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==Ship classes and unique ships==
===Imperial Japanese Navy===
{{r|IJN Hoshu|''IJN Hoshu''}}
{{r|IJN Akagi|''IJN Akagi''}}}
{{r|Soryu-class}}
{{r|IJN Sōryū||**}}
{{r|IJN Hiryū||**}}
{{r|IJN Kaga|''IJN Kaga''}}
{{r|Shokaku-class}}
{{r|IJN Shōkaku||**}}
{{r|IJN Zuikaku||**}}
{{r|IJN Ryūjō}}
{{r|IJN Shōhō}}
{{r|Shinano-class}}
{{r|IJN Shinano||**}}
{{r|Unryu-class}}
{{r|IJN Unryu||**}}
{{r|IJN Amagi||**}}
{{r|IJN Katsuragi||**}}
{{r|IJN Taiho|''IJN Taiho''}}
===United Kingdom===
{{r|HMS Furious}}
{{r|HMS Glorious}}
{{r|HMS Ark Royal (1914)}}
{{r|HMS Ark Royal (1938)}}
{{r|HMS Ark Royal (1950)}}
{{r|HMS Hermes}}

===United States===
====Second World War====
=====Large carriers=====
{{r|USS Langley (CV-1)|''USS Langley'' (CV-1)}}
{{r|Lexington-class}}
{{r|USS Lexington (CV-2)|''USS Lexington'' (CV-2)|**}}
{{r|USS Saratoga (CV-3)|''USS Saratoga'' (CV-3)|**}}
{{r|USS Ranger (CV-4)|''USS Ranger'' (CV-4)}}
{{r|Yorktown-class}}
{{r|USS Yorktown (CV-5)|''USS Yorktown'' (CV-5)|**}}
{{r|USS Enterprise (CV-6)|''USS Enterprise'' (CV-6)|**}}
{{r|USS Hornet (CV-8)|''USS Hornet'' (CV-8)|**}}
{{r|USS Wasp (CV-7)|''USS Wasp'' (CV-7)}}
{{r|Essex-class (WWII)}}
{{r|USS Essex (CV-9)|''USS Essex'' (CV-9)|**}} 
{{r|USS Yorktown (CV-10)|''USS Yorktown'' (CV-10)|**}}
{{r|USS Intrepid (CV-11)|''USS Intrepid'' (CV-11)|**}} Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in Decenber 1941; launched in April 1943; commissioned in August 1943.
{{r|USS Hornet (CV-12)|''USS Hornet'' (CV-12)|**}}
{{r|USS Franklin (CV-13)|''USS Franklin'' (CV-13)|**}} Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in December 1942; launched in October 1943; commissioned in January 1944.
{{r|USS Lexington (CV-16)|''USS Lexington'' (CV-16)|**}}(name changed from Cabot in June 1942). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in July 1941; launched in September 1942; commissioned in February 1943.
{{r|USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)|''USS Bunker Hill'' (CV-17)|**}}Bunker Hill (CV-17). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in September 1941; launched in December 1942; commissioned in May 1943.
{{r|USS Wasp (CV-18)|''USS Wasp'' (CV-18)|**}}(name changed from Oriskany in November 1942). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in March 1942; launched in August 1943; commissioned in November 1943.
{{r|USS Bennington (CV-20)|''USS Bennington'' (CV-20)|**}}   
{{r|USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)|''USS Bon Homme Richard '' (CV-31)|**}}  Built by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Keel laid in February 1943; launched in April 1944; commissioned in November 1944.
{{r|Ticonderoga (carrier)-class}}
{{r|USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)|''USS Ticonderoga'' (CV-14)|**}} 
{{r|USS Randolph (CV-15)|''USS Randolph'' (CV-15)|**}} [[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; commissioned in October 1944.
{{r|USS Hancock (CV-19)|''USS Hancock'' (CV-19)|**}}[[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; name changed from Ticonderoga in May 1943). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in January 1943; launched in January 1944; commissioned in April 1944.
{{r|USS Boxer (CV-21)|''USS Boxer'' (CV-21)|**}} [[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; commissioned in April 1945.
{{r|USS Leyte (CV-32)|''USS Leyte'' (CV-32)|**}}[[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; name changed from Crown Point in May 1945; commissioned in April 1946.
{{r|USS Kearsarge (CV-33)|''USS Kearsarge'' (CV-33)|**}}[[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; commissioned in March 1946.
{{r|USS Antietam (CV-36)|''USS Antietam '' (CV-36)|**}}  [[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; commissioned in January 1945.
{{r|USS Princeton (CV-37)|''USS Princeton '' (CV-377)|**}}[[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; (name changed from Valley Forge in November 1944); commissioned in November 1945.
{{r|USS Shangri-La (CV-38)|''USS Shangri-La'' (CV-38)|**}}[[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; commissioned in September 1944.
{{r|USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)|''USS Lake Champlain'' (CV-39)|**}}  [[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; commissioned in June 1945.
{{r|USS Tarawa (CV-40)|''USS Tarawa '' (CV-40)|**}}[[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; commissioned in December 1945.
{{r|USS Valley Forge (CV-45)|''USS Valley Forge'' (CV-45)|**}}
{{r|USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)|''USS Philippine Sea'' (CV-47)|**}} [[Aircraft carrier]] of the U.S. [[Ticonderoga (carrier)-class]]; name changed from Wright in February 1945); commissioned in May 1946.

