List of Aircraft Carriers
Name Class Displacement Commissioned Country Builder
Admiralty Islands Casablanca 7,800 1944-06-13 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Adula Rapana 16,000 1944-02-01 Royal Navy Blytheswood
Akagi Amagi 36,500 1927-03-27 Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval Arsenal
Alexia Rapana 8,010 1943-12-01 Royal Navy Bremer Vulkan
Altamaha Bogue 7,900 1942-09-15 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Amagi Unryū 17,150 1944-08-10 Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Amastra Rapana 16,000 1943-09-01 Royal Navy Lithgows
Ameer Ruler 11,400 1943-07-20 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Ancylus Rapana 16,000 1943-10-01 Royal Navy Swan Hunter
Antietam Essex 30,800 1945-01-28 United States Navy Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Arbiter Ruler 7,800 1943-12-31 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Archer Long Island 8,200 1941-11-17 Royal Navy Sun Shipbuilding
Argus Argus 14,860 1918-09-01 Royal Navy William Beardmore
Ark Royal Illustrious 22,000 1938-12-16 Royal Navy Cammell Laird
Atheling Ruler 7,800 1943-10-28 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Attacker Attacker 11,400 1942-09-30 Royal Navy Western Pipe and Steel Company
Attu Casablanca 7,800 1944-06-30 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Audacity Hannover 11,000 1941-06-20 Royal Navy Bremer Vulkan
Avenger Avenger 8,200 1942-03-02 Royal Navy Sun Shipbuilding
Bairoko Commencement Bay 10,200 1945-07-16 United States Navy Todd Pacific Shipyards
Barnes Bogue 11,400 1943-02-20 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Bataan Independence 11,000 1943-11-17 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Battler Attacker 10,000 1942-10-31 Royal Navy Ingalls Shipbuilding
Béarn Normandie 22,150 1927-05-01 Free French Naval Forces Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
Begum Ruler 11,400 1943-08-02 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Belleau Wood Independence 11,000 1943-03-31 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Bennington Essex 30,800 1944-08-06 United States Navy New York Naval Shipyard
Bismarck Sea Casablanca 7,800 1944-05-20 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Biter Avenger 8,200 1942-05-05 Royal Navy French Navy Sun Shipbuilding
Block Island (I) Bogue 9,800 1943-03-08 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Block Island (II) Commencement Bay 14,400 1944-12-30 United States Navy Todd Pacific Shipyards
Bogue Bogue 9,800 1942-09-26 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Bon Homme Richard Essex 30,800 1944-11-26 United States Navy New York Naval Shipyard
Bougainville Casablanca 7,800 1944-06-18 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Boxer Essex 30,800 1945-04-16 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Breton Bogue 7,800 1943-04-12 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Bunker Hill Essex 30,800 1943-05-24 United States Navy Fore River Shipyard
Cabot Independence 11,000 1943-07-24 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Campania Nairana 13,000 1944-02-09 Royal Navy Harland and Wolff
Cape Esperance Casablanca 10,400 1944-04-09 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Cape Gloucester Commencement Bay 10,900 1945-03-05 United States Navy Todd Pacific Shipyards
Card Bogue 9,800 1942-11-08 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Casablanca Casablanca 7,800 1943-07-08 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Charger Avenger 8,200 1942-03-03 United States Navy Sun Shipbuilding
Chaser Attacker 11,400 1943-04-09 Royal Navy Ingalls Shipbuilding
Chenango Sangamon 11,400 1942-09-19 United States Navy Sun Shipbuilding
Chitose Chitose 11,190 1938-07-25 Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval Arsenal
Chiyoda Chitose 11,190 1938-12-15 Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval Arsenal
Chūyō Taiyō 18,116 1942-11-25 Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Colossus Colossus 13,200 1944-12-16 Royal Navy Vickers-Armstrongs
Commencement Bay Commencement Bay 11,373 1944-11-27 United States Navy Todd Pacific Shipyards
Copahee Bogue 9,800 1942-06-15 United States Navy Todd Pacific Shipyards
Coral Sea Casablanca 9,600 1943-08-27 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Core Bogue 9,800 1942-12-10 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Corregidor Casablanca 10,400 1943-08-31 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Courageous Glorious 22,500 1916-11-04 Royal Navy Armstrong Whitworth
Cowpens Independence 11,000 1943-05-28 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Croatan Bogue 9,800 1943-04-28 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Dasher Avenger 8,200 1942-07-02 Royal Navy Sun Shipbuilding
Eagle Eagle 22,600 1924-02-26 Royal Navy Armstrong Whitworth
Emperor Ruler 11,400 1943-08-06 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Empire Activity Empire 14,250 1942-09-29 Royal Navy Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
Empire MacAlpine Empire 8,000 1943-04-14 Royal Navy Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
Empire MacAndrew Empire 8,000 1943-07-07 Royal Navy William Denny and Brothers
Empire MacCabe Empire 9,000 1943-12-01 Royal Navy Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Empire MacCallum Empire 8,000 1943-12-22 Royal Navy Lithgows
Empire MacColl Empire 9,000 1943-11-01 Royal Navy Laird, Son & Co.
