List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy – Wikipedia

Hull no. Name Image Class Commissioned Decommissioned Service life Status Refs. CV-4 Ranger Ranger ( lead ship ) 4 June 1934 18 October 1946 12 years, 136 days Scrapped in 1947 [21] CV-5 Yorktown Yorktown ( lead ship ) 30 September 1937 7 June 1942

4 years, 250 days Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942 [22] CV-6 Enterprise Yorktown 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 8 years, 281 days Scrapped in 1960 [23] CV-7 Wasp

Wasp ( lead ship ) 25 April 1940 15 September 1942 2 years, 143 days Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 [24] CV-9 Essex Essex ( lead ship ) 31 December 1942 20 June 1969 26 years, 171 days Scrapped in 1975 [27] CV-13 Franklin Essex 31 January 1944 17 February 1947 2 years, 351 days Scrapped in 1966 [31] CV-14 Ticonderoga Essex (extended bow) 8 May 1944 1 September 1973 29 years, 116 days Scrapped in 1975 [32] CV-15 Randolph Essex (extended bow) 9 October 1944 13 February 1969 24 years, 127 days Scrapped in 1975 [33] CV-17 Bunker Hill Essex 25 May 1943 9 July 1947 4 years, 45 days Scrapped in 1973 [36][37][38] CV-18 Wasp Essex 24 November 1943 1 July 1972 28 years, 220 days Scrapped in 1973 [39] CV-19 Hancock Essex (extended bow) 15 April 1944 30 January 1976 31 years, 290 days Scrapped in 1976 [40] CV-20 Bennington Essex 6 August 1944 15 January 1970 25 years, 162 days Scrapped in 1994 [41] CV-21 Boxer Essex (extended bow) 16 April 1945 1 December 1969 24 years, 229 days Scrapped in 1971 [42][43] CVL-22 Independence Independence ( lead ship ) 14 January 1943 28 August 1946 3 years, 226 days Sunk as target ship near the Farallon Islands in 1951 [44] CVL-23 Princeton Independence 25 February 1943 24 October 1944 1 year, 242 days Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 [14] CVL-24 Belleau Wood Independence 31 March 1943 13 January 1947 3 years, 288 days Scrapped in 1960 [14] CVL-25 Cowpens Independence 28 May 1943 13 January 1947 3 years, 230 days Scrapped in 1960 [14] CVL-26 Monterey Independence 17 June 1943 16 January 1956 12 years, 213 days Scrapped in 1971 [14] CVL-27 Langley Independence 31 August 1943 11 February 1947 3 years, 164 days Scrapped in 1964 [14] CVL-28 Cabot Independence 24 July 1943 21 January 1955 11 years, 181 days Scrapped in 2002 [14] CVL-29 Bataan Independence 17 November 1943 9 April 1954 10 years, 143 days Scrapped in 1961 [45] CVL-30 San Jacinto Independence 15 December 1943 1 March 1947 3 years, 76 days Scrapped in 1972 [14] CV-31 Bon Homme Richard Essex 26 November 1944 2 July 1971 26 years, 218 days Scrapped in 1992 [46] CV-32 Leyte Essex (extended bow) 11 April 1946 15 May 1959 13 years, 34 days Scrapped in 1970 [14] CV-33 Kearsarge Essex (extended bow) 2 May 1946 15 January 1970 23 years, 258 days Scrapped in 1974 [47] CV-34 Oriskany Essex (extended bow) 25 September 1950 20 September 1979

28 years, 360 days Scuttled as artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006 [14] CV-35 Reprisal Essex (extended bow) — — — Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949 [48] CV-36 Antietam Essex (extended bow) 28 January 1945 8 May 1963 18 years, 100 days Scrapped in 1974 [49] CV-37 Princeton Essex (extended bow) 18 November 1945 30 January 1970 24 years, 73 days Scrapped in 1971 [citation needed] CV-38 Shangri-La Essex (extended bow) 15 September 1944 30 July 1971 26 years, 318 days Scrapped in 1988 [50] CV-39 Lake Champlain Essex (extended bow) 3 July 1945 2 May 1966 20 years, 303 days Scrapped in 1972 [citation needed] CV-40 Tarawa Essex (extended bow) 8 December 1945 13 May 1960 14 years, 157 days Scrapped in 1968 [citation needed] CVB-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt Midway 27 October 1945 1 October 1977 31 years, 339 days Scrapped in 1978 [52] CVB-43 Coral Sea Midway 1 October 1947 26 April 1990 42 years, 207 days Scrapped in 1993 [53] CV-44 No name assigned (no image available) Midway — — — Cancelled before construction began. [54] CV-45 Valley Forge Essex (extended bow) 3 November 1946 15 January 1970 23 years, 73 days Scrapped in 1971 [citation needed] CV-46 Iwo Jima Essex (extended bow) — — — Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949 [55] CV-47 Philippine Sea Essex (extended bow) 11 May 1946 28 December 1958 12 years, 231 days Scrapped in 1971 [citation needed] CVL-48 Saipan Saipan ( lead ship ) 14 July 1946 14 January 1970 23 years, 184 days Scrapped in 1976 [citation needed] CVL-49 Wright Saipan 9 February 1947 15 March 1956 9 years, 35 days Scrapped in 1980 [14] CV-50 – CV-55 No names assigned (no images available) Essex These hulls were all cancelled before construction began. [54] CVB-56, CVB-57 Midway CV-59 Forrestal Forrestal ( lead ship ) 1 October 1955 30 September 1993 37 years, 364 days Scrapped in 2014 [57][58]
[ 59 ] [ 60 ] CV-60 Saratoga Forrestal 14 April 1956 20 August 1994 38 years, 128 days Scrapped in 2015 [61] CV-61 Ranger Forrestal 10 August 1957 10 July 1993 35 years, 334 days Scrapped in 2017 [62] CV-62 Independence Forrestal 10 January 1959 30 September 1998 39 years, 263 days Scrapped in 2019 [63] CV-64 Constellation Kitty Hawk 27 October 1961 7 August 2003

41 years, 284 days Scrapped in 2015 [68] CVN-65 Enterprise Enterprise ( lead ship ) 25 November 1961 3 February 2017 55 years, 70 days Struck, to be scrapped [69] CV-66 America Kitty Hawk 23 January 1965 9 August 1996 31 years, 199 days Sunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 [70] CVN-82 tba Gerald R. Ford ~2034 — — Ordered [11]