U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HULL NUMBERING AND SHIP BUILDERS
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#
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Class
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Hull
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1
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Langley
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CV-1
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2
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Lexington
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CV-2 & CV-3
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1
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Ranger
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CV-4
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2
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Yorktown
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CV-5 & CV-6
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1
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Wasp
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CV-7
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1
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Hornet
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CV-8
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24
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Essex *note 1
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CV-9 to 21 / CV-31 to CV-34, CV-36 to CV-40 & CV-45 & CV-47
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9
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Independence
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CVL-22–30
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3
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Midway
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CVB-41–43
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2
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Saipan
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CVL-48 to 49
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1
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Enterprise
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CVAN-65
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4
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Forrestal
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CVA-59–62
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4
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Kitty Hawk
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CVA-63, CV-64, CV-66 & CV-67
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10
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Nimitz
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CVN-68–77
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1
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Ford
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CVN-78 (CVN-21 project)
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66
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TOTAL
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Commissioned
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12
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Cancelled
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CV-35, CVS-44, CV-46, CV-50 to 55, CVB-56 to 57 & CVA-58
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78
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TOTAL
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By Hull Nos.
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*Essex class CV, # 14, 15, 19, 21, 32, 34, 36–40, 45 and 47 are sometimes referred to as "long-hull" Essex class or Ticonderoga class. These carriers length over all (loa) were 888 feet while the standard Essex class were 872 feet loa.
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Ref. 1-U.S. Navy, 72, 76, Naval Historical Center was renamed the Naval History and Heritage Command, Command History Reports, Bluejacket.com and U. S. Navy References http://bluejacket.com/usn_ship_stats_carrier_fleet.html
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Ship/Hull No.
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Builder
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Commission or Recommissioned
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Langley Class
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Langley (CV-1)
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MINY
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20 Mar 1922
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Lexington Class
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Lexington (CV-2)
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BETHQ
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14 Dec 1927
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Saratoga (CV-3)
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NYSB
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16 Nov 1927
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Ranger Class
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Ranger (CV-4)
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NN
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4 Jun 1934
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Yorktown Class
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Yorktown (CV-5)
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NN
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30 Sep 1937
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Enterprise (CV-6)
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NN
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12 May 1938
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Wasp
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Wasp (CV-7)
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MINY
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20 Mar 1922
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Hornet Class
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Hornet (CV-8)
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NN
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20 Oct 1941
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Essex Class
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Essex (CV-9)
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NN
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31 Dec 1942
1 Feb 1951
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Yorktown (CV-10)
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NN
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15 Apr 1943
2 Jan 1953
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Intrepid (CV-11)
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NN
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16 Aug 1943
18 Jun 1954
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Hornet (CV-12)
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NN
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29 Nov 1943
1 Oct 1953
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Franklin (CV-13)
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NN
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31 Jan 1944
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Ticonderoga (CV-14)
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NN
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8 May 1943
1 Oct 1954
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Randolph (CV-15)
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NN
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8 May 1944
1 Jul 1953
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Lexington (CV-16)
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BETHQ
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17 Feb 1943
1 Sep 1955
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Bunker Hill (CV-17)
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BETHQ
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24 May 1943
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Wasp (CV-18)
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BETHQ
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24 Nov 1943
28 Sep 1951
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Hancock (CV-19)
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BETHQ
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15 Apr 1944
1 Mar 1954
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Bennington (CV-20)
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NYNY
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6 Aug 1944
30 Nov 1951
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Boxer (CV-21)
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NN
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16 Apr 1945
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Independence Class
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Independence (CVL-22)
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NYSB
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14 Jan 1943
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Princeton (CVL-23)
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NYSB
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23 Feb 1943
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Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
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NYSB
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31 Mar 1943
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Cowpens (CVL-25)
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NYSB
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28 May 1943
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Monterey (CVL-26)
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NYSB
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17 Jun 1943
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Langley (CVL-27)
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NYSB
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31 Aug 1943
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Cabot (CVL-28)
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NYSB
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24 Jul 1943
27 Oct 1948
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Bataan (CVL-29)
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NYSB
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17 Nov 1943
13 May 1950
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San Jacinto (CVL-30)
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NYSB
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15 Dec 1943
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Essex Class
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Bon Homme Richard
(CV-31)
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NYNY
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26 Nov 1944
1 Nov 1955
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Leyte (CV-32)
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NN
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11 Apr 1946
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Kearsarge (CV-33)
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NYNY
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2 Mar 1946
1 Mar 1952
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Oriskany (CV-34)
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NYNY
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25 Sep 1950
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Cancelled
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Reprisal (CV-35)
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NYNY
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Essex Class
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Antietam (CV-36)
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PHNY
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28 Jun 1945
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Princeton (CV-37)
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PHNY
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18 Nov 1945
28 Aug 1950
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Shangri-La (CV-38)
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NORNY
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15 Sep 1944
1 Feb 1955
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Lake Champlain (CV-39)
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NORNY
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3 Jun 1945
19 Sep 1952
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Tarawa (CV-40)
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NORNY
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8 Dec 1945
3 Feb 1951
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Midway Class
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Midway (CV-41)
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NN
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10 Sep 1945
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Franklin D.
