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  Countries currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers (8)
  Countries currently operating solely helicopter carriers (6)
  Historical operators of carriers (3)
Various aircraft carriers from around the world
Four modern aircraft carriers of various types; USS John C. Stennis (United States Navy), Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), USS John F. Kennedy (US Navy), HMS Ocean (Royal Navy) and escort vessels, 2002
Bow view of the US Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of her class, the largest carriers in the world.
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the newest and largest aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.

This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase.

Included in this list are ships which meet the above definition and had an official name (italicized) or designation (non-italicized), regardless of whether they were or were not ordered, laid down, completed, or commissioned.

Not included in this list are the following:

"In commission" denotes the period that the ship was officially in commission with the given name for the given country as an aircraft carrier as defined above.

Numbers of aircraft carriers by country edit

The table below does not include submarine aircraft carriers, seaplane tenders, escort carriers, merchant aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, or amphibious assault ships
The total includes ships under construction, but not ships that never got past the planning stage.
Number of fleet aircraft carriers by operating nation
Country In service Decommissioned Under construction Never completed Total
  Argentina 0 2 0 0 2
  Australia 0 3 0 0 3
  Brazil 0 2 0 0 2
  Canada 0 3 0 0 3
  China 2 0 2 0 4
  France 1 7 1 7 16
  Germany 0 0 0 7 7
  India 1 2 2 0 5
  Italy 2 0 1 2 5
  Japan 0 20 2 4 26
  Netherlands 0 4 0 0 4
  Russia 1 4 0 2 7
  Spain 1 2 0 1 4
  Thailand 1 0 0 0 1
  United Kingdom 2 41 0 13 56
  United States 11 55 2 12 80
TOTAL 22 145 11 48 226

List of countries that have operated aircraft carriers edit

Note: Due to numerous edits in the past, this section, unlike the rest of the current article, does NOT necessarily exclude amphibious assault ships and helicopter carriers.

List of countries that currently operate aircraft carriers edit

Brazil edit

Active:

  • Atlântico: helicopter carrier in service since 2018

Retired:

China edit

Main article: Chinese aircraft carrier programme

Active:

  • Liaoning: never completed ex-Soviet Navy carrier sold to China by Ukraine and refitted in Dalian as Type 001. Handed over to PLAN on 23 September 2012 and entered active service on 25 September 2012.[1]
  • Shandong: under construction since 2013, launched on 26 April 2017 at Dalian Shipyard, entered active service on 17 December 2019.[2]

Under construction:[3]

Planned:

France edit

Active:

Planned:

Retired:

Never completed:

  • Engageante: Friponne class sloop planned for conversion but not completed[4]
  • Conquerante: Valliante class sloop planned for conversion but not completed[5]
  • Joffre class
    • Joffre: carrier construction cancelled in 1940
    • Painlevé: carrier plan cancelled in 1940
  • Verdun: attack carrier development cancelled in 1961
  • PH 75: projected two nuclear powered helicopter carrier program during the 1970s
    • Bretagne: STOVL aircraft carrier
    • Provence: STOVL aircraft carrier
  • PA 2: modified version of Thales UK/BMT design for the future British Queen Elizabeth class (formerly CVF).

India edit

Active:

Under Sea Trials:

[8]

Planned:

  • INS Vishal: 65,000 ton carrier. Yet to start, planned to enter service in 2030. It will be conventionally powered.[9]

Retired:

Italy edit

Active:

Under construction:

Never completed:

  • Sparviero (1927) (converted liner Augustus, not completed as carrier) – Sunk 5 October 1944
  • Aquila (1926) (converted liner Roma) – BU 1951–1952

Japan edit

Active:[11][12][13]

  • Izumo class
    • Izumo – Commissioned in 2015. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft
    • Kaga – Commissioned in 2017. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft

Retired:

  • Hōshō (1921) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946
  • Ryūhō (1933) – damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and dismantled 1946
  • Hiyō class
    • Junyō (1939) – damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; dismantled 1946
  • Unryū class
    • Katsuragi (1944) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946

Sunk:

  • Kaga (1921) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Akagi (1925) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Ryūjō (1931) – sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
  • Sōryū class
    • Sōryū (1935) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
    • Hiryū (1937) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Zuihō class
    • Shōhō (1935) – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
    • Zuihō (1936) – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
  • Chitose class
    • Chitose (1936) – seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
    • Chiyoda (1937) – sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
  • Shōkaku class
  • Hiyō class
    • Hiyō (1939) – sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
  • Taihō (1943) – sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
  • Unryū class
    • Amagi (1943) – used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
    • Unryū (1943) – sunk by U.S. submarine Redfish, December 1944
  • Shinano (1944) – sunk by U.S. submarine Archerfish, November 1944

Hōshō, Junyō, Katsuragi and Ryuho survived the war and these were scrapped by 1948.

