number	name	displacement (tons)	commissioned	decommissioned	stricken	sunk	transferred for scrap	final/current status	location	lat	lon	add'l. notes
CV 1	USS Langley	14,000	20-Mar-1922	27-Feb-1942	27-Feb-1942	27-Feb-1942		sunk by enemy action	75 mi S of Tjilatjap
CV 2	USS Lexington	36,000	14-Dec-1927	8-May-1942	8-May-1942	8-May-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Coral Sea	-15.19	155.47
CV 3	USS Saratoga	36,000	16-Nov-1927	26-Jul-1946	15-Aug-1946	25-Jul-1946		sunk as test target	Bikini Atoll	11.59	165.51
CV 4	USS Ranger	14,600	4-Jun-1934	18-Oct-1946	29-Oct-1946		31-Jan-1947	scrapped	Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, PA
CV 5	USS Yorktown	19,800	30-Sep-1937	7-Jun-1942	7-Jun-1942	7-Jun-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Midway	30.60	-176.60
CV 6	USS Enterprise	19,800	12-May-1938	17-Feb-1947	2-Oct-1956			scrapped	Kearny, NJ			Sold, 1 Jul 1958.
CV 7	USS Wasp	14,700	25-Apr-1940	15-Sep-1942	15-Sep-1942	15-Sep-1942		sunk by enemy action	SE of San Cristobal Island	-12.40	164.10
CV 8	USS Hornet	19,900	20-Oct-1941	26-Oct-1942	26-Oct-1942	26-Oct-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands	-8.60	166.70
CV 9	USS Essex	27,100	31-Dec-1942	20-Jun-1969	1-Jun-1973		1-Jun-1975	scrapped	Kearny, NJ
CV 10	USS Yorktown	27,100	15-Apr-1943	27-Jun-1970	1-Jun-1973			museum	Charleston, SC	32.79	-79.91	Established as a floating museum 13 Oct. 1975
CV 11	USS Intrepid	27,100	16-Aug-1943	15-Mar-1974	23-Mar-1982			museum	New York City, NY	40.77	-74.00	Established as a floating museum 1982
CV 12	USS Hornet	27,100	20-Nov-1943	26-May-1970	25-Jul-1989			museum	Alameda, CA	37.77	-122.30	Donated for use as a museum on 26 May 1998
CV 13	USS Franklin	27,100	31-Jan-1944	17-Feb-1947	10-Oct-1964		1-Aug-1967	scrapped	Jacobson Salvage, Chesapeake, VA			Reclassified AVT 8 on 15 May 1959
CV 14	USS Ticonderoga	27,100	8-May-1944	1-Sep-1973	16-Nov-1973		1-Sep-1975	scrapped	Zidell Explorations Corp., Portland, OR
CV 15	USS Randolph	27,100	9-Oct-1944	13-Feb-1969	1-Jun-1973		1-Apr-1975	scrapped	Boston Metals Co, South Kearny, NJ
CV 16	USS Lexington	27,100	17-Feb-1942	8-Nov-1991	30-Nov-1991			museum	Corpus Christi, TX	27.82	-97.39
CV 17	USS Bunker Hill	27,100	25-May-1943	9-Jul-1947	1-Nov-1966		1-May-1973	scrapped				retained as moored electronic test ship until Nov 1972
CV 18	USS Wasp	27,100	24-Nov-1943	1-Jul-1972	1-Jul-1972		21-May-1973	scrapped	Lipsett Div. of Luria Brothers, Kearny, NJ
CV 19	USS Hancock	27,100	15-Apr-1944	30-Jan-1976	31-Jan-1976		1-Sep-1976	scrapped
CV 20	USS Bennington	27,100	6-Aug-1944	15-Jan-1970	1989		1-Dec-1994	scrapped	Alang, India
CV 21	USS Boxer	27,100	16-Apr-1945	1-Dec-1969	1-Dec-1969		13-Mar-1971	scrapped	Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
CVL 22	USS Independence	11,000	14-Jan-1943	28-Aug-1946		29-Jun-1951		sunk as test target	off San Francisco
CVL 23	USS Princeton	11,000	25-Feb-1943	24-Oct-1944	24-Oct-1944	24-Oct-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Leyte Gulf	15.35	123.52
CVL 24	USS Belleau Wood	11,000	31-Mar-1943	13-Jan-1947	1-Oct-1960		21-Nov-1960	scrapped	Boston Metals Co.			transferred to France 5 Sep 1953, returned 12 Sep 1960
