U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER SHIP HISTORY OF KEEL LAID DOWN, LAUNCHING, AS COMMISSIONED, SANK, INACTIVATION, OUT/IN COMMISSION IN RESERVE, DECOMMISSIONING, REACTIVATED, RECLASSIFED, REDESIGNATED, RECOMMISSIONED, STRICKEN FROM THE NAVAL REGESTER, SOLD OR DONATED

(1920 to 2019)

 

A Sailors tale of his Tour of duty in the U.S. Navy (August 1977 to February 1983) Operation Evening Light and Eagle Claw - 24 April 1980

 

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Operations Evening Light and Eagle Claw (24 April 1980) Iran and Air Arm History (1941 to 1980)

 

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U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER SHIP HISTORY OF KEEL LAID DOWN, LAUNCHING, AS COMMISSIONED, SANK, INACTIVATION, OUT/IN COMMISSION IN RESERVE, DECOMMISSIONING, REACTIVATED, RECLASSIFED, REDESIGNATED, RECOMMISSIONED, STRICKEN FROM THE NAVAL REGESTER, SOLD OR DONATED

(1920 to 2019)

 

 

NO. OF SHIPS WITH SAME NAME	U. S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAME & HULL NO’S	LAID DOWN	LAUNCH	COMM	Sank, Inactivated, Decomm., Out/In Commission in Reserve, Decomm., Stricken, SOLD, Reactivated, Redes. or Recomm.
First	Langley AV-3, former, CV-1 & Jupiter (AC-3)	18/10/11	14/08/12	07/04/13 Recomm. 11/04/37 Reds.  AV-3 25/10/36	Converted to CV-1 - 24/03/20 to 20/03/22 Renamed Langley 11/04/20 *27/02/42(D) - Sank After 27/02/42(S)
Sunk as a result enemy action about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap.
Fourth	Lexington (CV-2), former CC 1	8/01/21	03/10/25	14/12/27	*08/05/42(D) - Sank After 08/05/42(S)
Sunk as a result of enemy action at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Fifth	Saratoga (CV-3), former Battle Cruiser #3	25/09/20	07/04/25	16/11/27	+25/07/46 - Sank 26/07/46(D) 15/08/46(S)
Used as a test target and sunk at Bikini Atoll.
Sixth	Ranger (CV-4)	26/09/31	25/02/33	04/06/33	18/10/46(D) Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 29/10/46(S) 31/01/47 (SOLD)
Sold for scrap to Sun Ship-building & Drydock.
Third	Yorktown (CV-5)	21/05/34	04/04/36	30/11/37	*07/06/42 - Sank 07/06/42(S)
Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Midway.
Seventh	Enterprise (CV-6)	1935	03/10/36	12/05/38	18/01/46(I) 17/02/47(D/S) Norfolk Navy Yard 01/07/58 (SOLD)
Eighth	Wasp (CV-7)	01/04/36	04/04/39	25/04/40	15/09/42(D) *16/09/42 - Sank 16/09/42(S)
Sunk due to enemy action southeast of San Cristobal Island.
Seventh	Hornet (CV-8)	1939	14/12/40	20/10/41	26/10/42(D) *27/10/42 - Sank 13/01/43(S)
Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Seventh	Essex (CVS-9), former CVA & CV-9	04/41	31/07/42	31/12/42	03/09/45(I) 09/01/47(#) 09/01/47 to 16/01/51(R) Bremerton Group Recomm. 16/01/51 Redes. CVS 08/03/60 20/06/69(D) Philadelphia Group 01/06/73(S) 01/06/75 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
Fourth	Independence (CVL-22), former CV-22 & light cruiser Amsterdam, CL-59 (10th CC)	01/05/41	22/08/42	14/01/43 Reclas. CVL-22 15/07/43	=01 & 25/07/46 San Francisco, Ca. 27/02/51(S) 29/06/51 - Sunk as target
Highly radioactive hulk of USS Independence (CVL-22) was assigned as a target vessel for the Bikini atomic bomb tests, she was placed within one-half mile of ground zero for the 1 July explosion. The veteran ship did not sink, however, and after taking part in another explosion 25 July was taken to Kwajalein and decommissioned 28 August 1946. The highly radioactive hulk was later taken to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and San Francisco, Calif. for further test after her final atomic bomb tests during Operation Crossroads at Kwajalein and was finally sunk in weapons tests off the coast of California 29 January 1951.
Fifth	Lexington (AVT-16), former CVT-16, CVS-16, CVA-16, CV-16 & Cabot (11th CC) Renamed 16/06/42	15/07/41	23/09/42	17/02/43	23/04/47(D) Apr. 1947 to Aug. 1955(R) Bremerton Group Recomm. 15/08/55 Redes. CVS-16 01/10/62 29/12/63 to 08/11/91 (NAR) Redes. CVT-16 01/01/69 Redes. AVT-16 01/07/78 08/11/91(D) 2nd Pensacola, Florida 30/11/91(S) Donated  as a museum 15/06/92
Donated USS Lexington Museum on the Bay on 15 June 1992 and now operates as such in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Fourth	Princeton (CVL-23), former CV-23 & Tallahassee (CL-61) (12th CC) Renamed 31/03/42	02/06/41 Redes. CV-23 16/02/42	18/10/42	25/02/43 Redes. CVL-23 15/07/43	*24/10/44 - Sank 24/10/44(D) After 24/10/44(S)
Sunk due to enemy action in the Sibuyan Sea.
	Belleau Wood (CVL-24) former CV & New Haven (CL-76) (13th CC) Redes. CV-24 16/02/42 Renamed 16/02/42	11/08/41	06/12/42	31/03/43 Reclas. CVL-24 15/07/43	13/01/47(D) Alameda Naval Air Station Lend Lease to France 05/11/53 Returned from France in 1960 01/10/60(S) 01/10/60 (SOLD)
Sold for scrapping
Fourth	Yorktown (CVS-10), former CVA-10, CV-10 & Bon Homme Richard (14th CC) Renamed 26/09/42	01/12/41	21/01/43	15/04/43	21/06/46(#) 09/01/47(D) 09/01/47 to June 1952(R) Bremerton Group 06/52(RA) 15/12/52(#) Recomm. 20/02/53 21/03/55(#) Recomm. 2nd  14/10/55 Redes. CVS 01/09/57 27/06/70(D) 2nd Philadelphia Group 01/06/73(S) Dedicated as a Memorial 13/10/75
The Navy Department approved the donation of Yorktown to the Patriot's Point Development Authority, Charleston, South Carolina; formally Dedicated as a Memorial on the 200th anniversary of the Navy for a museum ship in South Carolina, formally Dedicated as a Memorial on 13 October 1975.
	Bunker Hill (AVT-9), former CVS-17, CVA-17 & CV-17 (15th CC)	09/41	07/12/42	24/05/43	01/46(I) Bremerton Group 09/07/47(D) 01/11/66 to 09/07/47(R) Bremerton Group Redes. CVS 08/08/53 Redes. AVT-9 15/05/59 01/11/66(S) 05/73 (SOLD)
Retained as moored electronic test ship in San Diego until Nov. 1972. Scrapped in May 1973.
	Cowpens (AVT-1), former CVL-25 & CV-25 (16th CC)	17/11/41	17/01/43	28/05/43 Reclas. CVL-25 15/07/43	03/12/46(#) 13/01/47(D) Mare Island, Ca. Redes. AVT-1 in May 1959 01/11/59(S) 01/11/59 (SOLD)
Sold for scrapping.
	Monterey (AVT 2), former CVL-26, CV-26 & Dayton (CL-78) (17th CC)	29/12/41 Redes. CV-26 27/03/42 Renamed 31/03/42	28/02/43	17/06/43 Reclas. CVL-26 15/07/43	11/02/47(D) Philadelphia Group Recomm. 15/09/50 15/09/50 to 16/01/56 (NAR) 16/01/56(D) Philadelphia Group Redes. AVT 2 15/05/59 01/06/70(S) 05/71 (SOLD)
Sold for scrapping.

