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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 museumin 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) 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 --Active
USS Nimitz
(CVN 68) 3 May 1975 /
-- Active
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN 69) 18 Oct 1977 /
-- Active
USS Carl Vinson
(CVN 70) 13 Mar 1982 /
-- Active
USS Theodore Roosevelt
(CVN 71) 25 Oct 1986 /
-- Active
USS Abraham Lincoln
(CVN 72) 11 Nov 1989 /
-- Active
USS George Washington
(CVN 73) 4 July 1992 /
-- Active
USS John C. Stennis
(CVN 74) 9 Dec 1995 /
-- Active
USS Harry S. Truman
(CVN 75) 25 July 1998 /
-- Active
USS Ronald Reagan
(CVN 76) 12 July 2003 /
-- Active
USS George H.W. Bush
(CVN 77) -- /
-- Active |
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