U.S. Navy - Carriers: List of carriers

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Ship Hull No. Comm. Decomm.
[or loss] Disposition

Langley 1 20 Mar 1922 27 Feb 1942 Conv. to AV 3; Sunk as a result enemy action about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap.

Lexington 2 14 Dec 1927 8 May 1942 Sunk as a result of enemy action at the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Saratoga 3 16 Nov 1927 26 Jul 1946 Used as a test target and sunk at Bikini Atoll

Ranger 4 4 Jun 1934 18 Oct 1946 Sold for scrap 31 Jan 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.

Yorktown 5 30 Sep 1937 7 Jun 1942 Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Midway

Enterprise 6 12 May 1938 17 Feb 1947 Sold, 1 Jul 1958

Wasp 7 25 Apr 1940 15 Sep 1942 Sunk due to enemy action southeast of San Cristobal Island

Hornet 8 20 Oct 1941 26 Oct 1942 Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Essex 9 31 Dec 1942 30 Jun 1969 Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Jun 1975.

Yorktown 10 15 Apr 1943 27 Jun 1970 Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Established as a floating museum in Charleston, S.C., 13 Oct. 1975

Intrepid 11 16 Aug 1943 15 Mar 1974 Established as a floating museum in New York City in 1982.

Hornet 12 29 Nov 1943 26 May 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum on 26 May 1998.

Franklin 13 31 Jan 1944 17 Feb 1947 Stricken from the Navy List 10 Oct 1964

Ticonderoga 14 8 May 1944 1 Sep 1973 Stricken from the Navy List 16 Nov 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1975.

Randolph 15 9 Oct 1944 13 Feb 1969 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1975.

Lexington 16 17 Feb 1943 8 Nov 1991 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Nov 1991. Now a museum in Corpus Christi, Tex.

Bunker Hill 17 25 May 1943 9 Jul 1947 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1966; retained as moored electronic test ship in San Diego until Nov. 1972. Scrapped 1973.

Wasp 18 24 Nov 1943 1 Jul 1972 Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 21 May 1973.

Hancock 19 15 Apr 1944 30 Jan 1976 Stricken from the Navy List 31 Jan 1976; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1976.

Bennington 20 6 Aug 1944 15 Jan 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1994.

Boxer 21 16 Apr 1945 1 Dec 1969 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 13 Mar 1971.

Independence 22 14 Jan 1943 28 Aug 1946 Sunk as target 29 Jun 1951.

Princeton 23 25 Feb 1943 24 Oct 1944 Sunk due to enemy action in the Sibuyan Sea.

Belleau Wood 24 31 Mar 1943 13 Jan 1947 Transferred to France 1953-1960. Returned. Stricken 1 Oct 1960 and sold for scrapping.

Cowpens 25 28 May 1943 13 Jan 1947 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1959 and sold for scrapping.

Monterey 26 17 Jun 1943 16 Jan 1956 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping in May 1971

Langley 27 31 Aug 1943 11 Feb 1947 Transferred to France 1951-1963; Sold 19 Feb 1964.

Cabot 28 24 Jul 1943 21 Jan 1955 Transferred to Spain 30 Aug 1967; returned to private U.S. organization 1989. Auctioned by US Marshals Service to Sabe Marine Salvage, 10 Sep 1999

Bataan 29 17 Nov 1943 9 Apr 1954 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Sep 1959. Sold for scrapping May 1961.

San Jacinto 30 15 Dec 1943 1 Mar 1947 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping on 15 Dec 1971 to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, Calif.

Bon Homme Richard 31 26 Nov 1944 2 Jul 1971 Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Scrapped 4 Feb 1992.

Leyte 32 11 April 1946 15 May 1959 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1969

Kearsarge 33 2 May 1946 15 Jan 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Mar 1974.

Oriskany 34 25 Sep 1950 20 Sep 1979 Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Stricken, sold 9 Sep 1995, but contractor defaulted, repossessed by the Navy, contract terminated 30 Jul 1997, to be resold

Reprisal 35 — — Never completed nor commissioned. Hull, 53% complete, was sold to Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, Md. and scrapped November 1949.

Antietam 36 28 Jan 1945 8 May 1963 Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1973

Princeton 37 18 Nov 1945 30 Jan 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Jan 1970

Shangri-La 38 15 Sep 1944 30 Jul 1971 Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jul 1982; disposed of by MARAD exchange 9 Aug 1988.

Lake Champlain 39 3 Jun 1945 2 May 1966 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 28 Apr 1972

Tarawa 40 8 Dec 1945 13 May 1960 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1967.

Midway 41 10 Sep 1945 11 Apr 1992 Stricken 17 Mar 1997; Towed to San Diego 5 January 2004 to be used as a museum and memorial

Franklin D. Roosevelt 42 27 Oct 1945 1 Oct 1977 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sept 1977; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1978

Coral Sea 43 1 Oct 1947 26 Apr 1990 Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 7 May 1993

Valley Forge 45 3 Nov 1946 15 Jan 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jan 1970; sold for scrap 29 Oct 1971 to Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.

