List of longest naval ships
List
Ships may differ within the class. Measures are taken from the largest ship of the class.

List of longest naval ships

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Ships may differ within the class. Measures are taken from the largest ship of the class.

Name	Ships in class	Type	Length	Displacement	Status	Operator

USS Enterprise	1	Aircraft Carrier	342 m (1,123 ft)	93,500	Decommissioned	United States Navy

Gerald R. Ford class	1	Aircraft Carrier	337 m (1,106 ft)	100,000	One commissioned in July 2017. There are expected to be ten ships of this class.	United States Navy

Nimitz class	10	Aircraft Carrier	333 m (1,092 ft)	102,000	First entered service 1975, last in 2009. All currently in service.	United States Navy

Kitty Hawk class	3	Aircraft Carrier	327 m (1,073 ft)	83,960	1 sunk as target. Decommissioned, expected to be scrapped	United States Navy

Forrestal class	4	Aircraft Carrier	325 m (1,066 ft)	82,402	Decommissioned	United States Navy

USS John F. Kennedy	1	Aircraft Carrier	320 m (1,052 ft)	83,960	Decommissioned	United States Navy

Type 001A	1	Aircraft Carrier	315 m (1,033 ft)	70,000	Launched, fitting out	People's Liberation Army Navy

Midway class	3	Aircraft Carrier	306 m (1,003 ft)	64,000	1 preserved, 2 scrapped	United States Navy

Admiral Kuznetsov class	2	Aircraft Carrier	304.5 m (999 ft)	67,000	In service	Russian Navy People's Liberation Army Navy

Kiev class	4	Aircraft Carrier	283.5 m (930 ft)	45,400	1 scrapped, 2 out of service, 1 in service (INS Vikramaditya)	Russian Navy Indian Navy

Queen Elizabeth class	2	Aircraft Carrier	280 m (920 ft)	70,600	1 commissioned in December 2017, 1 under construction	Royal Navy

Lexington class	2	Aircraft Carrier	270 m (888 ft)	43,055	One sunk 1942, one destroyed in atomic bomb test	United States Navy

Iowa class	4	Battleship	270 m (887 ft)	58,000	Four preserved	United States Navy

Shinano	1	Aircraft Carrier	266.1 m (872.9 ft)	71,890	Sunk in WWII	Imperial Japanese Navy

Essex class	24	Aircraft Carrier	265.8 m (872 ft)	36,380	In service from 1942. Four preserved	United States Navy

Clemenceau class	2	Aircraft Carrier	265 m (870 ft)	32,800	Commissioned from 1961. 1 in service, 1 scrapped	French Navy Brazilian Navy

Yamato class	2	Battleship	263 m (863 ft)	72,809	Both sunk in WWII	Imperial Japanese Navy

Graf Zeppelin class	1	Aircraft Carrier	262.5 m (861 ft)	33,550	Graf Zeppelin was canceled in 1943 while still under construction. Hull was sunk for target practice by USSR in 1947	Kriegsmarine

HMS Hood	1	Battlecruiser	262.1 m (860 ft)	45,200	Launched 1918 Sunk at Battle of the Denmark Strait 1941	Royal Navy

INS Vikrant	1	Aircraft Carrier	262 m (860 ft)	40,000	Under construction. Due to be commissioned in 2018	Indian Navy

Charles de Gaulle	1	Aircraft Carrier	261.5 m (858 ft)	42,000	In operation	French Navy

Akagi	1	Aircraft Carrier	260.7 m (855.2 ft)	41,300	Sunk	Imperial Japanese Navy

Taihō	1	Aircraft Carrier	260.6 m (855 ft)	37,270	Sunk 1944	Imperial Japanese Navy

Audacious class	2	Aircraft Carrier	257.6 m (845 ft)	50,786	2 completed 1946 and 1950. Length and displacement for Ark Royal following 1967–1970 refit. Scrapped 1978 and 1980.	Royal Navy

Shōkaku class	2	Aircraft Carrier	257.5 m (844 ft 10 in)	32,105	Both sunk 1944.	Imperial Japanese Navy

America class	4	Amphibious Assault Ship	257 m (844 ft)	45,000	1 completed, 3 planned	United States Navy

Wasp class	8	Amphibious Assault Ship	257 m (844 ft)	40,500	8 in service	United States Navy

Kirov class	4	Battlecruiser	252 m (830 ft)	28,000 (full load)	2 of 5 in operation	Russian Navy

Yorktown class	3	Aircraft Carrier	251.38 m (824 ft 9 in)	25,500 (full load)	Two sunk during WWII, one scrapped 1960	United States Navy

Bismarck class	2	Battleship	251 m (823 ft 6 in)	50,900	Both sunk during WWII	Kriegsmarine

Tarawa class	5	Amphibious Assault Ship	250 m (820 ft)	39,400	3 disposed of	United States Navy

Vanguard	1	Battleship	248.2 m (814 ft 4 in)	51,420	Final Royal Navy battleship, scrapped 1960	Royal Navy

Izumo class	2	Helicopter Destroyer	248 m (813 ft 8 in)	27,000	1 completed, 1 under construction	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Richelieu class	2	Battleship	247.85 m (813 ft 2 in)	47,548	Last French battleships, scrapped 1961 and 1967.	French Navy

Kaga	1	Aircraft Carrier	247.65 m (812 ft 6 in)	38,200	Sunk	Imperial Japanese Navy

Alaska class	2	Large Cruiser	246.4 m (808 ft 6 in)	34,253	6 planned, 2 completed (Alaska and Guam) with third ship (Hawaii) scrapped incomplete	United States Navy

Cavour	1	Aircraft Carrier	244 m (800 ft 6 in)	30,000	In service	Marina Militare

Juan Carlos class	1	Landing Helicopter Dock	230.82 m (757.3 ft)	26,000	One in service, Juan Carlos 1 commissioned 2011	Spanish Navy

Canberra Class	2	Landing Helicopter Dock	230.82 m (757.3 ft)	27,500	Two in Service, HMAS Canberra commissioned in 2014, HMAS Adelaide commissioned in 2015	Royal Australian Navy

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USS Enterprise is the longest naval vessel at 1,123 ft (342 m).

final_sentence: USS Enterprise is the longest naval vessel at 1,123 ft (342 m).