second	Cabot (AVT-3), former CVL-28, CV-28 &Wilmington (CL-79) (18th CC) Renamed 23/06/42 Dedalo	16/03/42 Redes. CV-28 02/06/42	04/04/43	24/07/43 Redes. CVL-28 15/07/43	11/02/47(D) 11/02/47 to 27/10/48(R) Philadelphia Group Recomm. 27/10/48 27/10/48 to 21/01/55 (NAR) 21/01/55(D/R) 2nd Philadelphia Group Redes. AVT-3 15/05/59 Lend Lease to Spain 1967 to 1972. Sold to Spain in 1972
Lend Lease to Spain 1967 to 1972. In 1967, after over twelve years in "mothballs", Cabot was loaned to Spain, in whose navy she served as Dedalo. The loan was converted to a sale in 1972. Dedalo was stricken by the Spanish Navy in August 1989 and given to a private organization in the U.S. for use as a museum ship. However, that private organization was unable to pay its creditors, so, on 10 September 1999, the ship was auctioned off by the U.S. Marshal's Service to Sabe Marine Salvage.
Fourth	Intrepid (CVS-11), former CVA-11 & CV-11 (19th CC)	12/41	26/04/43	16/08/43	15/08/46(#) 09/0147(D) 09/0147 to 09/06/52(R) Pacific Reserve Fleet Recomm. 09/02/52 09/04/52(D) 2nd Norfolk Naval Shipyard Recomm. 2nd15/10/54 Redes. CVS 08/12/61 15/03/74(D) 3rd Philadelphia Group Formally Dedicated as a Memorial. Donated in New York City in 08/82
A campaign led by the Intrepid Museum Foundation saved the carrier and established it as a floating museum which opened in New York City in August 1982. In 1986, Intrepid was officially designated as a National Historic Landmark. Shortly after 15 March 1974, a campaign led by real estate developer Zachary Fisher and the Intrepid Museum Foundation saved the fourth Intrepid.
Second	Langley (CVL-27), former CV-27, Fargo (CL-85) & Crown Point (CV-27) (20h CC) Renamed 13/11/42	11/04/42	22/05/43	31/08/43 Reclas. CVL-27 15/07/43	31/05/46(I) 11/02/47(D) Philadelphia Group 01/08/51 Lend Lease to France 20/03/63(S) 19/02/64 (SOLD)
Sold for scrapping.
Second	San Jacinto (AVT-5), former CVL-30, CV-30, Reprisal & light cruiser Newark  (CL-100) (21st CC)	26/10/42 Redes. CV-30 02/06/42	26/09/43	15/10/43 Reclas. CVL-30 15/07/43	01/03/47(D) at San Diego, Calif. Redes. AVT-5 15/05/59 01/06/70(S) 15/12/71 (SOLD)
Renamed Reprisal 02 /06/42. Renamed San Jacinto on 30/01/43, converted, while building, to a light aircraft carrier and reclassified as CVL-30. Sold for scrapping to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, Calif.
	Bataan (CVL-29), former CV-29 & Buffalo (CL-99) (22nd CC)	31/08/42 Renamed & Redes. CV-29 02/06/42	01/08/43	17/11/43 Reclas. CVL-29 15/07/43	10/01/46(I) 11/02/47(D) 11/02/47 to 13/05/50(R) Philadelphia Group Recomm. 13/05/50 26/08/53(I) 09/04/54(D) 2nd San Francisco, Ca. - Pacific Reserve Fleet 01/09/59(S) 05/61 (SOLD)
Sold for scrapping.
Ninth	Wasp (CVS-18), former CVA-18, CV-18 & Oriskany (23rd CC)	18/03/42 Renamed 13/11/42	17/08/43	24/11/43	17/02/47(D/R) 17/02/47 to 10/09/51(D/R) Atlantic Reserve Fleet Recomm. 10/09/51 Redes. CVS 01/11/56 01/07/72(D/S) 2nd Atlantic Reserve Fleet 21/05/73 (SOLD)
Wasp served as carrier qualification duty ship for the Naval Air Training Command from 24 January to 26 February 1967 and conducted operations in the Gulf of Mexico and off the east coast of Florida. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
Eighth	Hornet (CVS-12), former CVA-12, CV-12 & Kearsarge (24th CC)	03/08/42 Renamed 26/11/42	30/08/43	29/11/43	15/01/47(D) 15/01/47 to 20/03/51(R) San Francisco, Ca. Recomm. 20/03/51 12/05/51(D) 2nd Pacific Reserve Fleet Recomm. 2nd  11/09/53 Redes. CVS 27/07/58 26/05/70(D) 3rd Pacific Reserve Fleet 19/08/89(S) Donated as a museum 26/05/98
Designated National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service 4 December 1991. Hornet was towed to Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in late 1994. Captain Jim Dodge, Commanding Officer NAS Alameda, seeks and receives approval to borrow and relocate former Hornet to NAS Alameda for five months to use for display purposes as a part of the NAS base closure historical preservation process on 11 May 1995. Moved from NAS Alameda to FISC Oakland to await salvage disposition in September 1995. During the summer of 1995, 85,000 people tour former Hornet. The Aircraft Carrier HORNET Foundation is formed to save the HORNET 23 October 1995. Moved back to NAS Alameda (pier 3) to await donation disposition 4 December 1995. Saved from the scrap heap by the efforts of historically-minded citizens and was donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum at Alameda, Calif. by the U. S. Navy 26 May 1998. Recommissioned a third time at NAS Alameda (pier 3) for use as a museum at Alameda, Calif. by the U. S. Navy 17 October 1998. Designated a California State Historic Landmark. She is listed on the National Register of Historic places, #91002065.
Fifth	Franklin (AVT-8), former CV-13 (25th CC)	12/42	1/10/43	31/01/44	11/02/47(D) Philadelphia Group Bayonne, New Jersey Redes. AVT-8 15/05/59 01/10/64(S) 27/07/66 (SOLD))
	Hancock (CV-19), former CVA-19, CV-19 & fourth Ticonderoga (26th CC) Renamed 01/05/43	26/01/43	24/01/44	15/04/44	29/04/46(I/D) 29/04/46 to 15/02/54(R) Seattle, Wa. Recomm. 15/02/54 13/04/56(D) 2nd San Diego, Ca. or Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Recomm. 2nd 15/11/56 Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 30/01/76(D/S) 3rd Pacific Reserve Fleet 01/09/76 (SOLD)
Fourth	Ticonderoga (CVS-14), former CVA-14, CV-14 & Hancock (27th CC) Renamed 01/05/43	01/02/43	08/05/44	08/05/44	09/01/47(D) 09/01/47 to 31/01/52(R) Bremerton Group Reduced Comm. 31/01/52 04/04/52(D) 2nd Norfolk Naval Shipyard Recomm. 2nd  11/09/54 Redes. CVS-14 21/10/69 01/09/73(D) 2nd West Coast, San Francisco, Ca. or Bremerton Group 16/11/73(S) 01/09/75 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
	Bennington (CVS-20), former CVA-20), CV-20 (28th CC)	15/12//44	26/02/44	06/08/44	08/11/46(D) 08/11/46 to 13/11/52(R) Norfolk, Virginia Recomm. 13/11/52 Redes. CVS 30/06/59 15/01/70(D) Pacific Reserve Fleet 20/09/89(S) 01/12/94 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, Across the Pacific for scrapping in India.

