CV-1

Langley

1922

Langley-class, lead ship

Sunk, 27 February 1942 65 nm south of Cilacap, Java

CV-2

Lexington

1927

Lexington-class, lead ship

Sunk, 8 May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea

CV-3

Saratoga

1927

Lexington-class

Sunk, 25 July 1946 in Operation Crossroads as a nuclear test target

CV-4

Ranger

1934

Ranger-class, lead ship

Decommissioned: 18 October 1946. Scrapped 1947

CV-5

Yorktown

1937

Yorktown-class, lead ship

Sunk, 7 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway

CV-6

Enterprise

1938

Yorktown-class

Decommissioned: 17 February 1947. Scrapped 1960

CV-7

Wasp

1940

Wasp-class, lead ship

Sunk, 15 September 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign

CV-8

Hornet

1941

Yorktown-class

Sunk, 27 October 1942 in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

CV-9

Essex

1942

Essex-class, lead ship

Decommissioned: 30 June 1969. Scrapped 1975

CV-10

Yorktown

1943

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 27 June 1970. Preserved, Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA

CV-11

Intrepid

1943

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 15 March 1974. Preserved, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York, New York, USA

CV-12

Hornet

1943

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 26 June 1970. Preserved, USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California, USA

CV-13 

Franklin

1944

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 17 February 1947. Scrapped 1966

CV-14

Ticonderoga

1944

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 1 September 1973. Scrapped 1975

CV-15

Randolph

1944

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 13 February 1969. Scrapped 1975

CV-16

Lexington

1943

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 8 November 1991. Preserved, USS Lexington Museum On the Bay— Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

CV-17 

Bunker Hill

1943

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 9 January 1947. Scrapped 1973

CV-18

Wasp

1943

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 1 July 1972. Scrapped 1973

CV-19

Hancock

1944

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 30 January 1976. Scrapped 1976

CV-20

Bennington

1944

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 15 January 1970. Scrapped 1994

CV-21

Boxer

1945

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 1 December 1969. Scrapped 1971

CVL-22

Independence

1943

Independence-class light carrier, lead ship

Nuclear test target in Operation Crossroads, July 1946. Decommissioned: 28 August 1946. Scuttled 29 January 1951

CVL-23

Princeton

1943

Independence-class

Sunk, 24 October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf

CVL-24

Belleau Wood

1943

Independence-class

Transferred to France as Bois Belleau (R97) (1953–1960). Returned to U.S. Scrapped 1960

CVL-25

Cowpens

1943

Independence-class

Decommissioned: 13 January 1947. Scrapped 1960

CVL-26

Monterey

1943

Independence-class

Decommissioned: 16 January 1956. Scrapped 1971

CVL-27

Langley

1943

Independence-class

Transferred to France as La Fayette (R96) (1951–1963). Returned to U.S. Scrapped 1964

CVL-28

Cabot

1943

Independence-class

Transferred to Spain as Dédalo (R-01) (1967–1989). Returned to the U.S. Scrapped 2002

CVL-29

Bataan

1943

Independence-class

Decommissioned: 9 April 1954. Scrapped 1961

CVL-30

San Jacinto

1943

Independence-class

Decommissioned: 1 March 1947. Scrapped 1972

CV-31

Bon Homme Richard

1944

Essex-class

Decommissioned: 2 July 1971. Scrapped 1992

CV-32

Leyte

1946

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 15 May 1959. Scrapped 1970

CV-33

Kearsarge

1946

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 13 February 1970. Scrapped 1974

CV-34

Oriskany

1950

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 30 September 1976. Scuttled as an artificial reef, May 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico

CV-35

Reprisal

Canceled
(12 August 1945)

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled while under construction. Hull launched in 1946 and used for experiments and explosive tests. Scrapped 1949

CV-36

Antietam

1945

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 8 May 1963. Scrapped 28 February 1974

CV-37

Princeton

1945

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 30 January 1970. Scrapped 1971

CV-38

Shangri-la

1944

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 30 July 1971. Scrapped 1988

