Ship Name
Hull Number |
Commission/
Decommission
Date |
Disposition |
USS Langley
(CV 1) | 20 Mar 1922 /
27 Feb 1942 | Conv. to AV 3; Sunk as a result enemy action about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap. |
USS Lexington
(CV 2) | 14 Dec 1927 /
8 May 1942 | Sunk as a result of enemy action at the Battle of the Coral Sea. |
USS Saratoga
(CV 3) | 16 Nov 1927 /
26 Jul 1946 | Used as a test target and sunk at Bikini Atoll. |
USS Ranger
(CV 4) | 4 Jun 1934 /
18 Oct 1946 | Sold for scrap 31 Jan 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
USS Yorktown
(CV 5) | 30 Sep 1937 /
7 Jun 1942 | Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Midway. |
USS Enterprise
(CV 6) | 12 May 1938 /
17 Feb 1947 | Sold, 1 Jul 1958. |
USS Wasp
(CV 7) | 25 Apr 1940 /
15 Sep 1942 | Sunk due to enemy action southeast of San Cristobal Island. |
USS Hornet
(CV 8) | 20 Oct 1941 /
26 Oct 1942 | Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. |
USS Essex
(CV 9) | 31 Dec 1942 /
20 Jun 1969 | Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Jun 1975. |
USS Yorktown
(CV 10) | 15 Apr 1943 /
27 Jun 1970 | Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Established as a floating museum in Charleston, S.C., 13 Oct. 1975. |
USS Intrepid
(CV 11) | 16 Aug 1943 /
15 Mar 1974 | Established as a floating museum in New York City in 1982. |
USS Hornet
(CV 12) | 20 Nov 1943 /
26 May 1970 | Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum on 26 May 1998. |
USS Franklin
(CV 13) | 31 Jan 1944 /
17 Feb 1947 | Reclassified AVT 8 on 15 May 1959. Stricken from the Navy List 10 Oct 1964. |
USS Ticonderoga
(CV 14) | 8 May 1944 /
1 Sep 1973 | Stricken from the Navy List 16 Nov 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1975. |
USS Randolph
(CV 15) | 9 Oct 1944 /
13 Feb 1969 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1975. |
USS Lexington
(CV 16) | 17 Feb 1942 /
8 Nov 1991 | Stricken from the Navy List 30 Nov 1991. Now a museum in Corpus Christi, Tex. |
USS Bunker Hill
(CV 17) | 25 May 1943 /
9 Jul 1947 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1966; retained as moored electronic test ship in San Diego until Nov. 1972. Scrapped 1973. |
USS Wasp
(CV 18) | 24 Nov 1943 /
1 Jul 1972 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 21 May 1973. |
USS Hancock
(CV 19) | 15 Apr 1944 /
30 Jan 1976 | Stricken from the Navy List 31 Jan 1976; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1976. |
USS Bennington
(CV 20) | 6 Aug 1944 /
15 Jan 1970 | Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1994. |
USS Boxer
(CV 21) | 16 Apr 1945 /
1 Dec 1969 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 13 Mar 1971. |
USS Independence
(CVL 22) | 14 Jan 1943 /
28 Aug 1946 | Sunk as target 29 Jun 1951. |
USS Princeton
(CVL 23) | 25 Feb 1943 /
24 Oct 1944 | Sunk due to enemy action in the Sibuyan Sea. |
USS Belleau Wood
(CVL 24) | 31 Mar 1943 /
13 Jan 1947 | Transferred to France 1953-1960. Returned. Stricken 1 Oct 1960 and sold for scrapping. |
USS Cowpens
(CVL 25) | 28 May 1943 /
13 Jan 1947 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1959 and sold for scrapping. |
USS Monterey
(CVL 26) | 17 Jun 1943 /
16 Jan 1956 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping in May 1971. |
USS Langley
(CVL 27) | 31 Aug 1943 /
11 Feb 1947 | Transferred to France 1951-1963; Sold 19 Feb 1964. |
USS Cabot
(CVL 28) | 24 Jul 1943 /
21 Jan 1955 | Transferred to Spain 30 Aug 1967; returned to private U.S. organization 1989. Auctioned by US Marshals Service to Sabe Marine Salvage, 10 Sep 1999. |
USS Bataan
(CVL 29) | 17 Nov 1943 /
9 Apr 1954 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Sep 1959. Sold for scrapping May 1961. |
USS San Jacinto
(CVL 30) | 15 Dec 1943 /
1 Mar 1947 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping on 15 Dec 1971 to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, Calif. |
USS Bon Homme
(CV 31) | 26 Nov 1944 /
2 Jul 1971 | Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Scrapped 4 Feb 1992. |
USS Leyte
(CV 32) | 11 Apr 1946 /
15 May 1959 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1969. |
USS Kearsarge
(CV 33) | 2 May 1946 /
15 Jan 1970 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Mar 1974. |
USS Oriskany
(CVA 34) | 25 Sep 1950 /