	Shangri-la (CVS-38), former CVA-38 & CV-38 (29th CC)	15/01/43	24/02/44	15/09/44	07/11/47(D) 07/11/47 to 10/05/51(R) San Francisco Ca. Recomm. 10/05/51 14/11/52(D) 2nd San Francisco, Ca. Recomm. 2nd  10/01/55 Redes. CVS-38 30/06/69 17/12/70(I) 30/07/71(D) 3rd Philadelphia Group 15/07/82(S) 09/08/88 (SOLD)
Disposed of by Maritime Administration - MARAD exchange.
Second	Randolph (CVS-15), former CVA-15 & CV-15 (30th CC)	10/05/43	28/06/44	09/10/44	25/02/48(D) 25/02/48 to 01/07/53(R) Philadelphia Recomm. 01/07/53 Redes. CVS 31/03/59 13/02/69(D) 2nd Philadelphia Group 01/06/73(S) 01/04/75 (SOLD)
Second	Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), former CVA-31 & CV-31 (31st CC)	01/02/43	29/04/44	26/11/44	09/01/47(D) 09/01/47 to 15/01/51(R) inactive at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 16 January 1946 until decomm. at Seattle, Washington Recomm. 15/01/51 15/05/53(D) 2nd San Francisco Ca. Recomm. 2nd  06/09/55 02/07/71(D) 3rd Bremerton Group Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 1989(S) 04/02/92 (SOLD)
Sold for scrapping.
	Antietam (CVS-36), former CVA-36 & CV-36 (32nd CC)	15/03/43	20/08/44	28/01/45	Early 1949(D) Early in 1949 – 06/12/50(R) Alameda, Ca. 06/12/50(RA) Recomm. 17/01/51 April 1952(I) Pacific Reserve Fleet Summer 52(RA) - June 1952 Sep. to Dec. 1952 New York Naval Shipyard Redes. CVS 01/08/53 21/04/57 to 23/10/62 (NAR) 07/01/63 to 01/05/73(#) Philadelphia Group 01/05/73(S) 01/12/73 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 01/12/73 - to the Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for scrapping.
Fifth	Boxer (LPH-4), former CVS-21, CVA-21 & CV-21 (33rd CC)	13/09/43	14/12/44	16/04/45	Redes. CVS 01/02/56 Redes. LPH-4 30/01/59 01/12/69(D/S) Pacific Fleet Reserve 13/03/71 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
Second	Lake Champlain (CVS-39), former CVA-39 & CV-39 (34th CC)	15/03/43	02/11/44	03/06/45	17/02/47(D) 1947 to 1950(R) "Mothball Fleet" at Norfolk, Va. 08/50(RA) Recomm. 19/09/52 Redes. CVS 01/08/57 02/05/66(D) 2nd Philadelphia Group 01/12/69(S) 28/04/72 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
	Midway (CV-41), former CVA-41 & CVB-41 (35th CC)	27/10/43	20/03/45	10/09/45	07/55(D) Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard Recomm. 30/09/57 15/02/66(/#) 2nd Pacific Fleet Reserve, in commission special San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard Recomm. 2nd  31/01/70 Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 11/04/92(D) 3rd NI NAS Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Wash. 17/03/97(S) Donated 12/09/03 Towed to San Diego  to be used as a museum & memorial 05/01/04
Decommissioned at NI NAS, San Diego, California on 11 April 1992 upon arrival from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, once she was relieved by USS Independence (CV-62) which replaced Midway as the forward-deployed carrier in Yokosuka, Japan in August 1991. Donated 12 September 2003 and began her journey from the Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, to San Diego, California via Oakland, Calif., in preparation for use as a museum and memorial. Towed to the Broadway Pier in San Diego where she will be part of a major museum ship devoted to carriers and naval aviation 10 January 2004.
	Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), former CVA-42, CVB-42 & Coral Sea (CVB-42) (36th CC)	01/12/43	29/04/45	27/10/45	23/04/54(D) Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard Recomm. 26/04/56 30/09/77(D/S) 2nd at East Coast 01/04/78 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
Fifth	Princeton (LPH-5), former CVS-37, CVA-37, CV-37 & Valley Forge (37th CC) Redes. CV-23 16/02/42 Renamed 31/03/42	14/09/43	08/07/45	18/11/45	20/06/48(D) Pacific Reserve Fleet Recomm. 28/08/50 Redes. CVS 01/01/54 Redes. LPH 02/03/59 30/01/70(D/S) 2nd Pacific Reserve Fleet 05/71 (SOLD)
Sold for scrapping.
	Tarawa (AVT-12), former CVS-40, CVA-40 & CV-40 (38th CC)	01/03/44	12/03/45	08/12/45	30/06/49(D) 30/06/49 to 30/11/50(R/A)  New York Atlantic Reserve Fleet 30/11/50(RA) Recomm. 03/02/51 Redes. CVS 10/01/55 13/05/60(D) 2nd Philadelphia Group Redes. AVT-12 in 05/61 01/06/67(S) 30/10/68 (SOLD)