====Cold War====
{{r|SCB-27}} 
{{r|SCB-125}} 
{{r|Oriskany-class}} 
{{r|USS Oriskany (CV-34)||**}} 
{{r|USS Essex (CV-9)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in February 1949; recommissioned in January 1951.
{{r|USS Wasp (CV-18)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the New York Naval Shipyard. Work began in May 1949; recommissioned in September 1951.
{{r|USS Kearsarge (CV-33)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in February 1950; recommissioned in February 1952.
{{r|USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Work began in August 1950; recommissioned in September 1952.
{{r|USS Bennington (CV-20)||**}} 
{{r|USS Yorktown (CV-10)||**}}
{{r|USS Randolph (CV-15)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Work began in June 1951; recommissioned as CVA-15 in July 1953.
{{r|USS Hornet (CV-12)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the New York Naval Shipyard. Work began in July 1951; recommissioned as CVA-12 in September 1953.
{{r|USS Hancock (CV-19)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in December 1951; recommissioned as CVA-19 in February 1954.
{{r|USS Intrepid (CV-11)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Work began in April 1952; recommissioned as CV-11 in June 1954.
{{r|USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)|USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)/(CVA-14)|**}} 
{{r|USS Shangri-La (CV-38)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in October 1952 and was extended to include SCB-125 features; recommissioned in January 1955.
{{r|USS Lexington (CV-16)||**}}
{{r|USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)||**}} Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Work began in May 1953 and was extended to include SCB-125 features; recommissioned in September 1955.
{{r|Forrestal-class}}
{{r|USS Forrestal (CV-59)|''USS Forrestal'' (CV-59)|**}}	 
{{r|USS Saratoga (CV-60)|''USS Saratoga '' (CV-60)|**}}	 
{{r|USS Ranger (CV-61)|''USS Ranger'' (CV-61)|**}}	
{{r|USS Independence (CV-62)|''USS Independence'' (CV-62)|**}} 
{{r|Kitty Hawk-class}}
====Operatonal====
{{r|USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|''USS Enterprise'' (CVN-65)}}
{{r|Nimitz-class}}
{{r|USS Nimitz (CVN-68)|''USS Nimitz'' (CVN-68)|**}}
{{r|USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69|''USS Dwight D. Eisenhower'' (CVN-69)|**}}
{{r|USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)|''USS Carl Vinson'' (CVN-70)|**}}
{{r|USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)|''USS Theodore Roosevelt'' (CVN-71)|**}}
{{r|USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)|''USS Abraham Lincoln '' (CVN-72)|**}}
{{r|USS George Washington (CVN-73)|''USS George Washington'' (CVN-73) |**}}
{{r|USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)|''USS John C. Stennis'' (CVN-74)|**}}
{{r|USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)|''USS Harry S. Truman'' (CVN-75)|**}}
{{r|USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)|''USS Ronald Reagan'' (CVN-76)|**}}
{{r|USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)|''USS George H.W. Bush'' (CVN-77)|**}}

====New types====
{{r|Gerald R. Ford-class}}
{{r|USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)|''USS Gerald R. Ford'' (CVN-78)|**}}

==Aircraft==
===Imperial Japanese Navy===
{{r|A6M (fighter)|A6M "Zero" or "Zeke"}}
{{r|Aichi D3A1 Val|Aichi D3A1 "Val"}}
{{r|B5N2 (bomber)|Najakima B5N2 "Kate"}} torpedo/horizontal bombers

===Russia===
{{r|MiG-29 (fighter)|MiG-29K}}
{{r|Su-27 (fighter)|Su-27K}}
===United Kingdom===
{{r|Sea Harrier}}
===United States===
====Second World War====
{{r|F4F Wildcat}}
{{r|F6F Hellcat}}
{{r|F4U Corsair}}
{{r|SBD Dauntless}}
{{r|SB2C Helldiver}}
{{r|TBD Devastator}}
{{r|TBF Avenger}}

====Early jets and Korean War====
{{r|F9F Panther}}
====Vietnam Era====
{{r|A-4 Skyhawk}}
{{r|A-6 Intruder}}
{{r|E-2 Hawkeye}}
{{r|EA-6B Prowler}}
{{r|F8U Crusader}}
{{r|F-4 Phantom II}}

====Generation 4-4.5====
{{r|F-14 Tomcat}}
{{r|F-18 Hornet}}
{{r|S-3 Viking}}
{{r|ES-3 Shadow}}
====Current and future====
{{r|EF-18 Growler}}
{{r|F-18 Super Hornet}}
{{r|F-35C Lightning II}}
{{r|HV-22 Osprey}}