CV-39

Lake Champlain

1945

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 2 May 1966. Scrapped 1972

CV-40

Tarawa

1945

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 13 May 1960. Scrapped 1968

CVB-41

Midway

1945

Midway-class, lead ship

Decommissioned: 11 April 1992. Preserved, USS Midway Museum—San Diego, California, USA

CVB-42

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1945

Midway-class

Decommissioned: 30 September 1977. Scrapped 1978

CVB-43

Coral Sea

1947

Midway-class

Decommissioned: 26 April 1990. Scrapped 2000

CVB-44

Canceled

Midway-class

Canceled

CV-45

Valley Forge

1946

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 15 January 1970. Scrapped 1971

CV-46

Iwo Jima

Canceled
(12 August 1945)

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled while under construction. Scrapped 1946

CV-47

Philippine Sea

1946

Essex-class (extended bow)

Decommissioned: 28 December 1958. Scrapped 1971

CVL-48

Saipan

1946

Saipan-class, lead ship

Converted to USS Arlington (AGMR-2) 1966. Decommissioned: 14 January 1970. Scrapped 1976

CVL-49

Wright

1947

Saipan-class

Converted to USS Wright (CC-2) 1963. Decommissioned: 27 May 1970. Scrapped 1980

CV-50

Canceled

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled

CV-51

Canceled

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled

CV-52

Canceled

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled

CV-53

Canceled

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled

CV-54

Canceled

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled

CV-55

Canceled

Essex-class (extended bow)

Canceled

CVB-56

Canceled

Midway-class

Canceled

CVB-57

Canceled

Midway-class

Canceled

CVA-58

United States

Canceled
(23 April 1949)

United States–class supercarrier, lead ship

Canceled five days after the ship's keel was laid down

CV-59

Forrestal

1955

Forrestal-class supercarrier, lead ship

Decommissioned 11 September 1993. Sold for scrapping in Brownsville, Texas.

CV-60

Saratoga

1956

Forrestal-class supercarrier

Decommissioned 20 August 1994. To be dismantled. Currently at NAVSTA Newport (Rhode Island); docked at Pier Two, Middletown, RI

CV-61

Ranger

1957

Forrestal-class supercarrier

Decommissioned 10 July 1993. On donation hold, docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA

CV-62

Independence

1959

Forrestal-class supercarrier

Decommissioned 30 September 1998. Awaiting disposal, docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA

CV-63

Kitty Hawk

1961

Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier, lead ship

Decommissioned 12 May 2009. In reserve until 2015, docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA

CV-64

Constellation

1961

Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier

Decommissioned 6 August 2003. Awaiting disposal, docked at NISMF, Bremerton, WA

CVN-65

Enterprise

1961

Enterprise-class supercarrier, lead ship

Inactive 1 December 2012. Anticipated decommissioning 2015.
Awaiting defueling, docked at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA.
Slated for disposal

CV-66

America

1965

Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier

Decommissioned 9 August 1996. Scuttled in 2005 as a live-fire test platform

CV-67

John F. Kennedy

1968

Kennedy-class supercarrier, lead ship

Decommissioned 1 August 2007. On donation hold, docked at NISMF, Philadelphia, PA.

CVN-68

Nimitz

1975

Nimitz-class supercarrier, lead ship

Active; Homeport: Naval Station Everett, Everett, Washington

CVN-69

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1977

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

CVN-70

Carl Vinson

1982

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California

CVN-71

Theodore Roosevelt

1986

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

CVN-72

Abraham Lincoln

1989

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

CVN-73

George Washington

1992

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan

CVN-74

John C. Stennis

1995

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington

CVN-75

Harry S. Truman

1998

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

CVN-76

Ronald Reagan

2003

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California

CVN-77

George H.W. Bush

2009

Nimitz-class supercarrier

Active; Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

CVN-78

Gerald R. Ford

2015

Ford-class supercarrier, lead ship

Floated in dry dock 2013; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia

CVN-79

John F. Kennedy

~2020

Ford-class supercarrier

First steel cut; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia

CVN-80

Enterprise

~2025

Ford-class supercarrier

Planned; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia