Aircraft carrier/Catalogs

Ship classes and unique ships

Imperial Japanese Navy

• IJN Akagi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Hiryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Sōryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Kaga [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Shōkaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Zuikaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Ryūjō [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Shōhō [r]: Add brief definition or description
• IJN Shinano [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy vessel, laid down as a battleship of the Yamato-class but converted to an aircraft carrier; sunk on 29 November 1944 by the submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311) while still being finished and transferring to a safer shipyard ^[e]

United Kingdom

• HMS Glorious [r]: Add brief definition or description
• HMS Ark Royal [r]: Add brief definition or description
• HMS Hermes [r]: Add brief definition or description

United States

Second World War

Large carriers

• USS Langley (CV-1) [r]: First aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, but intended as an experiment rather than for operational use; provided auxiliary services early in WWII, was damaged by Japanese aircraft in February 1942, and scuttled ^[e]
• Lexington-class [r]: A two-ship class of aircraft carriers, the first built by the United States Navy for operations rather than experimentation; converted from cancelled battlecruiser hulls ^[e]
  • USS Lexington (CV-2) [r]: First aircraft carrier built by the United States Navy and intended for fleet rather than experimental duty; sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 ^[e]
  • USS Saratoga (CV-3) [r]: Lexington-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, converted from a battle cruiser hull in 1927, and serving throughout World War II; sunk in 1946 during nuclear weapon tests ^[e]
• USS Ranger (CV-4) [r]: Early purpose-built U.S. Navy aircraft carrier; too small (14,500 tons) for Pacific duty; supported "Neutrality Patrols" and early WWII Atlantic convoys, provided air cover to Operation Torch, raided Norway; returned to the US and was a training ship for the rest of the war ^[e]
• Yorktown-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • USS Yorktown (CV-5) [r]: U.S. aircraft carrier of the Yorktown-class; commissioned in September 1937; sunk at the Battle of Midway, 7 June 1942 ^[e]
  • USS Enterprise (CV-6) [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • USS Hornet (CV-8) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• USS Wasp (CV-7) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Essex-class (WWII) [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • USS Essex (CV-9) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in April 1941; launched in July 1942; commissioned in December 1942.
  • USS Wasp (CV-10) [r]: Add brief definition or description(name changed from Bon Homme Richard in September 1942). Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in December 1941; launched in January 1943; commissioned in April 1943.
  • USS Intrepid (CV-11) [r]: Add brief definition or description 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.
  • USS Hornet (CV-12) [r]: Add brief definition or description(name changed from Kearsarge in January 1943) . Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in August 1942; launched in August 1943; commissioned in November 1943.
  • USS Franklin (CV-13) [r]: Add brief definition or description 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.
  • USS Lexington (CV-16) [r]: Add brief definition or description(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.
  • USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionBunker Hill (CV-17). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in September 1941; launched in December 1942; commissioned in May 1943.
  • USS Wasp (CV-18) [r]: Add brief definition or description(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.
  • USS Bennington (CV-20) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Keel laid in December 1942; launched in February 1944; commissioned in August 1944.
  • USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Keel laid in February 1943; launched in April 1944; commissioned in November 1944.
• Ticonderoga (carrier)-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) [r]: Add brief definition or description (name changed from Hancock in May 1943). Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in February 1943; launched in February 1944; commissioned in May 1944.
  • USS Randolph (CV-15) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in May 1943; launched in June 1944; commissioned in October 1944.
  • USS Hancock (CV-19) [r]: Add brief definition or description(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.
  • USS Boxer (CV-21) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionBuilt by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in September 1943; launched in December 1944; commissioned in April 1945.
  • USS Leyte (CV-32) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionname changed from Crown Point in May 1945). Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in February 1944; launched in August 1945; commissioned in April 1946.
  • USS Kearsarge (CV-33) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionBuilt by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Keel laid in March 1944; launched in May 1945; commissioned in March 1946.

1. Antietam (CV-36). Built by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Keel laid in March 1943; launched in August 1944; commissioned in January 1945.
2. Princeton (CV-37) (name changed from Valley Forge in November 1944). Built by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Keel laid in September 1943; launched in July 1945; commissioned in November 1945.
3. Shangri-La (CV-38). Built by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Keel laid in January 1943; launched in February 1944; commissioned in September 1944.
4. Lake Champlain (CV-39). Built by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Keel laid in March 1943; launched in November 1944; commissioned in June 1945.
5. Tarawa (CV-40). Built by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Keel laid in March 1944; launched in May 1945; commissioned in December 1945.
6. Valley Forge (CV-45). Built by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Keel laid in September 1944; launched in November 1945; commissioned in November 1946.
7. Philippine Sea (CV-47) (name changed from Wright in February 1945). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in August 1944; launched in September 1945; commissioned in May 1946.

Cold War

• Forrestal-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nimitz-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

Aircraft

Imperial Japanese Navy

• A6M "Zero" or "Zeke" [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Aichi D3A1 "Val" [r]: Add brief definition or description

Russia

• MiG-29K [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Su-27K [r]: Add brief definition or description

United Kingdom

• Sea Harrier [r]: Add brief definition or description

United States

Second World War

• F4F Wildcat [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F6F Hellcat [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F4U Corsair [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SBD Helldiver [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SB2C Dauntless [r]: Add brief definition or description
• TBD Devastator [r]: Add brief definition or description
• TBF Avenger [r]: Add brief definition or description

Early jets and Korean War

• F9F Panther [r]: Add brief definition or description

Vietnam Era

• A-4 Skyhawk [r]: Add brief definition or description
• A-6 Intruder [r]: Add brief definition or description
• E-2 Hawkeye [r]: Add brief definition or description
• EA-6 Prowler [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F8U Crusader [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F-4 Phantom II [r]: Add brief definition or description

Generation 4-4.5

• F-14 Tomcat [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F-18 Hornet [r]: Add brief definition or description
• S-3 Viking [r]: Add brief definition or description
• ES-3 Shadow [r]: Add brief definition or description

Current and future

• EF-18 Growler [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F-18 Super Hornet [r]: Add brief definition or description
• F-35C Lightning II [r]: Add brief definition or description
• HV-22 Osprey [r]: Add brief definition or description