CVL 25	USS Cowpens	11,000	28-May-1943	13-Jan-1947	1-Nov-1959		1960	scrapped
CVL 26	USS Monterey	11,000	17-Jun-1943	16-Jan-1956	1-Jun-1970		May-1971	scrapped
CVL 27	USS Langley	11,000	31-Aug-1943	11-Feb-1947	20-Mar-1963		19-Feb-1964	scrapped	Baltimore, MD	39.20	-76.60	transferred to France 8 Jan 1951, returned 20 Mar 1963
CVL 28	USS Cabot	11,000	24-Jul-1943	21-Jan-1955	1-Aug-1972		10-Sep-1999	scrapped	Sabe Marine Salvage, Brownsville, TX	25.97	-97.36	transferred to Spain 30 Aug 1967, returned to private U.S. organization 5 Aug 1989
CVL 29	USS Bataan	11,000	17-Nov-1943	9-Apr-1954	1-Sep-1959		May-1961	scrapped
CVL 30	USS San Jacinto	11,000	15-Dec-1943	1-Mar-1947	1-Jun-1970		15-Dec-1971	scrapped	National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, CA	33.70	-118.20
CV 31	USS Bon Homme Richard	27,100	26-Nov-1944	2-Jul-1971	20-Sep-1989		4-Feb-1992	scrapped	San Pedro, CA
CV 32	USS Leyte	27,100	11-Apr-1946	15-May-1959	1-Jun-1969		Sep-1970	scrapped	Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, MD	39.20	-76.60
CV 33	USS Kearsarge	27,100	2-May-1946	15-Jan-1970	1-May-1973		1-Mar-1974	scrapped	Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, MD	39.20	-76.60
CVA 34	USS Oriskany	30,800	25-Sep-1950	20-Sep-1979	25-Jul-1989	17-May-2006		sunk for artificial reef	off Florida	30.04	-87.01
CV 35	Reprisal		never completed				Nov-1949	scrapped	Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, MD	39.20	-76.60
CV 36	USS Antietam	27,100	28-Jan-1945	8-May-1963	1-May-1973		28-Feb-1974	scrapped	Union Minerals and Alloys Corp.
CV 37	USS Princeton	27,100	18-Nov-1945	30-Jan-1970	30-Jan-1970		May-1971	scrapped
CV 38	USS Shangri-La	27,100	15-Sep-1944	30-Jul-1971	15-Jul-1982		9-Aug-1988	scrapped	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	22.60	120.30
CV 39	USS Lake Champlain	27,100	3-Jun-1945	2-May-1966	1-Dec-1969		28-Apr-1972	scrapped	Baltimore, MD	39.20	-76.60
CV 40	USS Tarawa	27,100	8-Dec-1945	13-May-1960	1-Jun-1967
CVB 41	USS Midway	45,000	10-Sep-1945	11-Apr-1992	17-Mar-1997			museum	San Diego, CA	32.71	-117.18	towed to San Diego 5 January 2004
CVB 42	USS Franklin D. Roosevelt	45,000	27-Oct-1945	1-Oct-1977	30-Sep-1977		1-Apr-1978	scrapped	River Terminal Development Co., Kearny, NJ
CVB 43	USS Coral Sea	45,000	1-Oct-1947	26-Apr-1990	28-Apr-1990		7-May-1993	scrapped	Seawitch Salvage, Baltimore, MD	39.20	-76.60
CV 45	USS Valley Forge	27,100	3-Nov-1946	15-Jan-1970	15-Jan-1970		29-Oct-1971	scrapped	Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, CA	34.00	-118.00
CV 46	Iwo Jima		never completed				12-Aug-1945	scrapped	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
CV 47	USS Philippine Sea	27,100	11-May-1946	28-Dec-1958	1-Dec-1969		23-Mar-1971	scrapped	Zidell Explorations Corp., Portland, OR
CVL 48	USS Saipan	14,500	14-Jul-1946	14-Jan-1970			6-Jun-1976	scrapped				changed to AGMR-2 USS Arlington 8 Apr 1965
CVL 49	USS Wright	14,500	9-Feb-1947	15-Mar-1956	1-Dec-1977		1-Aug-1980	scrapped				changed to command ship 11 May 1963, decommissioned 27 May 1970
CVA 58	USS United States	79,000	never completed				23-Apr-1949	scrapped	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