Never completed:

  • Unryū class
    • Aso 4th unit of Unryū class (not completed); sunk as weapon test target and scrapped postwar
    • Ikoma 5th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
    • Kasagi 6th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
  • Ibuki – heavy cruiser conversion (not completed); dismantled post-war

Russia edit

See also: list of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union

The Russian Navy was established in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred over to Russia.

Active:

Retired:

Spain edit

Active:

  • Juan Carlos I : 27,079 tonne STOVL carrier in active service, commissioned 30 September 2010.

Retired:

Never completed:

Turkey edit

Under construction:

  • TCG Anadolu (2021) The construction works began on 30 April 2016 at the shipyard of Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. in Istanbul and is expected to be completed in 2021. Yet to start, planned to enter service in 2021.[15]

United Kingdom edit

Main article: List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy

Active:

Retired:

Sunk:

Never completed:

  • Audacious class
    • Eagle – cancelled
    • Africa – to Malta class then cancelled
  • Majestic class
  • Centaur class
    • Hermes – cancelled
    • Arrogant – cancelled
    • Monmouth – cancelled
    • Polyphemus – cancelled
  • Malta class – cancelled 1946
    • Malta
    • New Zealand
    • Gibraltar
    • Africa
  • CVA-01 – cancelled 1966
    • Queen Elizabeth
    • Duke of Edinburgh

United States edit

Main article: List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

The United States Navy is a blue-water navy that is the world's largest and most powerful because, among its numerous other vessels, it has the world's largest fleet of nuclear powered aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the (CATOBAR) Nimitz class and (CATOBAR/ EMALS) Gerald R. Ford class supercarriers. These carriers serve as the centerpieces and flagships for the Navy's Carrier Strike Groups, with their embarked carrier air wings and accompanying ships and submarines, which strongly contribute to the US ability to project force around the globe. The following is a complete list of all the US Navy's carriers and classes to date, and their status:

Active

Under construction

Planned

  • Gerald R. Ford-class
    • CVN-82 (ordered)
    • CVN-83 (planned)
    • CVN-84 (planned)
    • CVN-85 (planned)
    • CVN-86 (planned)
    • CVN-87 (planned)

Reserve

  • (none currently in reserve)

Retired (preserved as museum ships)

Retired (other)

Retired (scrapped)

Sunk († scuttled)

Cancelled before completion

Escort aircraft carrier

Main article: List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

The United States Navy also had a sizable fleet of escort aircraft carriers during World War II and the era that followed. These ships were both quicker and cheaper to build than larger fleet carriers and were built in great numbers to serve as a stop-gap measure when fleet carriers were too few. However, they were usually too slow to keep up with naval task forces and would typically be assigned to amphibious operations, often seen in the Pacific war's island hopping campaign, or to convoy protection in the war in the Atlantic. To that end, many of these ships were transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the US-UK lend-lease program. While some of these ships were kept for a time in reserve after the war, none survive today, as they have all since been sunk or retired and scrapped. The following are the classes and stand-alone ships of the US Navy's escort carriers;

  • Bogue-class (45 ships, 33 went to the RN)
  • Sangamon-class (4 ships)
  • Casablanca-class (50 ships)
  • Commencement Bay-class (19 ships went into service, 4 were cancelled)
  • Stand-alone ships;
    • No USN name given (AVG-1/BAVG-1) – went to the RN as HMS Archer (D78)
    • No USN name given (AVG-2/BAVG-2) – went to the RN as HMS Avenger (D14)
    • No USN name given (AVG-3/BAVG-3) – went to the RN as HMS Biter (D97), then later to the French Navy as Dixmude
    • No USN name given (AVG-4/BAVG-4) – went to the RN as HMS Charger (D27), later returned to USN as USS Charger (CVE-30)
    • No USN name given (AVG-5/BAVG-5) – went to the RN as HMS Dasher (D37)
    • No USN name given (BAVG-6) – went to the RN as HMS Tracker (D24)
    • USS Long Island

