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List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy Hull no. Name Image Class Commissioned Decommissioned Service life Status Ref. CV-1 Langley: Langley : 20 March 1922 27 February 1942 19 years, 344 days Sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942 [13] [14] [15] CV-2 Lexington: Lexington (lead ship) 14 December 1927 8 May 1942 14 years, 145 days
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.
On November 14, 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely took off in a Curtiss plane from the bow of Birmingham and later landed a Curtiss Model D on Pennsylvania on January 18, 1911. In fiscal year (FY) 1920, Congress approved a conversion of collier Jupiter into a ship designed for launching and recovering of airplanes at sea—the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3), and also the US Navy's first turbo-electric-powered ship.
15 January – HMS Hermes laid down; [13] Hermes was the first ship specifically designed to be built as an aircraft carrier and the first carrier to feature an island superstructure. [ 6 ] [ 14 ] 28 February – Incomplete Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane purchased by the Royal Navy to be completed as the carrier HMS Eagle .
Over 301,000 carrier sorties were flown during the Korean War: 255,545 by the aircraft of Task Force 77; 25,400 by the Commonwealth aircraft of Task Force 95, and 20,375 by the escort carriers of Task Force 95. United States Navy and Marine Corps carrier-based combat losses were 541 aircraft.
USS United States, the first of the original six frigates of the United States Navy, seen here defeating HMS Macedonian in battle, before taking her as a prize during the War of 1812 USS Gerald R. Ford, as of 2018, is the US Navy's latest and most advanced nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and the largest naval vessel in the world.
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier: 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 Served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, the most decorated ship of that war. Scrapped, 1 July 1958 – May 1960. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Enterprise-class aircraft carrier: 25 November 1961 3 February 2017 [2] World's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.