Third	Kearsarge (CVS-33), former CVA-33 & CV-33 (39th CC)	05/05/45	05/05/45	02/03/46	16/06/50(D) Bremerton Group Recomm. 15/02/52 Redes. CVS 01/10/58 15/01/70(D) 2nd Bremerton Group 01/05/73(S) 01/03/74 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
Third	Leyte (AVT-10), former CVS-32, CVA-32, CV-32 & Crown Point (40th CC)	21/02/44	23/08/45	11/04/46	Redes. CVS 08/08/53 Redes. AVT-10 15/05/59 15/05/59(D) Philadelphia Group 01/06/69(S) 09/70 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to the Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for scrapping.
	Philippine Sea (AVT-11), former CVS-47, CVA-47 & CV-47 (41st CC)	19/08/44	05/09/45	11/05/46	Redes. CVS 15/11/55 15/07/58(I) 28/12/58(D) Long Beach, Ca. Redes. AVT-11 15/05/59 01/12/69(S) 03/71 (SOLD)
	Arlington (AGMR-2), former Saipan, AGMR-2, CC-3, AVT-6 & CVL-48 (42nd CC) Name changed to Arlington 8 Apr 1965 and served as an communications relay ship until decomm.	10/07/44	08/07/45	14/07/46	1946 to 1948 (NAR) 1955 (NAR) 30/09/57(D) Bayonne, N.J. Redes. AVT-6 15/05/59 Redes.CC-3 03/63 Redes. AGMR-2 01/09/64 Renamed Arlington 08/04/65 Recomm. 27/08/66 25/08/69(I) 14/01/70(D) 2nd San Diego, Ca. 15/08/75(S) 06/06/76 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
	Valley Forge (LPH-8), former CVS-45, CVA-45 & CV-45 (43rd CC)	07/09/44	18/11/45	03/11/46	Redes. CVS 01/01/54 Redes. LPH-8 01/07/61 15/01/70(D/S) Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at San Diego, Ca. 29/10/71 (SOLD)
Sold for scrap to Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Iwo Jima (CV-46), a Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier, was under construction by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., but was cancelled 12 August 1945. Her partially completed hull was scrapped.
Second	Wright (CC-2), former AVT-7 & CVL-49 (44th CC) Converted to & commissioned 11 May 1963 as a command ship	21/08/44	01/09/45	09/02/47	31/03/47 to 26/01/49 (NAR) 15/03/56(D) Bremerton Group Redes. AVT-7 15/05/59 Redes. CC-2 15/03/62 Recomm. 11/05/63 27/05/70(D) 2nd Philadelphia Group Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 01/12/77(S) 01/08/80(SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
	Coral Sea CV-43, former CVA-43, CVB-43 & CV-42 (45th CC) Contract Awarded 14/06/43 NAMED Coral Sea 10/10/44 - Reclass. 15/07/43 CVB	24/01/44	02/04/46	01/10/47	24/05/57(D) Bremerton Group Recomm.25/01/60 Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 26/04/90(D) 2nd Bremerton Group 30/04/90(S) 07/05/93 (SOLD)
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. Coral Sea completed as last 80' section is pulled ashore 9 August 2000. Sold for scraping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to Seawitch Marine Salavage Fairfield Tm., Baltimore, Md. 6 July 1993 after Museum plan failed Sale Bid # 31-3359 dated 4 March 1993, appraised $300K.
CV 44 - cancelled January 11, 1943
	Oriskany (CV-34) former CVA-34 & CV-34 (46th CC)	01/05/44	13/10/45	25/09/50	02/01/57(D) San Francisco. Ca. Recomm. 07/03/59 Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 30/09/79(D) 2nd 30/09/79 to 25/07/89(R) 25/07/89(S) Sold for scrapping several times but contractor defaulted Sunk as an artificial reef 17/05/06
Sold for scrapping 26/01/93; scrapper defaulted and ship was repossessed without having left Navy custody. Resold for scrapping 09/09/95, towed to San Francisco 01/05/96, but defaulted. Subsequently moved to Mare Island for scrapping, but scrap contract revoked 1 July 1997. Repossessed by the Navy and contract terminated 30 July 1997. Towed to Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Beaumont, Texas for storage in April 1999. Repossessed by the U. S. Navy when the contractor defaulted the contract 30/07/98. Donated and transferred to the State of Florida December 2004 when she was towed to Pensacola, Fla., for preparation to be sunk as an artificial reef. Oriskany was sunk 24 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., on 17 May 2006. The 888-foot ship took about 37 minutes to sink below the surface.
CV-50 - Bethlehem Steel Company
CVs 51 & 52 - New York Navy Yard
CV-53 - Philadelphia Navy Yard
CVs 54 & 55 - Norfolk Navy Yard
CVB-56 - cancelled March 28, 1945
CVB-57 - cancelled March 28, 1945

USS United States (CVA-58), the third ship of the US Navy named for its nation, was to be the lead ship of a radical new design of aircraft carrier. On 29 July 1948 President of the United States, Harry Truman approved construction of five "supercarriers", for which funds had been provided in the Naval Appropriations Act of 1949. The keel of the first of those five postwar carriers was laid down on 18 April 1949 at Newport News Shipbuilding.  The flush-deck United States was designed to launch and recover the 100,000 pound (45 t) aircraft required to carry early-model nuclear weapons, which weighed as much as five tons. The ship would have no island and be equipped with four aircraft elevators and four catapults. The construction cost of the new ship alone was estimated at US$190 million. The additional thirty-nine ships required to complete the accompanying task force raised the total cost to US$1.265 billion. United States was also designed to provide air support for forces and to conduct sea control operations, but her primary mission was long-range nuclear bombardment. That mission put her in harm's way long before construction began. The United States Air Force viewed United States as a challenge to their monopoly on strategic nuclear weapons delivery. Swayed by limited funds and bitter opposition from the United States Army and Air Force, Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson announced on 23 April 1949 -- five days after the ship's keel was laid down -- the cancellation of construction of United States. Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan immediately resigned, and the subsequent "Revolt of the Admirals" cost Admiral Louis Denfeld his position as Chief of Naval Operations, but atomic bombs went to sea on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1950.
	Forrestal (AVT-59), former CV-59 & CVA-59 (47th CC)	14/07/52	11/12/54	01/10/55	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 Redes. AVT-59 04/02/92 11/09/93(D/S) Philadelphia Group 15/12/15 (SOLD)
Donation hold as a museum ship and memorial at the Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island 14 September 1998. Under consideration for Artificial Reefing as of 13 December 2005. AVT 59 HAS BEEN SCRAPPED BY ALL STAR METALS LLC ON DECEMBER 15, 2015. CERTIFICAT E OF SCRAPPING, DEMILITARIZATION AND HAZMAT DISPOSAL IS ON FILE.
The Second Reprisal (CV-35) of the United States Navy would have been a Ticonderoga-class fleet carrier. Her keel was laid down on July 1, 1944, at the New York Naval Shipyard, of New York, New York. On August 12, 1945, when Reprisal was about half complete, construction was cancelled.  In 1946, the hulk was launched without ceremony to clear the slipway, and was used in Chesapeake Bay for various experiments, culminating on April 1, 1948, in explosives tests. Although inspected during January 1949 with a view to completing her as an attack carrier, the plan was dropped and Reprisal was sold on August 2, 1949, to the Boston Metals Corporation of Baltimore, Maryland, and, in November 1949, broken up. Despite this fact, USS Reprisal (CV-35) appeared as if in service in 1997 on the television show JAG. Her part was played by USS Forrestal (CV-59).
Sixth	Saratoga (CV-60), former CVA-60 & CVB-60 (48th CC)	16/12/52	08/10/55	14/04/56	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 20//08/94(D) 30/09/94(S) at Naval Station, Mayport, Florida 08/05/14 (SOLD)
The Saratoga was decommissioned at the Naval Station, Mayport, Florida, and stricken from the Naval Vessel Registry (Navy List) on 20 August 1994, with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Boorda the keynote speaker at the decommissioning, having offloaded material and closing out each of the ship's more than 3,500 spaces, the crew prepared to deactivate the ship, upon arrival early in the morning of 24 June 1994. Saratoga was towed out of the Naval Station Mayport basin on 22 May 1995, to the Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. She was towed from the Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island on 3 August 1998 to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, then, deactivated at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in August 1998. Saratoga remained at the Naval Education and Training Center from her arrival 7 August 1998 until she returned to donation hold on 19 January 2000 when the Secretary of the Navy placed Saratoga in donation status, thus making her eligible to become a museum and memorial, transferring to the Naval Station, Newport, R.I. where she remained until sold around 8 May 2014, in this status having had her status changed to "disposal as an experimental ship. While a hulk at Newport, ex-Saratoga, like her sisters, has been extensively stripped to support the active carrier fleet. There was an active effort to make her a museum ship in Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. In April 2010 Saratoga was removed from donation hold and scheduled to be disposed” (Ref. S-[2]). Stricken, to be disposed of 30 September 1994. Donation Hold stands firm as of 2 May 2005 to 2009 - USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc. On 8 May 2014, Naval Sea Systems Command announced that ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Texas, will scrap Saratoga for one cent. This was the minimum amount that could be paid for scrapping the ship” (Ref. S-[26] & S-[27]). On 21 August 2014, Saratoga departed Naval Station Newport and made its way down Narragansett Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the ESCO MARINE INC IN BROWNSVILLE, TX., ship recycling plant in Brownsville, Texas. The vessel arrived at the scrapyard on 16 September for final scrapping.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_%28CV-60%29
Seventh	Ranger (CV-61), former CVA-61 (49th CC)	02/08/54	29/09/56	10/08/57	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 10/07/93(D) 03/08/04(S) In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. from 1993 to 2004 22/12/14 (SOLD)
“A new NAVSEA Instruction dated June 2, 2009, changes the application process. Under the new process there was a notice published in the Federal Register concerning the availability of ex-RANGER for donation under the new rules - 60 days from publication date to submit a Phase One application? An effort to establish USS Ranger (CV-61), former CVA-61 (49th CC) as a museum ship began in 2004 - USS Ranger Foundation, Portland. Oregon. An effort was underway to establish the Ranger as a museum ship from 2004 to 2008. Sits at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania awaiting sale to be scrapped. Arrived from the Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Beaumont, Texas after her transfer from civilian authority. Repossessed by the U. S. Navy when the contractor defaulted the contract (terminated 30 July 1997) and transferred to the Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Beaumont, Texas, to be scrapped. When asked by the Long Beach Press-Telegram, NAVSEA stated that Ranger was no longer available for donation and was slated to be scrapped in 2015” (Ref. R-[26]). On 22 December 2014, the U.S. Navy paid one cent to International Shipbreaking of Brownsville, Texas, to tow and scrap Ranger. International Shipbreaking will pay to tow her around South America, through the Straits of Magellan, as Ranger is too big to fit through the Panama Canal. The tow began on 5 March 2015, and tool up to 5 months from the inactive ships maintenance facility, Bremerton, Washington, to Brownsville. International Shipbreaking is expecting to make a profit from Ranger after the costs of the tow and the actual dismantling of the ship” (Ref. R- [27]). On April 7, 2015, ex-Ranger was seen anchored about 3 miles offshore at Panama City, Panama. On July 12, 2015, the Ranger arrived at her final resting place in Brownsville” (Ref. R-[28]). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-61)
