
Guadalcanal  US NavyCVE-60CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946Ex-Astrolabe Bay. Captured U-505
Hamlin  US NavyCVE-15BogueEscort carrier1942–1942[notes 3] Became HMS Stalker
Hancock  US NavyCV-14EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Ticonderoga 1943 before launch.
Hancock  US NavyCV-19EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1976Ex-Ticonderoga (CV-19).
Harry S. Truman  US NavyCVN-75NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1998–presentEx-United States
Hercules  Royal NavyR49MajesticLight fleet carrierCATOBAR / STOVL—Launched 1945. To India 1957 and completed as INS Vikrant.
Hermes  Royal Navy95Fleet carrierCATOBAR / STOBAR1924–1942First purpose built carrier launched. Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft.
Hermes  Royal NavyCentaurLight carrierCATOBAR—Laid down 1944, cancelled 1945.
Hermes  Royal NavyR12CentaurFleet carrierCATOBAR / STOVL1959–1984Ex-Elephant. To India as INS Viraat
Hiryū  Japanese NavyFleet carrierSTOBAR1939–1942Sunk at Midway
Hiyō  Japanese NavyHiyōFleet carrierSTOBAR1942–1944Converted ocean liner, sunk at Battle of the Philippine Sea
Hobart Bay  US NavyCVE-113Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Puget Sound 1944 before launch.
Hoggatt Bay  US NavyCVE-75CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Hollandia  US NavyCVE-97CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1947Ex-Astrolabe Bay.
Hornet  US NavyCV-8YorktownFleet carrier1941–1942Sunk in Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Hornet  US NavyCV-12EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1943–1970Ex-Kearsarge (CV-12). Museum at Alameda, CA.
Hōshō  Japanese NavyFleet carrierSTOBAR1922–1946
Hunter  Royal NavyD80AttackerEscort carrier1943–1945[notes 4] Ex-USS Block Island. Renamed from HMS Trailer.
Ibuki  Japanese NavyLight carrierSTOBAR—Launched 1943, never completed.
I  German NavyAuxiliary aircraft carrier—Transport conversion, cancelled 1942.
II  German NavyAuxiliary aircraft carrier—Cruiser conversion, cancelled 1943.
Ikoma  Japanese NavyUnryūLight carrierSTOBAR1944–1945Sunk in Kure dockyard 24 July 1945
Illustrious  Royal Navy87IllustriousFleet carrierCATOBAR1940–1954
Illustrious  Royal NavyR06InvincibleAircraft carrierSTOVL1982–2014
Implacable  Royal NavyR86ImplacableFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1954
Indefatigable  Royal NavyR10ImplacableFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Independence  US NavyCVL-22IndependenceLight carrier1943–1946
Independence  US NavyCV-62ForrestalSupercarrierCATOBAR1959–1998
Independencia  Argentine NavyV-1ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1958–1970Ex-HMS Warrior
Indomitable  Royal Navy92IllustriousFleet carrierCATOBAR1941–1953
Indomitable  Royal NavyR07InvincibleAircraft carrierSTOVL—Renamed Ark Royal before construction began.
Intrepid  US NavyCV-11EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1943–1974Museum in New York City.
Invincible  Royal NavyR05InvincibleAircraft carrierSTOVL1980–2005
Irresitible  Royal NavyR09AudaciousFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Ark Royal before launch.
Iwo Jima  US NavyCV-46EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Laid down 1945, but never completed.
Izumo  Japan Maritime Self-defense ForceDDH-183IzumoAircraft carrierSTOVL2015–presentAnnounced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
Jade  German NavyJadeAuxiliary aircraft carrier—Proposed liner conversion, cancelled 1942.
Jamaica  US NavyCVE-43BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Shah.
Joffre  French NavyJoffreFleet carrier—Under construction 1938–1940, but never completed.
