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An informational catalog, or several catalogs, about Aircraft carrier.

Ship classes and unique ships

Imperial Japanese Navy

IJN Hoshu [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Akagi [r]: Add brief definition or description}
Soryu-class [r]: Only loosely an aircraft carrier class of the Imperial Japanese Navy; IJN Hiryu larger and with a different island position ^[e]
- IJN Sōryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Hiryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Kaga [r]: Add brief definition or description
Shokaku-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Shōkaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Zuikaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Ryūjō [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Shōhō [r]: Add brief definition or description
Shinano-class [r]: Single-ship aircraft carrier class converted from Yamato-class battleship hull ^[e]
- IJN Shinano [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy vessel, laid down as a battleship of the Yamato-class but converted to an aircraft carrier; sunk on 29 November 1944 by the submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311) while still being finished and transferring to a safer shipyard ^[e]
Unryu-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Taiho [r]: Add brief definition or description

United Kingdom

HMS Furious [r]: Pioneering aircraft carrier, originally a specialized large light cruiser built in 1917, and then adapted for flight experiments with a small flight platform; launched the First World War Tondern Raid; rebuilt with a full flight deck in 1922-1925; active in WWII, primarily with the Home Fleet ^[e]
HMS Glorious [r]: Add brief definition or description
HMS Ark Royal (1914) [r]: Add brief definition or description
HMS Ark Royal (1938) [r]: Add brief definition or description
HMS Ark Royal (1950) [r]: Add brief definition or description
HMS Hermes [r]: Add brief definition or description

United States

Second World War

Large carriers

USS Langley (CV-1) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Lexington-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Lexington (CV-2) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Saratoga (CV-3) [r]: Add brief definition or description
USS Ranger (CV-4) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Yorktown-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
USS Wasp (CV-7) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Essex-class (WWII) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Essex (CV-9) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Yorktown (CV-10) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Intrepid (CV-11) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in Decenber 1941; launched in April 1943; commissioned in August 1943.
- USS Hornet (CV-12) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Franklin (CV-13) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in December 1942; launched in October 1943; commissioned in January 1944.
- USS Lexington (CV-16) [r]: Add brief definition or description(name changed from Cabot in June 1942). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in July 1941; launched in September 1942; commissioned in February 1943.
- USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionBunker Hill (CV-17). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in September 1941; launched in December 1942; commissioned in May 1943.
- USS Wasp (CV-18) [r]: Add brief definition or description(name changed from Oriskany in November 1942). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in March 1942; launched in August 1943; commissioned in November 1943.
- USS Bennington (CV-20) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Keel laid in February 1943; launched in April 1944; commissioned in November 1944.
Ticonderoga (carrier)-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Randolph (CV-15) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in October 1944.
- USS Hancock (CV-19) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; name changed from Ticonderoga in May 1943). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in January 1943; launched in January 1944; commissioned in April 1944.
- USS Boxer (CV-21) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in April 1945.
- USS Leyte (CV-32) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; name changed from Crown Point in May 1945; commissioned in April 1946.
- USS Kearsarge (CV-33) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in March 1946.
- USS Antietam (CV-36) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in January 1945.
- USS Princeton (CV-377) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; (name changed from Valley Forge in November 1944); commissioned in November 1945.
- USS Shangri-La (CV-38) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in September 1944.
- USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in June 1945.
- USS Tarawa (CV-40) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in December 1945.
- USS Valley Forge (CV-45) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; name changed from Wright in February 1945); commissioned in May 1946.

Cold War

SCB-27 [r]: Add brief definition or description
SCB-125 [r]: Add brief definition or description
Oriskany-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Oriskany (CV-34) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Essex (CV-9) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in February 1949; recommissioned in January 1951.
- USS Wasp (CV-18) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the New York Naval Shipyard. Work began in May 1949; recommissioned in September 1951.
- USS Kearsarge (CV-33) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in February 1950; recommissioned in February 1952.
- USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Work began in August 1950; recommissioned in September 1952.
- USS Bennington (CV-20) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Yorktown (CV-10) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionReconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in March 1951; recommissioned as CVA-10 in February 1953.
- USS Randolph (CV-15) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Work began in June 1951; recommissioned as CVA-15 in July 1953.
- USS Hornet (CV-12) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the New York Naval Shipyard. Work began in July 1951; recommissioned as CVA-12 in September 1953.
- USS Hancock (CV-19) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in December 1951; recommissioned as CVA-19 in February 1954.
- USS Intrepid (CV-11) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Work began in April 1952; recommissioned as CV-11 in June 1954.
- USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)/(CVA-14) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Shangri-La (CV-38) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in October 1952 and was extended to include SCB-125 features; recommissioned in January 1955.
- USS Lexington (CV-16) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Work began in May 1953 and was extended to include SCB-125 features; recommissioned in September 1955.
Forrestal-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
Kitty Hawk-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Nimitz-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

New types

Gerald R. Ford-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) [r]: Add brief definition or description

Aircraft

Imperial Japanese Navy

A6M "Zero" or "Zeke" [r]: Add brief definition or description
Aichi D3A1 "Val" [r]: Add brief definition or description
Najakima B5N2 "Kate" [r]: Add brief definition or description torpedo/horizontal bombers

Russia

United Kingdom

Sea Harrier [r]: Add brief definition or description

United States

Second World War

Early jets and Korean War

F9F Panther [r]: Add brief definition or description

Vietnam Era

Generation 4-4.5

Current and future

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