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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(name changed from Bon Homme Richard in September 1942). Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in December 1941; launched in January 1943; commissioned in April 1943.
- 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 CVA-11 in June 1954.
- USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)/(CVA-14) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Shangri-La (CVA-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.
- Lexington (CVA-16) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in September 1953 and was extended to include SCB-125 features; recommissioned in August 1955.
- Bon Homme Richard (CVA-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
Gerald R. Ford-class [r]: Add brief definition or description

New types

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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