Amphibious assault ship

Main article: List of amphibious warfare ships of the United States Navy

The United States Navy also has several full-deck, amphibious assault ships, which are larger than many of the aircraft carriers of other navies today.[16] These ships are STOVL-capable and can carry full squadrons of fixed-wing aircraft, such as the V/STOL AV-8B Harrier II and the STOVL F-35 Lightning II, along with numerous rotary-wing aircraft. Their primary purpose though, is usually to serve as the centerpiece and flagship for an Expeditionary Strike Group or Amphibious Ready Group, carrying US Marine Corps Expeditionary Units and their equipment close to shore for amphibious landings and departures. The following are ships and classes of US Navy amphibious assault ships;

Active

Under construction

Planned

  • America-class amphibious assault ship (11 total)
    • LHA-9 (ordered)
    • LHA-10 (ordered)
    • LHA-11 (planned)
    • LHA-12 (planned)
    • LHA-13 (planned)
    • LHA-14 (planned)
    • LHA-15 (planned)
    • LHA-16 (planned)

Retired







List of countries that historically operated aircraft carriers edit

Argentina edit

Retired:

Australia edit

Retired:

Canada edit

Retired:

Germany edit

Main article: List of aircraft carriers of Germany

Never completed:

The two planned Italian carriers Aquila and Sparviero were seized by the Germans after the Italian Armistice but not completed.

Netherlands edit

Retired:

  • Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (ex-British HMS Venerable, purchased 1948) – Sold to Argentina 1968 and renamed ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, broken up
  • Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (ex-British HMS Nairana, transferred to Dutch service 1946) – Converted to merchantman and renamed Port Victor, Until March 1968, owned by Cunard Line but managed by Blue Star Port Lines. Eventually owned by Port Line, 21 July 1971, sent to Faslane to be scrapped
  • Rapana class:
    • Motor vessel Gadila of the Dutch Merchant Navy was a converted Royal Dutch Shell oil tanker along with her sister ship MV Macoma.
    • Motor vessel Macoma together with MV Gadila were the first Dutch aircraft carriers.

Soviet Union edit

See also: list of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union was dissolved in December 1991, most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred to Russia, with the exception of Varyag which was transferred to Ukraine. Ulyanovsk was scrapped before the Soviet Union was dissolved.

In service at the end of Soviet state:

Never completed:

  • Admiral Kuznetsov class
    • Varyag (not commissioned) — to Ukraine (1991); rebuilt, tested and commissioned by the Chinese PLAN as Liaoning
  • Ulyanovsk class
    • Ulyanovsk (not commissioned) — scrapped (1991)


Thailand edit

Role changed:

  • HTMS Chakri Naruebet (1996)* Commissioned in 1997, but by 1999, only one used AV-8S Matador/Harrier was still operable due to lack of spare parts and age.[17] Since 2006 is solely operated as a helicopter carrier.

Ukraine edit

Never completed:

List of all aircraft carriers edit

Name Service Pennant
or hull #		 Class Type Flight operation In commission Notes
Abraham Lincoln   US Navy CVN-72 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1989–present
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov   Russian Navy
  Soviet Navy 		063/113 Kuznetsov Fleet carrier STOBAR 1991–present Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, Admiral Kuznetsov, or just Kuznetsov. Ex-Tbilisi.
Carl Vinson   US Navy CVN-70 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1982–present
Cavour   Italian Navy 550 aircraft carrier V/STOL 2008–present Ex-Andrea Doria.
Chakri Naruebet   Thai Navy 911 Príncipe de Asturias aircraft carrier STOVL 1997–present
Charles De Gaulle   French Navy R91 Fleet carrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 2001–present ex-Richelieu
Dwight D. Eisenhower   US Navy CVN-69 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1977–present
George H.W. Bush   US Navy CVN-77 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 2009–present
George Washington   US Navy CVN-73 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1992–present
Gerald R. Ford   US Navy CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 2017–present In-service, undergoing extensive testing until 2021
Giuseppe Garibaldi   Italian Navy 551 aircraft carrier STOVL 1983–present
Harry S. Truman   US Navy CVN-75 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1998–present Ex-United States
Izumo   Japan Maritime Self-defense Force DDH-183 Izumo Aircraft carrier STOVL 2015–present Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
John C. Stennis   US Navy CVN-74 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1995–present
Juan Carlos I   Spanish Navy L61 Juan Carlos I STOVL amphibious warfare ship STOVL 2010–present
Kaga   Japan Maritime Self-defense Force DDH–184 Izumo Aircraft carrier STOVL 2017–present Announced conversion from multi-purpose destroyer in 2018
Kitty Hawk   US Navy CV-63 Kitty Hawk Supercarrier CATOBAR 1961–2009
Liaoning   Chinese Navy 16 Type 001 Aircraft carrier STOBAR 2012–present Ex-incomplete Varyag from Ukraine 1998.
Nimitz   US Navy CVN-68 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1975–present
Prince of Wales   Royal Navy R09 Queen Elizabeth Supercarrier STOVL 2019–present Commissioned 10 December 2019
Queen Elizabeth   Royal Navy R08 Queen Elizabeth Supercarrier STOVL 2017–present Commissioned 7 December 2017
Ronald Reagan   US Navy CVN-76 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 2003–present
Shandong   Chinese Navy 17 Type 002 Aircraft carrier STOBAR 2019–present First domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier.
Theodore Roosevelt   US Navy CVN-71 Nimitz Supercarrier[notes 1] CATOBAR 1986–present
Vikramaditya   Indian Navy R33 Kiev Aircraft carrier STOBAR 2013–present ex-Russian Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Suzuya Gorshkov.
Vikrant   Indian Navy R11 Majestic Light fleet carrier CATOBAR / STOVL 1961–1997 Ex-HMS Hercules completed for India.
Vikrant   Indian Navy IAC-I Aircraft carrier STOBAR — Scheduled to commission 2021.
Vishal   Indian Navy IAC-II Supercarrier — Planned. Scheduled to commission in 2025.

See also edit

References edit

  • Data for Japanese carriers from: Francillon, Rene (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 30251 6.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nuclear-powered.

Citations edit

  1. ^ "China unveils first aircraft carrier to enter service". Fox News. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ Buckley, Chris (25 April 2017). "China, Sending a Signal, Launches a Home-Built Aircraft Carrier". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ Gertz, Bill (1 August 2011). "China begins to build its own aircraft carrier". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ^ "French WW1 ASW vessels". naval encyclopedia. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "French WW1 ASW vessels". naval encyclopedia. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ^ "INS Vikrant to be ready by 2018, says Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan". India Today. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  7. ^ "INS Vikrant to be ready by 2018, says Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan". India Today. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Government targets to deliver India's first indigenous aircraft carrier by 2018 end". Daily News & Analysis. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Navy's Dream of Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Suffers a Hit; BARC Says it Will Take 15-20 Years". India.com. 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Multirole Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD)". Fincantieri.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  11. ^ Lockie, Alex. "Japan unveiled new plans for an F-35 aircraft carrier – and it's a Chinese navy killer". Business Insider. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  12. ^ Sutton, H. I. "Japan To Get First Aircraft Carriers Since World War II". Forbes. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  13. ^ Yoshida, Reiji (23 May 2019). "Japan's plan to remodel Izumo-class carriers: Needed upgrade or mere show of force?". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  14. ^ Busquets, C.; Campanera, A.; Coello, J. L. (1994). Los portaaviones españoles (in Spanish). Agualarga Editores. ISBN 84-88959-02-8.
  15. ^ "Uçak Gemisi Olan Ülkeleri Öğrenelim". 2020 Güncel Bilgi (in Turkish). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  16. ^ "America Class Amphibious Assault Ship". Military Today. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  17. ^ Carpenter, William M.; Wiencek, David G. (2000). Asian Security Handbook. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-76560-714-0.

Bibliography edit

  • Francillon, Rene (1979). Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Limited. ISBN 0 370 30251 6.
  • "World Aircraft Carrier Lists". Haze Gray & Underway.
  • Warrilow, Betty. Nabob, the first Canadian-manned aircraft carrier Owen Sound, Ont. : Escort carriers Association, 1989.
  • Busquets, C.; Campanera, A.; Coello, J.L. (1994). Los portaaviones españoles (in Spanish). Agualarga Editores. ISBN 84-88959-02-8.

Further reading edit

  • Warrilow, Betty. Nabob, the first Canadian-manned aircraft carrier Owen Sound, Ont. : Escort Carriers Association, 1989.
  • Chesneau, Roger. Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present. An Illustrated Encyclopedia Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-902-2
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