John C. Stennis  US NavyCVN-74NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1995–present
John F. Kennedy  US NavyCV-67Modified Kitty Hawk/John F. KennedySupercarrierCATOBAR1968–2007
John F. Kennedy  US NavyCVN-79Gerald R. FordSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR—Under construction, planned commissioning 2024
Juan Carlos I  Spanish NavyL61Juan Carlos ISTOVL amphibious warfare shipSTOVL2010–present
Jun'yō  Japanese NavyHiyōFleet carrierSTOBAR1942–1946Converted ocean liner.
Kadashan Bay  US NavyCVE-76CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Kaga  Japanese NavyFleet carrierSTOBAR1928–1942Converted battleship. Sunk at Midway
Kaga  Japan Maritime Self-defense ForceDDH–184IzumoAircraft carrierSTOVL2017–presentAnnounced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
Kaimon  Japanese NavyUnryūLight carrier—Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kurama.
Kaita Bay  US NavyCVE-78CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Savo Island 1943 before launch.
Kaiyō  Japanese NavyEscort carrierSTOBAR1943–1945Converted ocean liner. Sunk at Beppu Bay 24 July 1945.
Kalinin Bay  US NavyCVE-68CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946
Kanalku Bay  US NavyCVE-77CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Marcus Island 1943 before launch.
Karel Doorman  Dutch NavyQH1NairanaEscort carrier1946–1948Ex-HMS Nairana.
Karel Doorman  Dutch NavyR81ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1948–1968Ex-HMS Venerable. To Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo 1969.
Kasaan Bay  US NavyCVE-69CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946
Kasagi  Japanese NavyUnryūLight carrier—Launched 1944, but never completed.
Katsuragi  Japanese NavyUnryūFleet carrier—Launched 1944, but never completed.
Kearsarge  US NavyCV-12EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Hornet 1942 before launch.
Kearsarge  US NavyCV-33EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1970
Keweenaw  US NavyCVE-44BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Patroller.
Khedive  Royal NavyD62RulerEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Cordova.
Kiev  Russian Navy
 Soviet Navy		075KievAircraft carrierVTOL1975–1993Currently an attraction at Tianjin Binhai theme park in China
Kitkun Bay  US NavyCVE-71CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946
Kitty Hawk  US NavyCV-63Kitty HawkSupercarrierCATOBAR1961–2009
Kremlin  Soviet NavyUlyanovskSupercarrier—Renamed Ulyanovsk before construction began, never completed.
Kula Gulf  US NavyCVE-108Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1969Ex-Vermillion Bay.
Kurama  Japanese NavyUnryūLight carrier—Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kaimon.
Kwajalein  US NavyCVE-98CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Bucareli Bay.
La Fayette  French NavyR96IndependenceLight carrier1951–1963Ex-USS Langley.
Lake Champlain  US NavyCV-39EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1966
Langley  US NavyCV-1Light carrier1922–1938Converted to seaplane tender. Scuttled 27 February 1942 after being damaged by dive bombers.
Langley  US NavyCVL-27IndependenceLight carrier1943–1947To France as La Fayette.
Leonid Brezhnev  Russian NavyKuznetsovFleet carrier—Ex-Riga. Renamed Tbilisi after launch in 1985.
Leviathan  Royal NavyR97MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR—Launched 1945, but never completed.
Lexington  US NavyCV-2LexingtonFleet carrier1927–1942Sunk by enemy action on 8 May 1942 during Battle of the Coral Sea.
Lexington  US NavyCV-16EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1943–1991Ex-Cabot (CV-16). Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas
Leyte  US NavyCV-32EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1959Ex-Crown Point (CV-32).
Liaoning  Chinese Navy16Type 001Aircraft carrierSTOBAR2012–presentEx-incomplete Varyag from Ukraine 1998.
Lingayen  US NavyCVE-126Commencement BayEscort carrier—Laid down 1945, but never completed.
Liscome Bay  US NavyCVE-56CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1943Sunk by I-175 24 November 1943
Long Island  US NavyCVE-1Long IslandEscort carrier1941–1946
Luigi Einaudi  Italian Navy550Aircraft carrierSTOVL—Renamed Andrea Doria before construction began.
