List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy – Wikipedia

Hull no.NameImageClassCommissionedDecommissionedService lifeStatusRefs.CV-4RangerRanger ( lead ship )4 June 193418 October 194612 years, 136 daysScrapped in 1947[21]CV-5YorktownYorktown ( lead ship )30 September 19377 June 1942

4 years, 250 daysSunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942[22]CV-6EnterpriseYorktown12 May 193817 February 19478 years, 281 daysScrapped in 1960[23]CV-7Wasp

Wasp ( lead ship )25 April 194015 September 19422 years, 143 daysSunk during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942[24]CV-9EssexEssex ( lead ship )31 December 194220 June 196926 years, 171 daysScrapped in 1975[27]CV-13FranklinEssex31 January 194417 February 19472 years, 351 daysScrapped in 1966[31]CV-14TiconderogaEssex (extended bow)8 May 19441 September 197329 years, 116 daysScrapped in 1975[32]CV-15RandolphEssex (extended bow)9 October 194413 February 196924 years, 127 daysScrapped in 1975[33]CV-17Bunker HillEssex25 May 19439 July 19474 years, 45 daysScrapped in 1973[36][37][38]CV-18WaspEssex24 November 19431 July 197228 years, 220 daysScrapped in 1973[39]CV-19HancockEssex (extended bow)15 April 194430 January 197631 years, 290 daysScrapped in 1976[40]CV-20BenningtonEssex6 August 194415 January 197025 years, 162 daysScrapped in 1994[41]CV-21BoxerEssex (extended bow)16 April 19451 December 196924 years, 229 daysScrapped in 1971[42][43]CVL-22IndependenceIndependence ( lead ship )14 January 194328 August 19463 years, 226 daysSunk as target ship near the Farallon Islands in 1951[44]CVL-23PrincetonIndependence25 February 194324 October 19441 year, 242 daysSunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944[14]CVL-24Belleau WoodIndependence31 March 194313 January 19473 years, 288 daysScrapped in 1960[14]CVL-25CowpensIndependence28 May 194313 January 19473 years, 230 daysScrapped in 1960[14]CVL-26MontereyIndependence17 June 194316 January 195612 years, 213 daysScrapped in 1971[14]CVL-27LangleyIndependence31 August 194311 February 19473 years, 164 daysScrapped in 1964[14]CVL-28CabotIndependence24 July 194321 January 195511 years, 181 daysScrapped in 2002[14]CVL-29BataanIndependence17 November 19439 April 195410 years, 143 daysScrapped in 1961[45]CVL-30San JacintoIndependence15 December 19431 March 19473 years, 76 daysScrapped in 1972[14]CV-31Bon Homme RichardEssex26 November 19442 July 197126 years, 218 daysScrapped in 1992[46]CV-32LeyteEssex (extended bow)11 April 194615 May 195913 years, 34 daysScrapped in 1970[14]CV-33KearsargeEssex (extended bow)2 May 194615 January 197023 years, 258 daysScrapped in 1974[47]CV-34OriskanyEssex (extended bow)25 September 195020 September 1979

28 years, 360 daysScuttled as artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006[14]CV-35ReprisalEssex (extended bow)———Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949[48]CV-36AntietamEssex (extended bow)28 January 19458 May 196318 years, 100 daysScrapped in 1974[49]CV-37PrincetonEssex (extended bow)18 November 194530 January 197024 years, 73 daysScrapped in 1971[citation needed]CV-38Shangri-LaEssex (extended bow)15 September 194430 July 197126 years, 318 daysScrapped in 1988[50]CV-39Lake ChamplainEssex (extended bow)3 July 19452 May 196620 years, 303 daysScrapped in 1972[citation needed]CV-40TarawaEssex (extended bow)8 December 194513 May 196014 years, 157 daysScrapped in 1968[citation needed]CVB-42Franklin D. RooseveltMidway27 October 19451 October 197731 years, 339 daysScrapped in 1978[52]CVB-43Coral SeaMidway1 October 194726 April 199042 years, 207 daysScrapped in 1993[53]CV-44No name assigned(no image available)Midway———Cancelled before construction began.[54]CV-45Valley ForgeEssex (extended bow)3 November 194615 January 197023 years, 73 daysScrapped in 1971[citation needed]CV-46Iwo JimaEssex (extended bow)———Cancelled during construction. Scrapped in 1949[55]CV-47Philippine SeaEssex (extended bow)11 May 194628 December 195812 years, 231 daysScrapped in 1971[citation needed]CVL-48SaipanSaipan ( lead ship )14 July 194614 January 197023 years, 184 daysScrapped in 1976[citation needed]CVL-49WrightSaipan9 February 194715 March 19569 years, 35 daysScrapped in 1980[14]CV-50 – CV-55No names assigned(no images available)EssexThese hulls were all cancelled before construction began.[54]CVB-56, CVB-57MidwayCV-59ForrestalForrestal ( lead ship )1 October 195530 September 199337 years, 364 daysScrapped in 2014[57][58]
[ 59 ] [ 60 ]CV-60SaratogaForrestal14 April 195620 August 199438 years, 128 daysScrapped in 2015[61]CV-61RangerForrestal10 August 195710 July 199335 years, 334 daysScrapped in 2017[62]CV-62IndependenceForrestal10 January 195930 September 199839 years, 263 daysScrapped in 2019[63]CV-64ConstellationKitty Hawk27 October 19617 August 2003

41 years, 284 daysScrapped in 2015[68]CVN-65EnterpriseEnterprise ( lead ship )25 November 19613 February 201755 years, 70 daysStruck, to be scrapped[69]CV-66AmericaKitty Hawk23 January 19659 August 199631 years, 199 daysSunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005[70]CVN-82tbaGerald R. Ford~2034——Ordered[11]