CVA 59	USS Forrestal	56,000	1-Oct-1955	30-Sep-1993	11-Sep-1993		22-Oct-2013	scrapped	All Star Metals, Brownsville, TX	25.97	-97.36
CVA 60	USS Saratoga	56,000	14-Apr-1956	20-Aug-1994	30-Sep-1994		9-May-2014	scrapped	ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX	25.97	-97.36
CVA 61	USS Ranger	56,000	10-Aug-1957	10-Jul-1993	8-Mar-2004		23-Dec-2014	scrapped	Int'l. Shipbreaking Ltd., Brownsville, TX	25.97	-97.36
CV 62	USS Independence	56,000	10-Jan-1959	30-Sep-1998	8-Mar-2004			inactive reserve	NISMF, Bremerton, WA	47.55	-122.66
CV 63	USS Kitty Hawk	60,100	29-Apr-1961	12-May-2009				inactive reserve	NISMF, Bremerton, WA	47.55	-122.66
CV 64	USS Constellation	60,100	27-Oct-1961	7-Aug-2003	2-Dec-2003		13-Jun-2014	scrapped	Int'l. Shipbreaking Ltd., Brownsville, TX	25.97	-97.36
CVN 65	USS Enterprise	75,700	25-Nov-1961	2015				inactive reserve	Huntington Ingalls Ind.-Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA	36.98	-76.44
CV 66	USS America	60,300	23-Jan-1965	9-Aug-1996	9-Aug-1996	14-May-2005		sunk as test target	off Virginia	33.15	-71.65
CV 67	USS John F. Kennedy	61,000	7-Sep-1968	23-Mar-2007				proposed museum	NISMF, Philadelphia, PA	39.89	-75.18
CVN 68	USS Nimitz	91,300	3-May-1975					operational	home port Bremerton, WA
CVN 69	USS Dwight D. Eisenhower	91,300	18-Oct-1977					operational	home port Norfolk, VA
CVN 70	USS Carl Vinson	91,300	13-Mar-1982					operational	home port San Diego, CA
CVN 71	USS Theodore Roosevelt	91,300	25-Oct-1986					operational	home port Norfolk, VA
CVN 72	USS Abraham Lincoln	91,300	11-Nov-1989					operational	home port Newport News, VA
CVN 73	USS George Washington	91,300	4-Jul-1992					operational	home port Yokosuka, Japan
CVN 74	USS John C. Stennis	91,300	9-Dec-1995					operational	home port Bremerton, WA
CVN 75	USS Harry S. Truman	91,300	25-Jul-1998					operational	home port Norfolk, VA
CVN 76	USS Ronald Reagan	91,300	12-Jul-2003					operational	home port San Diego, CA
CVN 77	USS George H. W. Bush	91,300	10-Jan-2009					operational	home port Norfolk, VA
CVN 78	PCU Gerald R. Ford	100,000	2016					under construction	Huntington Ingalls Ind.-Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA	36.98	-76.44
CVN 79	PCU John F. Kennedy	100,000	2022					under construction	Huntington Ingalls Ind.-Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA	36.99	-76.45
CVN 80	PCU Enterprise	100,000	2025					planned

number	name	displacement (tons)	commissioned	decommissioned	stricken	sunk	transferred for scrap	final/current status	location	lat	lon
CV	Kaga	36,800	28-Mar-1921	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Midway	29	-177
CVL	Hosho	7,500	27-Dec-1922					scrapped
CV	Akagi	36,000	25-May-1927	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Midway
CV	Amagi	36,000	never completed				1924	scrapped	Yokosuka Navy Yard
CVL	Ryujo	10,500	9-May-1933	24-Aug-1942	24-Aug-1942	24-Aug-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of the Eastern Solomons
CV	Soryu	17,500	29-Sep-1937	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Midway	31	-179
CV	Hiryu	17,500	5-Jul-1939	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942	4-Jun-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Midway