Fifth	Independence (CV-62), former CVA-62 (50th CC)	07/55	06/06/58	10 Jan 1959	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 28/02/73 30/09/98(D) & 08/03/04(S) at PSNS & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash. 1998 to 2004 2016 (SOLD)
“In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. 1998 to 2004. Capt. Mark R. Milliken commanding while Independence commissioning pennant was hauled down 39 years, 9 months and 20 days after it was first proudly hoisted, and the “Don’t Tread on Me” jack was transferred to the Navy’s next oldest active ship, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). After decommissioning, Independence remained in mothballs for five and a half years before being struck on 8 March 2004. During her time in mothballs, the ship was said to have been heavily stripped to support the active carrier fleet, especially the remaining Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers. Her port anchor and both anchor chains were used on the new Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. The recycling of parts and the poor material condition of the ship at the time she was withdrawn made a strong argument against retaining her as a potential museum ship. In April 2004, Navy officials identified Independence as one of 24 decommissioned ships available to be sunk as artificial reefs. However, as of February 2008, she was scheduled to be dismantled in the next five years along with USS Constellation” (Ref. I-[16]). At that time, she was still available for donation as a reef while awaiting a contract for her dismantling to be awarded” (Ref. I-[17]). On 26 January 2012, the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command posted a notice of solicitation for the towing and complete dismantlement of multiple CV-59/CV-63 Class Aircraft Carriers in the United States, to include ex-Forrestal (CV-59), ex-Independence (CV-62), and ex-Constellation (CV-64)” (Ref. I-[18]). The ex-Independence (CV-62) is scheduled to be towed to Brownsville, TX for scrapping later in 2016, following the ex-USS Ranger (CV-61) and ex-Constellation (CV-64)” (Ref. I-[19]). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(CV-64)
Second	Kitty Hawk (CV-63), former CVA-63 (51st CC)	27/12/56	21/05/60	29/04/61	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 29/04/73 31/01/09(I) 12/05/09(D) at PSNS & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash. In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
On 1 December 2005, the United States Navy announced that George Washington would replace Kitty Hawk in 2008 as the forward-deployed carrier in Japan and it would also assume host carrier duties for forward deployed Carrier Air Wing 5.[32] In March 2007, the Navy announced that Captain Todd Zecchin, the captain responsible during the decommissioning of John F. Kennedy, had been tasked with overseeing the decommissioning of Kitty Hawk.[33] Kitty Hawk left Yokosuka on 28 May 2008 to begin the decommissioning process.[34] However on 22 May, a fire seriously damaged George Washington, causing the ship to go to San Diego for repairs. Kitty Hawk participated in the RIMPAC exercise near Hawaii in George Washington's place. The turnover between the two carriers was postponed and took place in August.[30][35] After the turnover, Kitty Hawk arrived at Bremerton, Washington in September and was informally retired on 31 January 2009.[36][37] After the turnover with George Washington, Kitty Hawk arrived at Bremerton, Washington in September and was informally retired on 31 January 2009 and decommissioned on 12 May 2009 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., after more than 48 years of service[38]” (Ref. KK-[31] & KK-[32]). Kitty Hawk, the USN's last oil-powered aircraft carrier, was finally decommissioned on 12 May 2009” (Ref. KK-[33]). A group based in Wilmington, North Carolina is lobbying to bring the ship to the city after her obligatory time in the Navy Inactive Ships Program in order to serve as a floating museum alongside the battleship North Carolina.[38][39][40] The Navy will maintain Kitty Hawk in reserve until 2017, when the Gerald R. Ford is commissioned. [41][42] In March 2017, the USS Kitty Hawk Veterans Association had raised $5 million in pledges to preserve the aircraft carrier as a museum ship, and members sought to donate $15,000 in memorabilia for display if it came to fruition.[47] On 25 October 2017, the Navy announced its intentions to dispose of Kitty Hawk by scrapping,[48] the ship having been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 October 2017.[49]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_%28CV-63%29
Third	Constellation (CV-64), former CVA-64 (52nd CC)	14/09/57	08/10/60	27/10/61	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 01/07/75 07/08/03(D) at the Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Ca. Towed 12/09/03, to be placed in inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. Reserve Category X 2013 to 2015 2014 (SOLD)
Constellation was towed to the ghost fleet at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, by a contracted ocean-going tug operated by Foss Maritime of Seattle, Wash. and became a member of the "mothball fleet" based at Bremerton, Washington (replaced by USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) “Ronnie”on 12 September 2003, to be placed in inactive reserve after 41 years of commissioned service. On 2 December 2003, the ship was stricken (formally removed from the Naval Vessel Register) when Admiral Vern Clark decided against expenditure of maintenance costs. According to news reports in February of 2008, Constellation was scheduled to be disposed of by dismantling in the next five years, along with USS Independence” (Ref. 15]). The Constellation will be scrapped at Brownsville, Texas in early 2018” (Ref. [17]). She was towed around Cape Horn on her final voyage” (Ref. [18]). Constellation arrived at its final resting place in Brownsville on 16 January 2015” (Ref. [20]). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(CV-64)
Eighth	Enterprise (CVN-65), former CVA(N)-65 (53rd CC)	in 1958	24/09/60	25/11/61	N/A - Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75 01/12/12(I) at PSNS & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash. In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash. 2012 to Feb 3, 2017 Dismantling at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 2017

