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The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS). In addition, various amphibious warfare ships (LHA, LHD, LPH, and to a lesser degree LPD and LSD classes) can operate as carriers; two of these were converted to mine countermeasures support ships (MCS) , one of which carried ...
This is a list of aircraft carriers which are currently in service, under maintenance or refit, in reserve, under construction, or being updated. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, hangar and facilities for arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. [1]
The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy.For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States.
The Imperial Japanese Navy struck Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, but none of the Pacific Fleet's aircraft carriers were in the harbor. [8] Because a large fraction of the navy's battleship fleet was put out of commission by the attack, the undamaged aircraft carriers were forced to become the load-bearers of the early part of the war.
Chinese Navy: 17 Type 002: Aircraft carrier STOBAR: 2019–present First domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier. Shangri-La US Navy: CV-38 Essex: Fleet carrier CATOBAR: 1944–1971 Shimane Maru Japanese Army: Shimane Maru: Escort carrier 1945–1945 Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft. Shinano Japanese Navy: Fleet carrier 1944–1944
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship – 8 active; Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship – 7 active; Shughart-class vehicle cargo ship – 3 active; Gordon-class vehicle cargo ship – 2 active; Supply-class fast combat support ship – 2 active; Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship – 14 active; Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler – 15 active
76 on order [25] The Navy plans to divest 5 F/A-18F variants in FY2025. [99] F-35C Lightning II: Lockheed Martin USA Jet Carrier-based Fighter aircraft: Manned 2015 45 [25] 260 planned [110] KC-130T: Lockheed Martin USA Propeller Aerial Refueling: Manned 1962 11 [25] MQ-4C Triton: Northrop Grumman: USA Jet Unmanned aerial vehicle: Unmanned 2018 ...
Chinese Navy. Type 003 – under construction; French Navy. FS Charles de Gaulle; Indian navy INS Vishal – planned (in design phase) United States Navy. Nimitz class. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) USS George Washington (CVN-73)