Empire MacDermott Empire 8,000 1944-03-31 Royal Navy William Denny and Brothers
Empire MacKay Empire 9,000 1943-10-05 Royal Navy Harland and Wolff
Empire MacKendrick Empire 8,000 1943-12-01 Royal Navy Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
Empire MacMahon Empire 9,000 1943-12-01 Royal Navy Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Empire MacRae Empire 8,000 1943-09-20 Royal Navy Lithgows
Empress Ruler 7,800 1943-08-09 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Enterprise Yorktown 25,100 1938-05-12 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Essex Essex 30,800 1942-12-31 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Fanshaw Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-12-09 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Fencer Attacker 14,400 1943-02-20 Royal Navy Western Pipe and Steel Company
Formidable Illustrious 23,000 1940-11-24 Royal Navy Harland and Wolff
Franklin Essex 30,800 1944-01-31 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Furious Glorious 22,400 1917-10-14 Royal Navy Armstrong Whitworth
Gadila Rapana 8,000 1944-03-01 Royal Netherlands Navy Howaldtswerke
Gambier Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-12-28 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Glorious Glorious 22,500 1916-04-20 Royal Navy Harland and Wolff
Glory Colossus 13,200 1945-04-02 Royal Navy Harland and Wolff
Guadalcanal Casablanca 7,800 1943-09-25 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Hancock Essex 27,100 1944-04-15 United States Navy Fore River Shipyard
Hermes Hermes 10,850 1923-07-07 Royal Navy Armstrong Whitworth
Hiryū Hiryū 17,300 1939-07-05 Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Hiyō Hiyō 24,140 1942-07-31 Imperial Japanese Navy Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Hoggatt Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-01-11 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Hollandia Casablanca 7,800 1944-06-01 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Hornet (I) Yorktown 26,500 1941-10-25 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Hornet (II) Essex 27,100 1943-11-29 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Hōshō Hōshō 7,470 1922-12-27 Imperial Japanese Navy Asano Shipbuilding Company
Hunter Attacker 14,400 1943-01-09 Royal Navy Ingalls Shipbuilding
Illustrious Illustrious 30,530 1940-05-25 Royal Navy Vickers-Armstrongs
Implacable Implacable 32,624 1944-08-28 Royal Navy Fairfield Shipbuilding
Indefatigable Implacable 32,110 1944-05-03 Royal Navy John Brown & Company
Independence Independence 11,000 1943-01-14 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Indomitable Illustrious 23,000 1941-10-10 Royal Navy Vickers-Armstrongs
Intrepid Essex 27,100 1943-08-16 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Junyō Hiyō 26,949 1942-05-05 Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Kadashan Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-01-18 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Kaga Kaga 38,200 1929-11-01 Imperial Japanese Navy Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Kalinin Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-11-27 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Kasaan Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-12-04 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Katsuragi Unryū 22,178 1944-10-15 Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval Arsenal
Khedive Ruler 11,400 1943-08-25 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Kitkun Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-12-15 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Kwajalein Casablanca 7,800 1944-06-07 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Lake Champlain Essex 27,100 1945-06-03 United States Navy Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Langley (I) Langley (I) 11,500 1913-04-07 United States Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Langley (II) Independence 11,000 1943-08-31 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Lexington (I) Lexington 33,000 1927-12-14 United States Navy Fore River Shipyard
Lexington (II) Essex 27,100 1943-02-17 United States Navy Fore River Shipyard
Liscome Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-08-07 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Long Island Long Island 13,500 1941-06-02 United States Navy Sun Shipbuilding
Lunga Point Casablanca 7,800 1944-05-14 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Macoma Rapana 8,000 1944-04-01 Royal Netherlands Navy Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Mij
Makassar Strait Casablanca 7,800 1944-04-27 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Makin Island Casablanca 7,800 1944-05-09 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Manila Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-07-10 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Marcus Island Casablanca 7,800 1944-01-26 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Matanikau Casablanca 7,800 1944-05-22 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Miralda Rapana 16,000 1944-01-01 Royal Navy Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Mij
Mission Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-05-26 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Monterey Independence 11,000 1943-06-17 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Munda Casablanca 7,800 1944-07-08 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Nabob Ruler 11,400 1943-09-07 Royal Canadian Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Nairana Nairana 14,280 1943-12-12 Royal Navy John Brown & Company
Nassau Bogue 11,400 1942-08-20 United States Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Natoma Bay Casablanca 7,800 1943-10-14 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Nehenta Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-01-03 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Ocean Colossus 13,200 1945-08-08 Royal Navy Alexander Stephen and Sons