The ship will be defueled and stripped down in Newport News, and eventually towed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash.   Enterprise, Nimitz-Class Carriers Won't Be Museums   “The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) will inactivate on December 1, 2012, after 51 years of legendary service. A group of Navy veterans want to preserve the USS Enterprise's history, but it appears they'll be doing it without the ship itself. The veterans learned in March that making a museum out of the aircraft carrier, the largest in the U.S. fleet and the first to be powered by nuclear reactors isn't an option. More recently they learned that a more modest effort to preserve the ship's island also wouldn't fly. And for the 10 Nimitz-class carriers in the 11-ship U.S. fleet, a future as a museum seems unlikely. https://www.facebook.com/USS.Enterprise.CVN.65
	America (CV-66), former CVA-66 (54th CC)	01/01/61	01/02/64	23/01/65	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 27/09/75 09/08/96(D/S) Philadelphia Group Ready Reserve Fleet Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn. 1997 to 2003 Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia coast 14/05/05
Sit at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania awaiting sale to be scrapped until Sank. 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.   NBC Nightly News (4/15/05) Demise of USS America CV-66 “According to the December 4, 2006 issue of the Navy Times; ex-America was in one piece and sitting on its keel, some 476 miles east of Charleston, SC, and about 400 miles west of Bermuda, and 16,860 feet (5,139 meters) below the surface. This information was obtained by the USS America Carrier Veterans Association on 30 October 2000, through a Freedom of Information Act request” (Ref. 324). “The event occurred at the following location, roughly between the outer banks and Bermuda: 33.09.09 N, 071.39.07 W - Depth = 2810 Fathoms (16,860 Feet).
	John F. Kennedy (CV-67), former CVA-67 (55th CC)	22/10/64	27/05/67	07/09/68	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 01/12/74 23/03/07(D) in Mayport, Florida Moved to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. 31/07/07 to 17/03/08 Formal  30/09/07(D) Arrived at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia 22/03/08 (SOLD)
John F. Kennedy decommissioned in Mayport, Florida on 23 March 2007 and was towed from NS Mayport, Fla., and taken to NS Norfolk, instead of a mothball berth at the old Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, as originally planned. The trip took about five days. On 31 July 2007, John F. Kennedy arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. She remained in Norfolk until a shoaled area near Pier 4 in Philadelphia could be dredged to enable the ship to safely dock. On 17 March 2008 at about 1700, she was seen leaving Norfolk Naval Station under tow of the tug Atlantic Salvor. On 22 March 2008 Kennedy arrived, with the afternoon high tide, at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia” (Ref. JFK-[21]). She is currently laid up in the Philadelphia reserve fleet” (Ref. JFK-[22]). In November 2009, the Navy placed Kennedy on donation hold for use as a museum and memorial” (Ref. JFK-[23]). Current plans as of September 2014 have the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame working to secure Pier 2 of the Naval Station Newport. These developments come after the former USS Saratoga (CV-60) was sold for scrapping earlier in the year after years of being moored in Newport” (Ref. JFK-[29] & JFK-[30]). In late 2017, the Navy revoked John F. Kennedy's "donation hold" status and designated her for dismantling. There are still several groups, from Florida, Maine and Rhode Island, with the assistance of the USS John F. Kennedy Veteran's Association, hoping to persuade the Navy to reinstate the "donation hold" status, while they pursue the goal of obtaining her as a museum.[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29
	Nimitz (CVN-68), former CVA(N)-68  (56th CC)	22/06/68	13/05/72	03/05/75	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75
	Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), former CVA(N)-69  (57th CC)	15/08/70	11/10/75	18/10/77	Reclass. CV – Multi-Purpose Aircraft Carrier 30/06/75
	Carl Vinson (CVN-70) (58th CC)	1976	15/03/80	13/03/82
	Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) (59th CC) (Named 30/11/81)	30/10/81	27/10/84	25/10/86
	Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) (60th CC)	03/11/84	13/03/88	11/11/89
	George Washington (CVN-73) (61st CC)	25/08/86	21/07/90	04/07/92
	John C. Stennis (CVN-74) (62nd CC)	13/03/91	11/11/93	09/12/95
	Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) (63rd CC)	29/11/93	07/09/96	25/07/98
	Ronald Reagan CVN-76 (64th CC)	12/02/98	04/03/01	12/07/03
	George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) (65th CC)	06/09/03	10/07/06	01/10/09
1st Ship Ford class	Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) (66th CC)	14/11/09	09/11/13	22/07/17
The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be 1,092 feet in length and have a beam of 134 feet. The flight deck will be 256 feet wide, and the ship will be able to operate at speeds in excess of 34 knots. Enterprise will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding a $5.1 billion contract to begin construction of the Gerald R. Ford on 10 September 2008. The keel laying and authentication ceremony for Gerald R. Ford was held at Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard on 14 November 2009. Gerald R. Ford launched, holding a Christening ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News on 9 November 2013. Gerald R. Ford launched and transit to Newport News Shipyard pier 3 for final stages of construction and testing on 17 November 2016. On 12 May 2005, Gerald R. Ford completed 22 no-load tests of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). The second quarter of FY2016, http://www.ussgeraldrfordcommissioning.org/about-the-ship http://www.ussgeraldrfordcommissioning.orgm   Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is slated to complete Initial Operational Test & Evaluation before entering service in 2017. Departed Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilders on 8 April 2017.Builders Sea Trials, off the coast of North Carolina from 8 to 9 April 2017. Gearld R. Ford conducted Builders Sea Trials, off the coast of North Carolina from 8 to 9 April 2017. The 45th President of the U. S. Donald J. Trump christened Gearld R. Ford at a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilders on 22 July 2017.   “The Navy will commission its newest aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Naval Station Norfolk. Gerald R. Ford is the lead ship of the new Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carrier, the first new class in more than 40 years, and will begin the phased replacement of Nimitz-class carriers when the ship is commissioned. CVN-78 honors the 38th president of the United States and pays tribute to his lifetime of service in the Navy, in the U.S. government and to the nation. During World War II, Ford attained the rank of lieutenant commander in the Navy, serving on the light carrier USS Monterey (CVL-26).   Released from active duty in February 1946, Ford remained in the Naval Reserve until 1963. Ford was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1948, where he served until President Nixon tapped him to become Vice President in 1973. Ford became president in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal and served in the country's highest office from 1974-1977. President Donald J. Trump will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Susan Ford Bales, President Ford’s daughter, serves as the ship’s sponsor. “The nation's going to be very proud of USS Gerald R. Ford,” said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson. “I am incredibly thankful for the shipyard workers and sailors who worked amazingly hard to bring this mighty ship to life. This Saturday will be a huge day for our Navy and our nation. The new technology and warfighting capabilities that Ford brings will transform naval warfare, making us a more lethal Navy. The increased combat power will enable new ways to combine information, ships, aircraft and undersea forces, changing how we operate and fight.   The Navy plans to spend $43 billion developing and building the three new Ford-class ships—Ford, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), and the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80). Built by Huntington Ingalls Industries, the Gerald R. Ford class is designed with significant quality-of-life improvements and reduced maintenance. These innovations are expected to improve operational availability and capability compared with Nimitz-class carriers. The Gerald R. Ford class incorporates advances in technology such as a new reactor plant, propulsion system, electric plant, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), machinery control, Dual Band Radar and integrated warfare systems. Compared to Nimitz-class carriers, the Gerald R. Ford-class carriers have more than 23 new or modified systems. The ceremony can be viewed on the Navy Live blog at http://navylive.dodlive.mil. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=200&ct=4   Learn more about the naval service and life of Gerald Ford here: https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/people/presidents/ford.html. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1253405/navy-to-commission-new-first-in-class-aircraft-carrier-gerald-r-ford   Gearld R. Ford returned to Norfolk, Va. on 17 August 2017, conducting testing and evaluation operations off the Virginia coast from 2 to 16 August 2017. Gearld R. Ford returned to Norfolk, Va. on 9 October 2017, conducting testing and evaluation operations off the Virginia coast from 30 September to 8 October 2017. Gearld R. Ford returned to Norfolk, Va. on 10 November 2017, conducting Carrier Qualifications off the Virginia coast from 1 to 9 November 2017. Gearld R. Ford returned to Norfolk, Va. on 27 January 2018, for test and evaluation operations off the Virginia coast from 11 to 26 January 2018, returned to Norfolk, Va. on 27 January 2018. Gearld R. Ford departed Norfolk, Va., underway off the Virginia coast from 18 to 22 May 2018, returned to Norfolk, Va. on 23 May 2018. Gearld R. Ford departed Norfolk, Va., underway off the Virginia coast from 31 May to 7 June 2018, returned to Norfolk, Va. on 8 June 2018. Gearld R. Ford moved to Newport News Shipbuilding to begin a Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) on 15 July 2018.