Lunga Point  US NavyCVE-94CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Alazon Bay.
Macoma  Dutch Merchant NavyMAC 7RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1944–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Magnificent  Royal NavyMajesticLight carrierCATOBAR—Completed for Canada as HMCS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956.
Magnificent  Canadian NavyCVL-21MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR1948–1956Ex-HMS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956.
Majestic  Royal NavyR77MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR—Completed for Australia as HMAS Melbourne.
Makassar Strait  US NavyCVE-91CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Ulitaka Bay.
Makin Island  US NavyCVE-93CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Woodcliff Bay.
Malta  Royal NavyD93MaltaFleet carrierCATOBAR—Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
Manila Bay  US NavyCVE-61CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946Ex-Bucareli Bay.
Marcus Island  US NavyCVE-77CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Kanalku Bay.
Matanikau  US NavyCVE-101CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Dolomi Bay.
McClure  US NavyCVE-45BogueEscort carrier—Renamed Prince 1942 before construction began.
Melbourne  Royal Australian NavyR21MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR1955–1982ex-HMS Majestic completed for Royal Australian Navy.
Midway  US NavyCVE-63CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Ex-Chapin Bay. Renamed USS St. Lo to free name for CV-41
Midway  US NavyCVB-41MidwayFleet carrier1945–1992Museum in San Diego, CA
Minas Gerais  Brazilian NavyA11ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1960–2001[notes 7]
Mindoro  US NavyCVE-120Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1955
Minsk  Russian Navy
 Soviet Navy		025/011KievAircraft carrierVTOL1978–1993Currently a tourist attraction in Shenzhen, China.
Miralda  British Merchant NavyMAC 8RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1944–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Mission Bay  US NavyCVE-59CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1958
Monmouth  Royal Navy96CentaurLight carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
Monterey  US NavyCVL-26IndependenceLight carrier1943–1956
Mosser Bay  US NavyCVE-114Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Willamette after launch.
Munda  US NavyCVE-104CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Tonowek Bay.
Nabob  Royal NavyD77BogueEscort carrier1943–1944[notes 4] Ex-USS Edisto. Canadian crew.
Nairana  Royal NavyD05NairanaEscort carrier1943–1946To Netherlands as HNLMS Karel Doorman
Nassau  US NavyCVE-16BogueEscort carrier1942–1946
Nassuk Bay  US NavyCVE-67CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Ex-Emperor. Renamed Solomons 1943 after launch.
Natoma Bay  US NavyCVE-62CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946
Nehenta Bay  US NavyCVE-74CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
New Zealand  Royal NavyD43MaltaFleet carrierCATOBAR—Ordered 1943 but never laid down.
Niantic  US NavyCVE-46BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Ranee.
Nimitz  US NavyCVN-68NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1975–present
Novorossiysk  Russian Navy
 Soviet Navy		137KievAircraft carrierVTOL1982–1993
Ocean  Royal NavyR68ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1960
Okinawa  US NavyCVE-127Commencement BayEscort carrier—Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch
Ommaney Bay  US NavyCVE-79CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1945Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 4 January 1945.
Oriskany  US NavyCV-18EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Wasp 1943 before launch.
Oriskany  US NavyCV-34EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1950–1975Florida artificial reef in 2006.
Otakisan Maru  Japanese ArmyShimane MaruEscort carrier—Tanker conversion. Launched 1945 but never completed.
Painlevé  French NavyJoffreFleet carrier—Planned for 1938, never laid down
Palau  US NavyCVE-122Commencement BayEscort carrier1946–1954
Patroller  Royal NavyD07BogueEscort carrier1943–1947[notes 4] Ex-USS Keweenaw.
Perdido  US NavyCVE-47BogueEscort carrier1943–1944[notes 3] Became HMS Trouncer.
Peter Strasser  German NavyGraf ZeppelinFleet carrier—See Flugzeugträger B.
