Langley Class:     1 ship (CV 1) 
Lexington Class:   2 ships (CV 2 and 3) 
Ranger Class:      1 ship (CV 4) 
Yorktown Class:    2 ships (CV 5 and 6) 
Wasp Class:        1 ship (CV 7) 
Hornet Class:      1 ship (CV 8) 
Essex Class        24 ships; CV 9 through 21, 31 through 35, 
                   37 through 40, 45, and 47. 
(Long-Hull         Of these numbers, 14, 15, 19, 21, 32-34,
Essex Class or     36-40, 45 and 47 are sometimes referred
Ticonderoga        to as "Long-Hull" Essex class or
Class)             Ticonderoga Class. 

Independence Class 9 ships, CVL 22 through 30. 
Midway Class       3 ships, CVB 41 through 43. 
Saipan Class       2 ships, CVL 48 and 49. 
Enterprise Class   1 ship, CVAN-65. 
Forrestal Class    4 ships, CVA 59 through 62. 
Kitty Hawk Class   4 ships, CVA 63, 64, 66 and 67. 
Nimitz Class       9 ships, CVN 68 through 76.

Carrier Listing for CV, CVA, CVB, CVAN, CVN, and CVL

Hull No. and Name: 1 Langley
Date of Commission: 20 Mar 1922; Decommission or Loss***: 27 Feb 1942
Designations: CV 1 (21 Apr 1937); AV-3 (8 May 1942)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Lost, enemy action

Hull No. and Name: 2 Lexington
Date of Commission: 14 Dec 1927; Decommission or Loss***: 8 May 1942
Designations: CV 2
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Lost, enemy action

Hull No. and Name: 3 Saratoga
Date of Commission: 16 Nov 1927 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CV 3
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Expended, Operation Crossroads, 26 Jul 1946

Hull No. and Name: 4 Ranger
Date of Commission: 4 Jun 1934; Decommission or Loss***: 18 Oct 1946
Designations: CV 4
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Sold for scrap 31 Jan 1947

Hull No. and Name: 5 Yorktown
Date of Commission: 30 Sep 1937 ; Decommission or Loss***: 7 Jun 1942
Designations: CV 5
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Lost, enemy action

Hull No. and Name: 6 Enterprise
Date of Commission: 12 May 1938 ; Decommission or Loss***: 17 Feb 1947
Designations: CV 6 ; CVA 6 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 6 (8 Aug 1953)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Sold, 1 Jul 1958

Hull No. and Name: 7 Wasp
Date of Commission: 25 Apr 1940; Decommission or Loss***: 15 Sep 1942
Designations: CV 7
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Lost, enemy action

Hull No. and Name: 8 Hornet
Date of Commission: 20 Oct 1941; Decommission or Loss***: 26 Oct 1942
Designations: CV 8
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Lost, enemy action

Hull No. and Name: 9 Essex
Date of Commission: 31 Dec 1942; Decommission or Loss***: 30 Jun 1969
Designations: CV 9; CVA 9 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 9 (8 Mar 1960)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Feb 1951); 125 (Mar 1956)
Comments: Stricken 1 Jun 1973

Hull No. and Name: 10 Yorktown
Date of Commission: 15 Apr 1943; Decommission or Loss***: 27 Jun 1970
Designations: CV 10; CVA 10 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 10 (1 Sep 1957)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Jan 1953); 125 (Oct 1955)
Comments: Stricken 1 Jun 1973, Floating museum at Charleston, S.C. ,13 Nov 1975

Hull No. and Name: 11 Intrepid
Date of Commission: 16 Aug 1943; Decommission or Loss***: 15 Mar 1974
Designations: CV 11; CVA 11 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 11 (31 Mar 1962)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27C (Jun 1954); 27C (Apr 1957)
Comments: Floating museum, New York City

Hull No. and Name: 12 Hornet
Date of Commission: 29 Nov 1943; Decommission or Loss***: 26 May 1970
Designations: CV 12; CVA 12 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 12 (27 Jun 1958)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Oct 1953); 125 (Aug 1956)
Comments: Stricken 1989

Hull No. and Name: 13 Franklin
Date of Commission: 31 Jan 1944 ; Decommission or Loss***: 17 Feb 1947
Designations: CV 13; CVA 13 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 13 (8 Aug 1953)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 10 Oct 1964