Second 2nd Ship Ford class	John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) (67th CC)	25/08/15.
On 15 Jan. 2009, Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard received a $374 million cost type contract award for construction preparation of the CVN-79. FY2012, the full scale construction contract is expected to begin FY2018, planned to join the fleet. Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard received a $374 million cost type contract award for construction preparation of the CVN-79 on 15 January 2009. “First Cut of Steel” ceremony at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard on 25 February 2017. Proposed budget being considered by Congress would change that date to September 2022 on 20 March 2012. $4 billion construction contract could be delayed a year. Instead, the Navy will pay an additional $296 million to extend a 2010 advanced construction contract announced on 13 September 2013. Celebrated the keel laying on 25 August 2015. The final piece of the underwater hull of CVN-79 is lowered into place on 28 September 2018.   FY 2013: Full scale construction to begin / FY 2018: Launched / FY 2022: Commissioned.
Ninth 3rd Ship Ford class	Enterprise (CVN-80) (68th CC)
The future USS Enterprise, designated CVN-80, will be the ninth ship to bear the name. USS Enterprise and subsequent Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will provide improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for Sailors and reduced life cycle costs” (Ref. 11-SH)   FY 2018: Laid Down / FY 2023: Launched / FY 2025: Commissioned / FY 2027: replace USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The future USS Enterprise, designated CVN-80, will be the ninth ship to bear the name.   Navy's Next Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier to be Named Enterprise   “Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today via video message at the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) inactivation ceremony that the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named Enterprise.   Mabus selected this name to honor USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which was inactivated today in Norfolk, Va. Commissioned in 1961, CVN 65 served for more than five decades. It participated in the blockade of the Cuban Missile Crisis, launched strike operations in Vietnam, and conducted combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. "The USS Enterprise was the first of its kind, and for 51 years its name has been synonymous with boldness, readiness and an adventurous spirit," said Mabus. "Rarely has our fleet been without a ship bearing the name. I chose to maintain this tradition not solely because of the legacy it invokes, but because the remarkable work of the name Enterprise is not done."   USS Enterprise and subsequent Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will provide improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for Sailors and reduced life cycle costs” (Ref. 11-SH).
4th Ship Ford class	Doris Miller (CVN-81) (69th CC)
USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) is a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.[3][4] Doris Miller is scheduled to be laid down in 2023, launched in 2028 and commissioned in 2030. The ship will be built at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (formerly Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding) in Newport News, Virginia.[1] The ship will honor Messman Third Class Doris Miller who received the Navy Cross for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor.[5] It will be the second ship named in his   1. "Navy Awards 2-Carrier Contract to Newport News Shipbuilding". USNI. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2020. https://news.usni.org/2019/01/31/navy-awards-2-carrier-contract-newport-news-shipbuilding 2. "Aircraft Carriers - CVN". Fact File. United States Navy. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016. https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=200&ct=4 3. "Navy Names Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller During MLK, Jr. Day Ceremony" (Press release). United States Navy. 20 January 2020. NNS200120-12. Retrieved 20 January 2020. https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=111885 LaGrone, Sam (18 January 2020). "Next Ford-class Carrier to be Named After Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller". USNI News. Retrieved 18 January 2020. "Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor". BBC. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020. https://news.usni.org/2020/01/18/next-ford-class-carrier-to-be-named-after-pearl-harbor-hero-doris-miller
Commencing with the Antietam (CVS-36), former CVA-36 & CV-36, hull numbers would no longer be in order of constructed carrier, and of the total carriers commissioned less those cancelled (12), hull number counting remained consistent, while the actual number of commissioned carries as of Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) total 64. George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) will be once commissioned the 65th commissioned carrier.
* - SANK due to enemy action during WW II
+ - SANK during Operation Crossroads
I – Inactivated / RA - Reactivated / Recomm. - Recommissioned / Redesignated - Redes.
D – Decommissioned or Placed out of Commission / R – Out of Commission in Reserve
# - In Commission in Reserve / NAR – Assigned to the Naval Air Reserve training program
S - Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register (Navy List)
=Highly radioactive hulk of USS Independence (CVL-22) was assigned as a target vessel for the Bikini atomic bomb tests, she was placed within one-half mile of ground zero for the 1 July explosion. The veteran ship did not sink, however, and after taking part in another explosion 25 July was taken to Kwajalein and decommissioned 28 August 1946. The highly radioactive hulk was later taken to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and San Francisco, Calif. for further test after her final atomic bomb tests during Operation Crossroads at Kwajalein and was finally sunk in weapons tests off the coast of California 29 January 1951.
Atlantic Reserve Fleet = Philadelphia Group at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia and Bayonne, New Jersey.
Pacific Reserve Fleet = Alameda Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington, Mare Island and Bremerton Group at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington.
CV-22, CV-23, CV-24, CV-25, CV-26, CV-27, CV-28, CV-29 & CV-30 reclass. CVL before or after commission.
On 1 October 1952 CVs & CVBs reclassified CVA.
Commencing with the Antietam (CVS-36), former CVA-36 & CV-36, hull numbers would no longer be in order of constructed carrier, and of the total carriers commissioned less those cancelled (12), hull number counting remained consistent, while the actual number of commissioned carries as of Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) total 64. George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) will be once commissioned the 65th commissioned carrier.
The Navy Department approved the donation of Yorktown to the Patriot's Point Development Authority, Charleston, South Carolina; formally Dedicated as a Memorial on the 200th anniversary of the Navy for a museum ship in South Carolina on 13 October 1975.
Shortly after 15 March 1974, a campaign led by real estate developer Zachary Fisher and the Intrepid Museum Foundation saved the fourth Intrepid. Formally Dedicated as a Memorial
The eighth Hornet (CVS-12), former CVA-12, CV-12 & Kearsarge was designated National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service on 4 December 1991. Hornet was towed to Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in late 1994. Captain Jim Dodge, Commanding Officer NAS Alameda, seeks and receives approval to borrow and relocate former Hornet to NAS Alameda for five months to use for display purposes as a part of the NAS base closure historical preservation process on 11 May 1995. Moved from NAS Alameda to FISC Oakland to await salvage disposition in September 1995. During the summer of 1995, 85,000 people tour former Hornet. The Aircraft Carrier HORNET Foundation is formed to save the Hornet on 23 October 1995. Moved back to NAS Alameda (pier 3) to await donation disposition on 4 December 1995. Saved from the scrap heap by the efforts of historically-minded citizens and was donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum at Alameda, Calif. by the U.S. Navy on 26 May 1998. Recommissioned a third time at NAS Alameda (pier 3) for use as a museum at Alameda, Calif. by the U. S. Navy on 17 October 1998. Designated a California State Historic Landmark. She is listed on the National Register of Historic places, #91002065.
The fifth Lexington (AVT-16), former CVT-16, CVS-16, CVA-16, CV-16 & Cabot was donated as USS Lexington Museum on the Bay on 15 June 1992 and now operates as such in Corpus Christi, Texas.
USS Midway (CV-43), Former CVA-41 & CVB-41 was donated on 12 September 2003 and began her journey from the Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, to San Diego, California via Oakland, Calif., in preparation for use as a museum and memorial. Towed to the Broadway Pier in San Diego where she will be part of a major museum ship devoted to carriers and naval aviation on 10 January 2004.
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Summary History Reports and References of Aircraft Carriers from CV-59 to CVN-68 covered in Chapters VI, VIII & XX of Commissioned, Recommissioned, Reclassified, Redesignated, Sank, Decommissioned, Sold or Donated for Museum is located in BIBLIOGRAPHY.