20 Sep 1979 | Stricken from Navy List 1989. Sold 9 Sep 1995, but contractor defaulted. Repossessed by the Navy and contract terminated 30 Jul 1997. Sunk off coast of Florida 17 May 2006 for use as articifical reef. |
| Reprisal(CV 35) | -- /
-- | Never completed nor commissioned. Hull, 53% complete, was sold to Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, Md. and scrapped November 1949. |
USS Antietam
(CV 36) | 28 Jan 1945 /
8 May 1963 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1973. |
USS Princeton
(CV 37) | 18 Nov 1945 /
30 Jan 1970 | Stricken from the Navy List 30 Jan 1970. |
USS Shangri-La
(CV 38) | 15 Sep 1944 /
30 Jul 1971 | Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jul 1982; disposed of by MARAD exchange 9 Aug 1988. |
USS Lake Champlain
(CV 39) | 3 Jun 1945 /
2 May 1966 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 28 Apr 1972. |
USS Tarawa
(CV 40) | 8 Dec 1945 /
13 May 1960 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1967. |
USS Midway
(CVB 41) | 10 Sep 1945 /
11 Apr 1992 | Stricken 17 Mar 1997; Towed to San Diego 5 January 2004 to be used as a museum and memorial. |
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
(CVB 42) | 27 Oct 1945 /
1 Oct 1977 | Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sept 1977; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1978. |
USS Coral Sea
(CVB 43) | 1 Oct 1947 /
26 Apr 1990 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 7 May 1993. |
USS Valley Forge
(CV 45) | 3 Nov 1946 /
15 Jan 1970 | Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jan 1970; sold for scrap 29 Oct 1971 to Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif. |
USS Philippine Sea
(CV 47) | 11 May 1946 /
28 Dec 1958 | Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969. |
USS Saipan
(CVL 48) | 14 Jul 1946 /
14 Jan 1970 | Name changed to Arlington 8 Apr 1965 and served as an communications relay ship until decomm. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 6 Jun 1976. |
USS Wright
(CVL 49) | 9 Feb 1947 /
15 Mar 1956 | Converted to and commissioned 11 May 1963 as a command ship. Decommissioned 27 May 1970 and disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Aug 1980. |
USS Forrestal
(CVA 59) | 1 Oct 1955 /
30 Sep 1993 | Stricken from the Navy List 11 Sep 1993; At the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 14 Sept. 1998 on hold as museum donation. |
USS Saratoga
(CVA 60) | 14 Apr 1956 /
20 Aug 1994 | Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sep 1994; berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 7 Aug. 1998. |
USS Ranger
(CVA 61) | 10 Aug 1957 /
10 Jul 1993 | In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. |
USS Independence
(CV 62) | 10 Jan 1959 /
30 Sep 1998 | In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. |
| USS Kitty Hawk(CV 63) | April 29, 1961 /
-- | -- |
| USS Kitty Hawk(CV 63) | April 29, 1961 /
-- | -- |
| USS Kitty Hawk(CV 63) | 29 Apr 1961 /
12 May 2009 | -- |
USS Constellation
(CV 64) | 27 Oct 1961 /
7 Aug 2003 | Towed 12 September 2003, to be placed in inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. |
USS Enterprise
(CVN 65) | 25 Nov 1961 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS America
(CV 66) | 23 Jan 1965 /
9 Aug 1996 | Stricken from Navy List; In the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn. planned for scrapping, instead sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia coast on 14 May 2005, following a series of tests consisting of simulated attacks on the ship. |
| USS John F. Kennedy(CV 67) | 7 Sep 1968 /
23 Mar 2007 | -- |
USS Nimitz
(CVN 68) | 3 May 1975 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN 69) | 18 Oct 1977 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS Carl Vinson
(CVN 70) | 13 Mar 1982 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS Theodore Roosevelt
(CVN 71) | 25 Oct 1986 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS Abraham Lincoln
(CVN 72) | 11 Nov 1989 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS George Washington
(CVN 73) | 4 July 1992 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS John C. Stennis
(CVN 74) | 9 Dec 1995 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS Harry S. Truman
(CVN 75) | 25 July 1998 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS Ronald Reagan
(CVN 76) | 12 July 2003 /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
USS George H.W. Bush
(CVN 77) | -- /
-- | Active -- see Fact File |