CVL	Zuiho	11,200	27-Dec-1940	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle off Cape Engano	19	125
CV	Shokaku	27,000	8-Aug-1941	19-Jun-1944	19-Jun-1944	19-Jun-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle of the Philippine Sea	12	138
CVE	Taiyo	16,700	15-Sep-1941	18-Dec-1944	18-Dec-1944	18-Dec-1944		sunk by enemy action	off Luzon
CV	Zuikaku	27,000	25-Sep-1941	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle off Cape Engano	19	126
CVL	Shoho	11,200	26-Jan-1942	7-May-1942	7-May-1942	7-May-1942		sunk by enemy action	Battle of Coral Sea	-16	152
CV	Junyo	24,100	5-May-1942				1947	scrapped
CVE	Unyo	16,700	31-May-1942	16-Sep-1944	16-Sep-1944	16-Sep-1944		sunk by enemy action	South China Sea
CV	Hiyo	24,100	31-Jul-1942	20-Jun-1944	20-Jun-1944	20-Jun-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle of the Philippine Sea
CVE	Chuyo	16,700	25-Nov-1942	4-Dec-1943	4-Dec-1943	4-Dec-1943		sunk by enemy action	off Honshu
CVL	Ryuho	13,400	28-Nov-1942				1946	scrapped
	Hyuga		1-Oct-1943	24-Jul-1945	24-Jul-1945	24-Jul-1945		sunk by enemy action	Hiro Bay, Kure	34	132
	Ise		8-Oct-1943	28-Jul-1945	28-Jul-1945	28-Jul-1945		sunk by enemy action
CVL	Chiyoda	11,200	31-Oct-1943	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle off Cape Engano
CVE	Kaiyo	15,400	23-Nov-1943			24-Jul-1945		sunk by enemy action	Beppu Bay
CVE	Shinyo	17,500	15-Dec-1943	17-Nov-1944	17-Nov-1944	17-Nov-1944		sunk by enemy action	South Yellow Sea	33	123
CVL	Chitose	11,200	1-Jan-1944	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944	25-Oct-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle off Cape Engano
CV	Taiho	29,300	7-Mar-1944	19-Jun-1944	19-Jun-1944	19-Jun-1944		sunk by enemy action	Battle of the Philippine Sea	12	137
CVL	Unryu	17,300	6-Aug-1944	19-Dec-1944	19-Dec-1944	19-Dec-1944		sunk by enemy action	East China Sea	29	125
CVL	Amagi	17,100	10-Aug-1944	28-Jun-1945	28-Jun-1945	28-Jun-1945		sunk by enemy action	Kure	34	132
CV	Katsuragi	17,300	15-Oct-1944				1947	scrapped	Osaka
CVB	Shinano	62,000	19-Nov-1944	29-Nov-1944	29-Nov-1944	29-Nov-1944		sunk by enemy action	Inland Sea	35	139
CVL	Kasagi	17,300	never completed				1947	scrapped	Sasebo
CVL	Ibuki	14,500	never completed					scrapped
CV	Aso	17,300	never completed				1947	scrapped	Sasebo
CV	Ikoma	17,300	never completed				1947	scrapped	Tamano
CV	?		planned

number	name	displacement (tons)	commissioned	decommissioned	stricken	sunk	transferred for scrap	final/current status	location	lat	lon
CVN	Ulyanovsk	85,000	never completed				4-Feb-1992	scrapped	Nikolayev
	Kuznetsov	67,000
	Varyag	67,000
	Baku	45,000
	Kiev	42,000					2000	scrapped	India
	Minsk	42,000	27-Sep-1978	30-Jun-1993			30-Aug-1998	casino	Shenzhen, PR China	22.554	114.236
	Novorossiysk	42,000
	Moskva	17,500					30-Jun-1997	scrapped	India
	Leningrad	17,500					30-Sep-1995	scrapped	Greece

Sources:

• [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/cv-list.asp].
• [http://www.freewebs.com/jeffhead/US-CVMuseums.htm].
• [http://www.ww2pacific.com/japcv.html].
• [http://www.navsource.org/archives/02idx.htm].
• [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/].

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