Philippine Sea 47 11 May 1946 28 Dec 1958 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969.

Saipan 48 14 Jul 1946 14 Jan 1970 Name changed to Arlington 8 Apr 1965 and served as an communications relay ship until decomm. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 6 Jun 1976

Wright 49 9 Feb 1947
11 May 1963 15 Mar 1956
27 May 1970 Converted to and commissioned as a command ship. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Aug 1980

Forrestal 59 1 Oct 1955 30 Sep 1993 Stricken from the Navy List 11 Sep 1993; At the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 14 Sept. 1998 on hold as museum donation

Saratoga 60 14 Apr 1956 20 Aug 1994 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sep 1994; berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 7 Aug. 1998

Ranger 61 10 Aug 1957 10 Jul 1993 In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.

Independence 62 10 Jan 1959 30 Sep 1998 In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.

Kitty Hawk 63 29 Apr 1961 — Active; see Fact File. [Kitty Hawk-Class]. CVN 63. Yokosuka, Japan

Constellation 64 27 Oct 1961 7 Aug. 2003 Towed 12 September 2003, to be placed in inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.

Enterprise 65 25 Nov 1961 — Active; see Fact File. [Enterprise-Class]. CVN 65. Norfolk, VA

America 66 23 Jan 1965 9 Aug 1996 Stricken from Navy List; In the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn. To be scrapped.

John F. Kennedy 67 7 Sep 1968 — Active; see Fact File. [Kennedy-Class]. CVN 67. Mayport, FL

Nimitz 68 3 May 1975 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 68. San Diego, CA

Dwight D. Eisenhower 69 18 Oct 1977 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 69. Newport News, VA

Carl Vinson 70 13 Mar 1982 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 70. Bremerton, WA

Theodore Roosevelt 71 25 Oct 1986 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 71. Norfolk, VA

Abraham Lincoln 72 11 Nov 1989 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 72. Everett, WA

George Washington 73 4 July 1992 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 73. Norfolk, VA

John C. Stennis 74 9 Dec 1995 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 74. San Diego, CA

Harry S. Truman 75 25 July 1998 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 75. Norfolk, VA

Ronald Reagan 76 12 July 2003 — Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 76. San Diego, CA

George H. W. Bush 77 — — Planned construction; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 77 (keel laaying 06 Sep 03)

