List of Aircraft Carriers
Name | Class | Displacement | Commissioned | Country | Builder |
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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 |