Petrof Bay  US NavyCVE-80CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Philippine Sea  US NavyCV-47EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1958
Point Cruz  US NavyCVE-119Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1956Ex-Trocadero Bay.
Polyphemus  Royal Navy57CentaurLight carrierCATOBAR—Never laid down, cancelled 1945.
Portage Bay  US NavyCVE-115Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Bairoko before construction began.
Powerful  Royal NavyR95MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR—Completed for Canada as HMCS Bonaventure
Premier  Royal NavyD23BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Estero.
Pretoria Castle  Royal NavyF61Escort carrier1943–1946Converted armed merchant cruiser.
Prince  US NavyCVE-45BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Ex-McClure. Became HMS Rajah.
Prince of Wales  Royal NavyR09Queen ElizabethSupercarrierSTOVL2019–presentCommissioned 10 December 2019
Prince William  US NavyCVE-19BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Striker
Prince William  US NavyCVE-31BogueEscort carrier1943–1946
Princeton  US NavyCVL-23IndependenceLight carrier1943–1944Sunk 24 October 1944 at Leyte Gulf
Princeton  US NavyCV-37EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1970
Principe de Asturias  Spanish NavyR-11Príncipe de AsturiasAircraft carrierSTOVL1988–2013
Puget Sound  US NavyCVE-113Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1946Ex-Hobart Bay.
Puncher  Royal NavyD79BogueEscort carrier1944–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Willapa. Canadian crew.
Pursuer  Royal NavyD73BogueEscort carrier1942–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS St. George.
Pybus  US NavyCVE-34BogueEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 3] Became HMS Emperor.
Queen  Royal NavyD19BogueEscort carrier1943–1947[notes 4] Ex-USS St. Andrews.
Queen Elizabeth  Royal NavyCVA-01Fleet carrierCATOBAR—Announced 1963, cancelled 1966 before work started.
Queen Elizabeth  Royal NavyR08Queen ElizabethSupercarrierSTOVL2017–presentCommissioned 7 December 2017
Rabaul  US NavyCVE-121Commencement BayEscort carrier—Completed but never commissioned.
Rajah  Royal NavyD10BogueEscort carrier1943–1947[notes 4] Ex-USS Prince.
Randolph  US NavyCV-15EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1969
Ranee  Royal NavyD03BogueEscort carrier1943–1947[notes 4] Ex-USS Niantic.
Ranger  US NavyCV-4Fleet carrier1934–1946
Ranger  US NavyCV-61ForrestalSupercarrierCATOBAR1957–1993
Rapana  Royal NavyMAC 9RapanaMerchant aircraft carrier1942–1946[notes 2] Returned to commercial service
Ravager  Royal NavyD70BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4]
Reaper  Royal NavyD82BogueEscort carrier1944–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Winjah.
Rendova  US NavyCVE-114Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1955Ex-Willamette.
Reprisal  US NavyCVL-30IndependenceLight carrier—Renamed San Jacinto 1942 before launch.
Reprisal  US NavyCV-35EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Started 1944, cancelled 1945.
Richelieu  French NavyFleet carrier[notes 1]—Renamed Charles De Gaulle before construction began.
Richelieu (PA2)  French NavyModified Queen ElizabethSupercarrierCATOBAR—Cancelled 2013 before construction began.
Riga  Russian NavyKuznetsovFleet carrier—Renamed Leonid Brezhnev after construction began in 1982.
Riga  Soviet NavyKuznetsovAircraft carrier—Renamed to Varyag in 1990 after construction began.
Roi  US NavyCVE-103CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Alava Bay.
Ronald Reagan  US NavyCVN-76NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR2003–present
Rudyerd Bay  US NavyCVE-81CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Ruler  Royal NavyD72BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS St. Joseph.
Ryūhō  Japanese NavyLight carrier1942–1945Converted submarine tender. Severely damage by aircraft March 1945 not repaired
Ryūjō  Japanese NavyLight carrier1933–1942Sunk by aircraft during Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Sable  US NavyIX-81Training carrier1943–1945Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
Saginaw Bay  US NavyCVE-82CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Saidor  US NavyCVE-117Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1947Ex-Saltery Bay.