Roosevelt (CV-42)
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NYNY
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27 Oct 1945
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Coral Sea (CV-43)
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NN
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1 Oct 1947
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CV-44
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Cancelled 11 Jan 1943
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Essex Class
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Valley Forge (CV-45)
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PHNY
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3 Nov 1946
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Cancelled
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Iwo Jima (CV-46)
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NN
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Philippine Sea (CV-47)
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BETHQ
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11 may 1946
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Saipan Class
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Saipan (CVL-48)
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NYSB
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14 Jul 1946
27 Aug 1966
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Wright (CVL-49)
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NYSB
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9 Feb 1947
11 May 1963
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Cancelled
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CV-50-55
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Cancelled Mar 1945
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CVB-56-57
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Cancelled Mar 1945
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United States (CVA-58)
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NN
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Cancelled 23 Apr 1949
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Forrestal Class
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Forrestal (CVA-59)
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NN
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1 Oct 1955
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Saratoga (CVA-60)
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NYNY
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14 Apr 1956
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Ranger (CVA-61)
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NN
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10 Aug 1957
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Independence (CVA-62)
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NYNY
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10 Jan 1959
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Kitty Hawk Class
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Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)
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NYSB
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29 Apr 1961
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Constellation (CVA-64)
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NYNY
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27 Oct 1961
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Enterprise Class
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Enterprise (CVAN-65)
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NN
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24 Nov 1961
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Kitty Hawk Class
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America (CVN-66)
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NN
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23 Jan 1965
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John F. Kennedy (CVN-67)
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NN
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7 Sep 1968
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Nimitz Class
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Nimitz (CVN-68)
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NN
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3 May 1975
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN-69)
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NN
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18 Oct 1977
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Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
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NN
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13 Mar 1982
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Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
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NN
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25 Oct 1986
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Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
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NN
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11 Nov 1989
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George Washington (CVN-73)
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NN
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4 Jul 1992
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John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
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NN
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9 Dec 1995
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Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
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NN
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25 Jul 1998
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Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
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NN
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12 July 2003
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George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)
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NN
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10 Jan 2009
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Ford Class
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Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) (CVN-21 project)
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NN
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(est. 2016)
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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).
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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.
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CV-50 - Bethlehem Steel Company / CVs 51 & 52 - New York Navy Yard
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CV-53 - Philadelphia Navy Yard / CVs 54 & 55 - Norfolk Navy Yard
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CVB 56 - cancelled March 28, 1945 / CVB 57 - cancelled March 28, 1945
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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 amphibious forces and to conduct sea control operations, but its primary mission was long-range nuclear bombardment. That mission put the ship 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.
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Ref. 1-U.S. Navy, 72, 76, Naval Historical Center was renamed the Naval History and Heritage Command, Command History Reports & Bluejacket.com
http://bluejacket.com/usn_ship_stats_carrier_fleet.html
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Building Shipyard
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ASB
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American Shipbuilding Corp., Philadelphia PA
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NN
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Newport News Shipbuiling, VA
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BETHQ
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Bethlehem, Quincy (Fore River) MA
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NORNY
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Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA
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BETHSI
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Bethlehem, Staten Island NY
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NYNY
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New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
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CIW
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Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR
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NYSB
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New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ
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DET
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Detroit Shipbuilding, Detroit MI
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PHNY
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Philadelphia Navy Yard, PA
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FED
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Federal, Kearny NJ
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PSNY
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Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA
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ING
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Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula MS
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SEATAC
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Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Seattle WA
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K
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Kaiser, Vancouver WA
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SUN
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Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA
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LITT
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Litton, (former Ingalls Shipbuilding) Pascagoula MS
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TODD
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Todd Pacific (formerly Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding), Seattle WA
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MINY
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Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island CA
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WILL
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Williamette Iron & Steel, Portland OR
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WP
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Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco CA
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ASB
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American Shipbuilding Corp., Philadelphia PA
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NN
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Newport News Shipbuiling, VA
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Ref. 1-U.S. Navy, 72, 76, Naval Historical Center was renamed the Naval History and Heritage Command, Command History Reports & Bluejacket.com
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