Ship	Hull No.	Comm.	Decomm. [or loss]	Disposition
Langley	1	20 Mar 1922	27 Feb 1942	Conv. to AV 3; Sunk as a result enemy action about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap.
Lexington	2	14 Dec 1927	8 May 1942	Sunk as a result of enemy action at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Saratoga	3	16 Nov 1927	26 Jul 1946	Used as a test target and sunk at Bikini Atoll
Ranger	4	4 Jun 1934	18 Oct 1946	Sold for scrap 31 Jan 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Yorktown	5	30 Sep 1937	7 Jun 1942	Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Midway
Enterprise	6	12 May 1938	17 Feb 1947	Sold, 1 Jul 1958
Wasp	7	25 Apr 1940	15 Sep 1942	Sunk due to enemy action southeast of San Cristobal Island
Hornet	8	20 Oct 1941	26 Oct 1942	Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Essex	9	31 Dec 1942	30 Jun 1969	Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Jun 1975.
Yorktown	10	15 Apr 1943	27 Jun 1970	Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Established as a floating museum in Charleston, S.C., 13 Oct. 1975
Intrepid	11	16 Aug 1943	15 Mar 1974	Established as a floating museum in New York City in 1982.
Hornet	12	29 Nov 1943	26 May 1970	Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum on 26 May 1998.
Franklin	13	31 Jan 1944	17 Feb 1947	Stricken from the Navy List 10 Oct 1964
Ticonderoga	14	8 May 1944	1 Sep 1973	Stricken from the Navy List 16 Nov 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1975.
Randolph	15	9 Oct 1944	13 Feb 1969	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1975.
Lexington	16	17 Feb 1943	8 Nov 1991	Stricken from the Navy List 30 Nov 1991. Now a museum in Corpus Christi, Tex.
Bunker Hill	17	25 May 1943	9 Jul 1947	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1966; retained as moored electronic test ship in San Diego until Nov. 1972. Scrapped 1973.
Wasp	18	24 Nov 1943	1 Jul 1972	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 21 May 1973.
Hancock	19	15 Apr 1944	30 Jan 1976	Stricken from the Navy List 31 Jan 1976; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1976.
Bennington	20	6 Aug 1944	15 Jan 1970	Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1994.
Boxer	21	16 Apr 1945	1 Dec 1969	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 13 Mar 1971.
Independence	22	14 Jan 1943	28 Aug 1946	Sunk as target 29 Jun 1951.
Princeton	23	25 Feb 1943	24 Oct 1944	Sunk due to enemy action in the Sibuyan Sea.
Belleau Wood	24	31 Mar 1943	13 Jan 1947	Transferred to France 1953-1960. Returned. Stricken 1 Oct 1960 and sold for scrapping.
Cowpens	25	28 May 1943	13 Jan 1947	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1959 and sold for scrapping.
Monterey	26	17 Jun 1943	16 Jan 1956	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping in May 1971
Langley	27	31 Aug 1943	11 Feb 1947	Transferred to France 1951-1963; Sold 19 Feb 1964.
Cabot	28	24 Jul 1943	21 Jan 1955	Transferred to Spain 30 Aug 1967; returned to private U.S. organization 1989. Auctioned by US Marshals Service to Sabe Marine Salvage, 10 Sep 1999
Bataan	29	17 Nov 1943	9 Apr 1954	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Sep 1959. Sold for scrapping May 1961.
San Jacinto	30	15 Dec 1943	1 Mar 1947	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping on 15 Dec 1971 to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, Calif.
Bon Homme Richard	31	26 Nov 1944	2 Jul 1971	Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Scrapped 4 Feb 1992.
Leyte	32	11 April 1946	15 May 1959	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1969
Kearsarge	33	2 May 1946	15 Jan 1970	Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Mar 1974.
Oriskany	34	25 Sep 1950	20 Sep 1979	Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Stricken, sold 9 Sep 1995, but contractor defaulted, repossessed by the Navy, contract terminated 30 Jul 1997, to be resold
Reprisal	35	—	—	Never completed nor commissioned. Hull, 53% complete, was sold to Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, Md. and scrapped November 1949.
Antietam	36	28 Jan 1945	8 May 1963	Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1973
Princeton	37	18 Nov 1945	30 Jan 1970	Stricken from the Navy List 30 Jan 1970
Shangri-La	38	15 Sep 1944	30 Jul 1971	Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jul 1982; disposed of by MARAD exchange 9 Aug 1988.
Lake Champlain	39	3 Jun 1945	2 May 1966	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 28 Apr 1972
Tarawa	40	8 Dec 1945	13 May 1960	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1967.
Midway	41	10 Sep 1945	11 Apr 1992	Stricken 17 Mar 1997; Towed to San Diego 5 January 2004 to be used as a museum and memorial
Franklin D. Roosevelt	42	27 Oct 1945	1 Oct 1977	Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sept 1977; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1978
Coral Sea	43	1 Oct 1947	26 Apr 1990	Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 7 May 1993
Valley Forge	45	3 Nov 1946	15 Jan 1970	Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jan 1970; sold for scrap 29 Oct 1971 to Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Philippine Sea	47	11 May 1946	28 Dec 1958	Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969.
Saipan	48	14 Jul 1946	14 Jan 1970	Name changed to Arlington 8 Apr 1965 and served as an communications relay ship until decomm. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 6 Jun 1976
Wright	49	9 Feb 1947 11 May 1963	15 Mar 1956 27 May 1970	Converted to and commissioned as a command ship. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Aug 1980
Forrestal	59	1 Oct 1955	30 Sep 1993	Stricken from the Navy List 11 Sep 1993; At the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 14 Sept. 1998 on hold as museum donation
Saratoga	60	14 Apr 1956	20 Aug 1994	Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sep 1994; berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 7 Aug. 1998
Ranger	61	10 Aug 1957	10 Jul 1993	In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
Independence	62	10 Jan 1959	30 Sep 1998	In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
Kitty Hawk	63	29 Apr 1961	—	Active; see Fact File. [Kitty Hawk-Class]. CVN 63. Yokosuka, Japan
Constellation	64	27 Oct 1961	7 Aug. 2003	Towed 12 September 2003, to be placed in inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
Enterprise	65	25 Nov 1961	—	Active; see Fact File. [Enterprise-Class]. CVN 65. Norfolk, VA
America	66	23 Jan 1965	9 Aug 1996	Stricken from Navy List; In the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn. To be scrapped.
John F. Kennedy	67	7 Sep 1968	—	Active; see Fact File. [Kennedy-Class]. CVN 67. Mayport, FL
Nimitz	68	3 May 1975	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 68. San Diego, CA
Dwight D. Eisenhower	69	18 Oct 1977	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 69. Newport News, VA
Carl Vinson	70	13 Mar 1982	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 70. Bremerton, WA
Theodore Roosevelt	71	25 Oct 1986	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 71. Norfolk, VA
Abraham Lincoln	72	11 Nov 1989	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 72. Everett, WA
George Washington	73	4 July 1992	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 73. Norfolk, VA
John C. Stennis	74	9 Dec 1995	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 74. San Diego, CA
Harry S. Truman	75	25 July 1998	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 75. Norfolk, VA
Ronald Reagan	76	12 July 2003	—	Active; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 76. San Diego, CA
George H. W. Bush	77	—	—	Planned construction; see Fact File. [Nimitz-Class]. CVN 77 (keel laaying 06 Sep 03)

Effective date: 7 January 2004