Saipan  US NavyCVL-48SaipanLight carrier1946–1965
Salamaua  US NavyCVE-96CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Anguilla Bay.
Salerno Bay  US NavyCVE-110Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1954Ex-Winjah Bay.
Saltery Bay  US NavyCVE-117Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Saidor 1944 before construction began.
San Alberto Bay  US NavyCVE-116Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Badoeng Strait before construction began.
San Jacinto  US NavyCVL-30IndependenceLight carrier1943–1947Ex-Reprisal (CVL-30).
Sandy Bay  US NavyCVE-118Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Sicily 1944 before construction began.
Sangamon  US NavyCVE-26SangamonEscort carrier1942–1945Converted oiler.
Santee  US NavyCVE-29SangamonEscort carrier1942–1946Converted oiler.
São Paulo  Brazilian NavyA12ClemenceauFleet carrierCATOBAR2000–2017Ex-Foch.
Saratoga  US NavyCV-3LexingtonFleet carrier1927–1946Expended as a target ship in the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests.
Saratoga  US NavyCV-60ForrestalSupercarrierCATOBAR1956–1994
Sargent Bay  US NavyCVE-83CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Savo Island  US NavyCVE-78CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946Ex-Kaita Bay.
Searcher  Royal NavyD40BogueEscort carrier1943–1945[notes 4]
Shah  Royal NavyD21BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Jamaica.
Shamrock Bay  US NavyCVE-84CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Shandong  Chinese Navy17Type 002Aircraft carrierSTOBAR2019–presentFirst domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier.
Shangri-La  US NavyCV-38EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1971
Shimane Maru  Japanese ArmyShimane MaruEscort carrier1945–1945Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft.
Shinano  Japanese NavyFleet carrier1944–1944Converted Yamato-class battleship. Sunk by USS Archerfish 29 November 1944.
Shin'yō  Japanese NavyEscort carrier1943–1944Converted ocean liner, sunk by USS Spadefish on 17 November 1944.
Shipley Bay  US NavyCVE-85CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Shōhō  Japanese NavyZuihōLight carrier1941–1942Sunk by aircraft at Coral Sea
Shōkaku  Japanese NavyShōkakuFleet carrier1941–1944Sunk by USS Cavalla 19 June 1944
Siboney  US NavyCVE-112Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1956Ex-Frosty Bay.
Sicily  US NavyCVE-118Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1954Ex-Sandy Bay.
Sitkoh Bay  US NavyCVE-86CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
1950–1954
Slinger  Royal NavyD26BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Chatham.
Smiter  Royal NavyD55BogueEscort carrier1944–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Vermillion.
Solomons  US NavyCVE-67CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946Ex-Nassuk Bay.
Sōryū  Japanese NavyFleet carrier1937–1942Sunk at Midway 4 June 1942
Sparviero  Italian NavyAircraft carrier—Ex-Falco, never completed.
Speaker  Royal NavyD90BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Delgada.
St. Andrews  US NavyCVE-49BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Queen.
St. Andrews Bay  US NavyCVE-107Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Gilbert Islands 1944 before launch.
St. George  US NavyCVE-17BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Pursuer
St. Joseph  US NavyCVE-50BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Ruler.
St. Joseph Bay  US NavyCVE-105Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Commencement Bay 1944 after launch.
St. Lo  US NavyCVE-63CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1944Ex-USS Midway, renamed to use name for CV-41. Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 25 October 1944.
St. Simon  US NavyCVE-51BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Arbiter.
Stalker  Royal NavyD91BogueEscort carrier1942–1945[notes 4] Ex-USS Hamlin.
Steamer Bay  US NavyCVE-87CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1947
Striker  Royal NavyD12BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] ex-USS Prince William.
Sunset  US NavyCVE-48BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Thane.
