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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]
Beginning with the Forrestal class, (CV-59 to present) all carriers commissioned into service are classified as supercarriers. The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS).
The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes seaplane carriers or helicopter carriers .
The service has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Generally, they are getting ready to deploy, are deployed or have come off deployment and have gone in for maintenance and repairs.
The Navy currently has 11 operational aircraft carriers, some of which are nearly 50 years old and will be retired in upcoming years. Of these carriers, eight bear the names of former presidents ...
The carrier, equipped with F-35 fighter jets, added to the U.S. ships already in the region, including the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, which arrived in mid-July.
Aircraft Carrier (Heavy aircraft-carrying Cruiser) 1995 Cavour-class Italian Navy: 27,190 tons 1 Aircraft Carrier 2008 Chakri Naruebet-class Royal Thai Navy: 11,486 tons 1 Light Aircraft Carrier 1997 Charles de Gaulle-class French Navy: 40,500 tons 1 Aircraft Carrier 2001 Gerald R. Ford-class United States Navy: 100,000 tons 1 (+2) Aircraft Carrier
The list of aircraft carrier classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.