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  2. List of aircraft carriers in service - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of aircraft carriers - Wikipedia

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    This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase.

  5. List of active United States naval aircraft - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy

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    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.

  7. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 435 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 90 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 70 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...

  8. List of aircraft carriers by configuration - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. List of currently active United States military watercraft

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    USS Nimitz, the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, known as 'supercarriers'. Nimitz class – 10 active Gerald R. Ford class – 1 active