Sunset Bay  US NavyCVE-106Commencement BayEscort carrier—Some sources say the name was Sunset. Renamed Block Island 1944 before launch.
Suwannee  US NavyCVE-27SangamonEscort carrier1942–1946Converted oiler.
Sydney  Royal Australian NavyR17MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR1948–1958ex-HMS Terrible completed for Royal Australian Navy.
Taihō  Japanese NavyTaihōFleet carrier1944–1944Sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944
Taisha Maru  Japanese ArmyShimane MaruEscort carrier—Proposed tanker conversion. Cancelled 1944.
Taiyō  Japanese NavyTaiyōEscort carrier1941–1944Converted ocean liner. Sunk by USS Rasher 18 August 1944
Takanis Bay  US NavyCVE-89CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1946
Tananek Bay  US NavyCVE-88CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Cape Esperance 1943 before construction began.
Tarawa  US NavyCV-40EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1960
Tbilisi  Soviet Navy113KuznetsovAircraft cruiser—ex-Leonid Brezhnev. Renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Sozuya Kuznetzov 1990.
Terrible  Royal NavyR93MajesticLight carrierCATOBAR—Completed for Australia as HMAS Sydney.
Thane  Royal NavyD48BogueEscort carrier1943–1945[notes 4] Ex-USS Sunset.
Theodore Roosevelt  US NavyCVN-71NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR1986–present
Theseus  Royal NavyR64ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1956
Thetis Bay  US NavyCVE-90CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1964
Ticonderoga  US NavyCV-19EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Hancock 1943 before launch.
Ticonderoga  US NavyCV-14EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1944–1973Ex-Hancock (CV-14).
Tinian  US NavyCVE-123Commencement BayEscort carrier—Completed 1946, but never commissioned
Tonowek Bay  US NavyCVE-104CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Munda 1943 before construction began.
Totem Bay  US NavyCVE-111Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Vella Gulf 1944 before launch.
Tracker  Royal NavyD24BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4]
Trailer  Royal NavyD80AttackerEscort carrier1943–1943[notes 4] Ex-USS Block Island. Renamed to HMS Hunter 1943.
Tripoli  US NavyCVE-64CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1958Ex-Didrickson Bay.
Triumph  Royal NavyR16ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1975
Trocadero Bay  US NavyCVE-119Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Point Cruz 1944 before construction began.
Trouncer  Royal NavyD85BogueEscort carrier1944–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Perdido.
Trumpeter  Royal NavyD09BogueEscort carrier1943–1946[notes 4] Ex-USS Bastian.
Tulagi  US NavyCVE-72CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946Ex-Fortaleza Bay.
Fujian  Chinese Navy18Type 003SupercarrierCATOBAR—Fitting out. Planned for commission in 2023.
Type 004  Chinese NavyType 004SupercarrierCATOBAR—Under preliminary stages of construction. Planned for commission by late 2020s.
Ulitaka Bay  US NavyCVE-91CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Makassar Strait 1943 before construction began.
Ulyanovsk  Soviet NavyUlyanovskSupercarrierCATOBAR—Ex-Kremlin. Under construction 1988–1991, never completed.
Unicorn  Royal NavyI72Light aircraft carrier,
Aircraft repair ship		1943–1946, 1949–1953
United States  US NavyCVA-58United StatesSupercarrierCATOBAR—Laid down 18 April 1949, cancelled five days later.
United States  US NavyCVN-75NimitzSupercarrier[notes 1]CATOBAR—Renamed Harry S. Truman 1992 after launch.
Unryū  Japanese NavyUnryūFleet carrier1944–1944Sunk by USS Redfish on 19 December 1944
Un'yō  Japanese NavyTaiyōEscort carrier1942–1944Sunk by USS Barb 17 September 1944
Valley Forge  US NavyCV-45EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1970
Varyag  Soviet NavyKuznetsovAircraft carrier—Ex-Riga. To Ukraine 1992 while still under construction. Construction cancelled 1995. To China as Liaoning 1998.
