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While the chart does include light carriers, it does not include amphibious assault ships nor escort carriers with the exception of the Langley which is included for historical context. In general, labels for ships of a single class are aligned vertically with the topmost ship in a column carrying the class name.
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these ships are designated with hull classification symbols such as CV (Aircraft Carrier), CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier), CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier), CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier), CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier), CVS (Antisubmarine ...
light aircraft carrier: 18,300 2 April 1945 paid off 1970, scrapped 1971 Wasp (CV-7) United States Navy: Wasp: fleet carrier: 14,700 25 April 1940 sunk 15 September 1942 Wasp (CV-18) Essex: fleet carrier: 30,800 24 November 1943 decommissioned 1 July 1972 Weser Kriegsmarine: Admiral Hipper: escort carrier: 17,140 work halted June 1943; scuttled ...
The first USS Saipan (CVL-48/AVT-6/CC-3) was a light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class of carrier. She was later selected for conversion into a command ship in 1963–1964, but instead of becoming a command ship she was converted to the Major Communications Relay Ship Arlington (AGMR-2) in 1965.
1 July 1966: VA-65's aircraft joined other Carrier Air Wing Fifteen aircraft in attacking and sinking three North Vietnamese patrol vessels that were approaching USS Coontz at high speed. 25–31 October 1966: Due to the inclement weather, the squadron's all-weather A-6As flew 37 percent of all Yankee Team sorties against North Vietnam.
HMS Argus in 1918 – the world's first full-flight-deck aircraft carrier. USS Ronald Reagan in 2005. In less than 100 years aircraft carriers have developed into a powerful tool for the projection of power in pursuit of national interests. Aircraft carriers have their origins during the days of World War I. The earliest experiments consisted ...
USS Monterey (CVL-26) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, in service during World War II and used in training for several years thereafter.
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) was the 14th of the 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, the first one being named for John Paul Jones's famous Revolutionary War frigate by the same name.