Ommaney Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-02-11 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Patroller Ruler 11,400 1943-10-22 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Perseus Colossus 13,200 1944-12-16 Royal Navy Vickers-Armstrongs
Petrof Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-02-18 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Pioneer Colossus 13,200 1945-02-08 Royal Navy Vickers-Armstrongs
Premier Ruler 11,400 1943-11-03 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Princeton Independence 11,000 1943-02-25 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Puncher Ruler 11,400 1944-02-05 Royal Canadian Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Pursuer Attacker 11,400 1943-06-14 Royal Navy Ingalls Shipbuilding
Queen Ruler 8,333 1943-12-07 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Rajah Ruler 11,400 1944-01-17 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Randolph Essex 27,100 1944-06-29 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Ranger Ranger 14,500 1934-06-04 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Ranee Ruler 7,800 1943-06-02 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Rapana Rapana 16,000 1943-07-01 Royal Navy Wilton-Fijenoord
Ravager Ruler 14,630 1943-04-25 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Reaper Ruler 7,800 1944-02-21 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Roi Casablanca 7,800 1944-07-06 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Rudyerd Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-02-25 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Ruler Ruler 15,390 1943-12-22 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Ryūhō Ryūhō 13,360 1934-03-31 Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Ryūjō Ryūjō 10,600 1933-05-09 Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Saginaw Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-03-02 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
St. Lo ex-Midway Casablanca 7,800 1943-10-23 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Salamaua Casablanca 7,800 1944-05-26 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Sangamon Sangamon 11,400 1942-08-25 United States Navy Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Santee Sangamon 11,400 1942-08-24 United States Navy Sun Shipbuilding
San Jacinto Independence 11,000 1943-11-15 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Saratoga Lexington 33,000 1927-11-16 United States Navy New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Sargent Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-03-09 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Savo Island Casablanca 7,800 1944-02-03 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Shamrock Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-03-15 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Shangri-La Essex 30,800 1944-09-15 United States Navy Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Shinano Shinano 64,800 1944-11-19 Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Shin'yō Shin'yō 17,500 1943-11-15 Imperial Japanese Navy Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
Shipley Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-03-21 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Shōhō Zuihō 11,260 1941-11-30 Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Shōkaku Shōkaku 25,675 1941-08-08 Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Sōryū Sōryū 15,900 1937-01-29 Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval Arsenal
Searcher Ruler 14,400 1943-04-03 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Shah Ruler 11,400 1943-09-27 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Sitkoh Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-03-28 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Slinger Ruler 8,333 1943-08-11 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Smiter Ruler 7,800 1944-01-20 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Solomons Casablanca 7,800 1943-11-21 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Speaker Ruler 8,333 1943-11-20 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Stalker Attacker 14,400 1942-12-21 Royal Navy Western Pipe and Steel Company
Steamer Bay Casablanca 7,800 1944-04-04 United States Navy Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Striker Attacker 10,000 1943-04-29 Royal Navy Western Pipe and Steel Company
Suwannee Sangamon 11,400 1942-09-24 United States Navy Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Taihō Taihō 29,300 1944-03-07 Imperial Japanese Navy Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Taiyō Taiyō 18,116 1941-09-02 Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Thane Ruler 7,800 1943-11-19 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Ticonderoga Essex 30,800 1944-05-08 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Tracker Attacker 14,400 1943-01-31 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Trouncer Ruler 7,800 1944-01-31 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Trumpeter Ruler 7,800 1943-08-04 Royal Navy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding
Unyō Taiyō 17,830 1942-08-31 Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Unicorn Unicorn 16,510 1943-03-12 Royal Navy Harland and Wolff
Unryū Unryū 17,150 1944-08-06 Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Venerable Colossus 13,200 1945-01-17 Royal Navy Cammell Laird
Vengeance Colossus 13,200 1945-01-15 Royal Navy Swan Hunter
Victorious Illustrious 23,000 1941-05-29 Royal Navy Vickers-Armstrongs
Vindex Nairana 13,671 1943-12-03 Royal Navy Swan Hunter
Warrior Colossus 18,300 1945-04-02 Royal Navy Harland and Wolff
Wasp (I) Wasp (I) 14,700 1940-04-25 United States Navy Fore River Shipyard
Wasp (II) Essex 30,800 1943-11-24 United States Navy Fore River Shipyard
Yorktown (I) Yorktown 25,100 1937-09-30 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Yorktown (II) Essex 36,380 1943-04-15 United States Navy Newport News Shipbuilding
Zuihō Zuihō 11,260 1940-12-27 Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Zuikaku Shōkaku 29,800 1941-09-25 Imperial Japanese Navy Kawasaki Heavy Industries