Veinticinco de Mayo  Argentine NavyV-2ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1968–1997Ex-Dutch Karel Doorman (R81) 1969.
Vella Gulf  US NavyCVE-111Commencement BayEscort carrier1945–1946Ex-Totem Bay.
Venerable  Royal NavyR63ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1947To Netherlands as Karel Doorman 1948.
Vengeance  Royal NavyR71ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1952[notes 7]
Vengeance  Royal Australian NavyR71ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1952–1955[notes 7] On loan from the Royal Navy
Verdun  French NavyAttack carrier—Never laid down, cancelled 1961
Vermillion  US NavyCVE-52BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Smiter.
Vermillion Bay  US NavyCVE-108Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Kula Gulf 1943 before construction began.
Victorious  Royal NavyR38IllustriousFleet carrierCATOBAR1941–1968
Vikramaditya  Indian NavyR33KievAircraft carrierSTOBAR2013–presentex-Russian Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Suzuya Gorshkov.
Vikrant  Indian NavyR11MajesticLight fleet carrierCATOBAR / STOVL1961–1997Ex-HMS Hercules completed for India.
Vikrant  Indian NavyIAC-IAircraft carrierSTOBAR—Commissioned in 2022
Vindex  Royal NavyD15NairanaEscort carrier1943–1947
Viraat  Indian NavyR22CentaurFleet carrierSTOVL1987–2017ex-HMS Hermes.
Vishal  Indian NavyIAC-IISupercarrier—Planned. Scheduled to commission in 2025.
Wake Island  US NavyCVE-65CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946Ex-Dolomi Bay.
Warrior  Canadian NavyR31ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1946–1948Ex-HMS Warrior. Returned to UK.
Warrior  Royal NavyR31ColossusLight fleet carrierCATOBAR1945–1946, 1948–1958To Canada as HMCS Warrior. Returned to UK and thence to Argentina as Independencia.
Wasp  US NavyCV-7WaspLight carrier1940–1942Sunk 15 September 1942.
Wasp  US NavyCV-18EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1943–1972Ex-Oriskany.
Weser  German NavyAircraft carrier—1942–1943 cruiser conversion, never completed.
White Plains  US NavyCVE-66CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1943–1946Ex-Elbour Bay.
Willamette  US NavyCVE-114Commencement BayEscort carrier—Ex-Mosser Bay. Renamed Rendova at commissioning.
Willapa  US NavyCVE-53BogueEscort carrier1943–1944[notes 3] Became HMS Puncher.
Willapa Bay  US NavyCVE-109Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Cape Gloucester 1944 after construction began.
Windham Bay  US NavyCVE-92CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR1944–1959
Winjah  US NavyCVE-54BogueEscort carrier—[notes 3] Became HMS Reaper.
Winjah Bay  US NavyCVE-110Commencement BayEscort carrier—Renamed Salerno Bay 1943 before construction began.
Wolverine  US NavyIX-64Training carrier1942–1945Converted paddle-wheel steamer.
Woodcliff Bay  US NavyCVE-93CasablancaEscort carrierCATOBAR—Renamed Makin Island 1943 before construction began.
Wright  US NavyCVL-49SaipanLight carrier1947–1970
Yamashiro Maru  Japanese ArmyYamashiro MaruEscort carrier1945–1945Tanker conversion. Sunk by aircraft 17 February 1945
Yorktown  US NavyCV-5YorktownAircraft carrier1937–1942Sunk 7 June 1942 at Midway after air and sub attacks.
Yorktown  US NavyCV-10EssexFleet carrierCATOBAR1943–1970Ex-Bon Homme Richard. Museum at Mount Pleasant, SC
Zuihō  Japanese NavyZuihōLight carrier1940–1944Converted oiler, sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
Zuikaku  Japanese NavyShōkakuFleet carrier1941–1944Sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944
Zuiun Maru  Japanese ArmyYamashiro MaruEscort carrier—1945 tanker conversion, never completed.

See also

References

  • Data for Japanese carriers from: Francillon, Rene (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

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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