Hull No. and Name: 14 Ticonderoga
Date of Commission: 8 May 1944 ; Decommission or Loss***: 1 Sep 1973
Designations: CV 14; CVA 14 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 14 (21 Oct 1969)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27C (Dec 1954); 27C (Mar 1957)
Comments: Stricken 16 Nov 1973

Hull No. and Name: 15 Randolph
Date of Commission: 9 Oct 1944; Decommission or Loss***: 13 Feb 1969
Designations: CV 15; CVA 15 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 15 (31 Mar 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Jul 1953); 125 (Feb 1956)
Comments: Stricken 1 Jun 1973

Hull No. and Name: 16 Lexington
Date of Commission: 17 Feb 1943; Decommission or Loss***: 8 Nov 1991
Designations: CV 16; CVA 16 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 16 (1 Oct 1962); CVT 16 (1 Jan 1969);
AVT 16 (1 Jul 1978)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27C (Sep 1955)
Comments: Stricken 30 Nov 1991

Hull No. and Name: 17 Bunker Hill
Date of Commission: 25 May 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 9 Jul 1947
Designations: CV 17; CVA 17 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 17 (8 Aug 1953)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Nov 1966, retained as moored electronic test ship San Diego until Nov 1972; Scrapped 1973

Hull No. and Name: 18 Wasp
Date of Commission: 24 Nov 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 1 Jul 1972
Designations: CV 18; CVA 18 ( Oct 1952); CVS 18 (1 Nov 1956)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Sep 1951); 125 (Dec 1955)
Comments: Sold for scrap 21 May 1973

Hull No. and Name: 19 Hancock
Date of Commission: 15 Apr 1944 ; Decommission or Loss***: 30 Jan 1976
Designations: CV 19; CVA 19 (1 Oct 1952); CV 19 (30 Jun 1975 )
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27C (Mar 1954); 17C (Nov 1956)
Comments: Stricken 31 Jan 1976

Hull No. and Name: 20 Bennington
Date of Commission: 6 Aug 1944 ; Decommission or Loss***: 15 Jan 1970
Designations: CV 20; CVA 20 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 20 (30 Jun 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Nov 1952); 125 (Apr 1955)
Comments: Stricken 1989

Hull No. and Name: 21 Boxer
Date of Commission: 16 Apr 1945; Decommission or Loss***: 1 Dec 1969
Designations: CV 21; CVA 21 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 21 (1 Feb 1956); LPH 4 (30 Jan 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Dec 1969.

Hull No. and Name: 22 Independence
Date of Commission: 14 Jan 1943; Decommission or Loss***: 28 Aug 1946
Designations: CVL 22
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Sunk in weapons test 29 Jan 1951

Hull No. and Name: 23 Princeton
Date of Commission: 25 Feb 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 24 Oct 1944
Designations: CVL 23
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Lost, enemy action.

Hull No. and Name: 24 Belleau Wood
Date of Commission: 31 Mar 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 13 Jan 1947
Designations: CVL 24
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: To France 1953-1960; Stricken 1 Oct 1960

Hull No. and Name: 25 Cowpens
Date of Commission: 28 May 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 13 Jan 1947
Designations: CVL 25; AVT 1 (15 May 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Nov 1959

Hull No. and Name: 26 Monterey
Date of Commission: 17 Jun 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 16 Jan 1956
Designations: CVL 26; AVT 2 (15 May 1959 )
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Jun 1970

Hull No. and Name: 27 Langley
Date of Commission: 31 Aug 1943; Decommission or Loss***: 11 Feb 1947
Designations: CVL 27
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Transferred to France 1951- 1963. Sold 19 Feb 1964

Hull No. and Name: 28 Cabot
Date of Commission: 24 Jul 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 30 Aug 1967
Designations: CVL 28 AVT 3 15 May 1959
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Transferred to Spain on 21 Jan 1955, returned to private U.S. organization in 1989

Hull No. and Name: 29 Bataan
Date of Commission: 17 Nov 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 9 Apr 1954
Designations: CVL 29; AVT 4 (15 May 1959 )
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Sep 1959

Hull No. and Name: 30 San Jacinto
Date of Commission: 15 Dec 1943 ; Decommission or Loss***: 1 Mar 1947
Designations: CVL 30; AVT 5 (15 May 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Jun 1970

Hull No. and Name: 31 Bon Homme Richard
Date of Commission: 26 Nov 1944 ; Decommission or Loss***: 2 Jul 1971
Designations: CV 31; CVA 31 (1 Oct 1952)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1989

Hull No. and Name: 32 Leyte
Date of Commission: 11 Apr 1946; Decommission or Loss***: 15 May 1959
Designations: CV 32; CVA 32 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 32 (8 Aug 1953); AVT 10 (15 May 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Jun 1969

Hull No. and Name: 33 Kearsarge
Date of Commission: 2 Mar 1946; Decommission or Loss***: 15 Jan 1970
Designations: CV 33; CVA 33 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 33 (1 Oct 1958)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Mar 1952); 125 (Jan 1957)
Comments: Stricken 1 May 1973

Hull No. and Name: 34 Oriskany
Date of Commission: 25 Sep 1950 ; Decommission or Loss***: 20 Sep 1976
Designations: CV 34; CVA 34 (1 Oct 1952); CV 34 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Oct 1950); 125 (May 1959)
Comments: Stricken 1989

Hull No. and Name: 36 Antietam
Date of Commission: 28 Jan 1945 ; Decommission or Loss***: 8 May 1963
Designations: CV 36; CVA 36 (1 Oct 1952 ); CVS 36 (8 Aug 1953)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: **
Comments: Stricken 1 May 1973

Hull No. and Name: 37 Princeton
Date of Commission: 18 Nov 1945 ; Decommission or Loss***: 30 Jan 1970
Designations: CV 37; CVA 37 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 37 (1 Jan 1954); LPH 5 (2 Mar 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 30 Jan 1970

Hull No. and Name: 38 Shangri-La
Date of Commission: 15 Sep 1944 ; Decommission or Loss***: 30 Jul 1971
Designations: CV 38; CVA 38 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 38 (30 Jun 1969)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27C (Feb 1955)
Comments: Stricken 15 Jul 1982

Hull No. and Name: 39 Lake Champlain
Date of Commission: 3 Jun 1945 ; Decommission or Loss***: 2 May 1966
Designations: CV 39; CVA 39 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 39 (1 Aug 1957)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Sep 1952)
Comments: Stricken 1 Dec 1969

Hull No. and Name: 40 Tarawa
Date of Commission: 8 Dec 1945 ; Decommission or Loss***: 13 May 1960
Designations: CV 40; CVA 40 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 40 (10 Jan 1955); AVT 12 (17 Apr 1961)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 27A (Sep 1952)
Comments: Stricken 1 Jun 1967

Hull No. and Name: 41 Midway
Date of Commission: 10 Sep 1945 ; Decommission or Loss***: 11 Apr 1992
Designations: CVB 41; CVA 41 (1 Oct 1952); CV 41 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 110 (Nov 1957)
Comments: In reserve

Hull No. and Name: 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Date of Commission: 27 Oct 1945 ; Decommission or Loss***: 1 Oct 1977
Designations: CVB 42; CVA 42 (1 Oct 1952); CV 42 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 110 (Jun 1956)
Comments: Stricken 30 Sep 1977

Hull No. and Name: 43 Coral Sea
Date of Commission: 1 Oct 1947 ; Decommission or Loss***: 26 Apr 1990
Designations: CVB 43; CVA 43 (1 Oct 1952); CV 43 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed: 110A (Jan 1960)
Comments:

Hull No. and Name: 45 Valley Forge
Date of Commission: 3 Nov 1946 ; Decommission or Loss***: 15 Jan 1970
Designations: CV 45; CVA 45 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 45 (1 Jan 1954); LPH 8 (1 Jul 1961)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 15 Jan 1970

Hull No. and Name: 47 Philippine Sea
Date of Commission: 11 May 1946 ; Decommission or Loss***: 28 Dec 1958
Designations: CV 47; CVA 47 (1 Oct 1952); CVS 47 (15 Nov 1955); AVT 11 (15 May 1959)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 1 Dec 1969

Hull No. and Name: 48 Saipan
Date of Commission: 14 Jul 1946 ; Decommission or Loss***: 14 Jan 1970
Designations: CVL 48; AVT 6 (15 May 1959); AGMR 2 (8 Apr 1965)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments:

Hull No. and Name: 49 Wright
Date of Commission: 9 Feb 1947 ; Decommission or Loss***: 22 May 1970
Designations: CVL 49; AVT 7 (15 May 1959); CC 2 (11 May 1963)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments:

Hull No. and Name: 59 Forrestal
Date of Commission: 1 Oct 1955 ; Decommission or Loss***: 30 Sep 1993
Designations: CVA 59; CV 59 (30 Jun 1975); AVT 59 (4 Feb 1992)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 11 Sep 1993

Hull No. and Name: 60 Saratoga
Date of Commission: 14 Apr 1956 ; Decommission or Loss***: 20 Aug 1994
Designations: CVA 60; CV 60 (30 Jun 1972)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Stricken 30 Sep 1994

Hull No. and Name: 61 Ranger
Date of Commission: 10 Aug 1957 ; Decommission or Loss***: 10 Jul 1993
Designations: CVA 61; CV 61 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Inactive in Reserve

Hull No. and Name: 62 Independence
Date of Commission: 10 Jan 1959 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVA 62; CV 62 (28 Feb 1973)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active.

Hull No. and Name: 63 Kitty Hawk
Date of Commission: 29 Apr 1961 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVA 63; CV 63 (29 Apr 1973)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 64 Constellation
Date of Commission: 27 Oct 1961 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVA 64; CV 64 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 65 Enterprise
Date of Commission: 25 Nov 1961 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVAN 65; CVN 65 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 66 America
Date of Commission: 23 Jan 1965 ; Decommission or Loss***: 5 Sep 1996
Designations: CVA 66; CV 66 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Inactive in Reserve

Hull No. and Name: 67 John F. Kennedy
Date of Commission: 7 Sep 1968 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVA 67; CV 67 (29 Apr 1973)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 68 Nimitz
Date of Commission: 3 May 1975 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVAN 68; CVN 68 (30 Jun 1975)
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 69 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Date of Commission: 18 Oct 1977 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 69
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 70 Carl Vinson
Date of Commission: 13 Mar 1982 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 70
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 71 Theordore Roosevelt
Date of Commission: 25 Oct 1986 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 71
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 72 Abraham Lincoln
Date of Commission: 11 Nov 1989 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 72
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 73 George Washington
Date of Commission: 4 Jul 1992 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 73
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 74 John C. Stennis
Date of Commission: 9 Dec 1995 ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 74
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Active

Hull No. and Name: 75 Harry S. Truman
Date of Commission: ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 75
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments: Keel laid 29 Nov 1993

Hull No. and Name: 76 Ronald Reagan
Date of Commission: ; Decommission or Loss***:
Designations: CVN 76
Conversion Project*/Date completed:
Comments:

* Projects 27A and the first 27Cs are axial deck modernizations; all others are angled deck conversions. For more detail, see chronology entries for 4 Jun 1947, 1 Feb 1952, 2 Sep 1953 and 27 May 1954.
** Experimental angle deck installation completed Dec 1952.
*** There were a number of carriers that were decommissioned and then recommissioned for further service. Only the final decommissioning date is listed for these carriers. Several carriers were also placed out of commission during major rennovations or yard periods.

Note 1: Construction of hull numbers omitted above were either terminated or cancelled. Numbers 35, 46, and 50-55 were scheduled for Essex class; 44, 56 and 57 for Midway class. Number 58 was United States. Note 2: The contracts originally let for CV 59 and 60 (Forrestal and Saratoga) did not include an angled deck in their designs. In 1953 the Navy redesigned the flight deck plans for the Forrestal and incorporated an angled landing deck. These changes were also made to the designs for the Saratoga. The contract for Forrestal was awarded in 1951 and for Saratoga in 1952. The contract for Ranger and Indpendence (CV 61 and 62) were not awarded until 1954. Therefore, the original contract designs for the Ranger and Indpendence would have included an angled deck. Technically speaking, Ranger (CVA 61) was the first carrier designed and built as an angled deck carrier.