List of aircraft carriers
List of all aircraft carriers

List of aircraft carriers

Section Title: List of all aircraft carriers
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Name	Service	Pennant or hull #	Class	Type	Flight operation	In commission	Notes

Abraham Lincoln	US Navy	CVN-72	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1989–present

Acavus	British Merchant Navy	MAC 1	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1946	Returned to commercial service.

Activity	Royal Navy	D94	Escort carrier	1942–1945	Converted freighter.

Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov	Russian Navy Soviet Navy	111	Kiev	Fleet carrier	VTOL	1987–1996	Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Admiral Gorshkov, or just Gorshkov. Before 1991, it was named Baku.

Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov	Russian Navy Soviet Navy	063/113	Kuznetsov	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1991–present	Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, Admiral Kuznetsov, or just Kuznetsov. Ex-Tbilisi.

Admiralty Islands	US Navy	CVE-99	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	ex-Chapin Bay.

Adula	British Merchant Navy	MAC 2	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1944–1946	Returned to commercial service.

Africa	Royal Navy	Audacious/ Malta	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Audacious-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to Malta-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945.

Akagi	Japanese Navy	Akagi	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1927–1942	Converted Amagi-class battlecruiser, Sunk 4 June 1942 at Midway

Alava Bay	US Navy	CVE-103	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Roi 1943 before construction began.

Alazon Bay	US Navy	CVE-55	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Casablanca 1943 after construction began.

Alazon Bay	US Navy	CVE-94	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Lunga Point 1943 before construction began.

Albion	Royal Navy	R07	Centaur	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1954–1962	Converted to commando carrier.

Alexia	British Merchant Navy	MAC 3	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Alikula Bay	US Navy	CVE-57	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Coral Sea before launch.

Alikula Bay	US Navy	CVE-95	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Bismarck Sea 1944 after launch.

Altamaha	US Navy	CVE-6	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1942	Became HMS Battler.

Altamaha	US Navy	CVE-18	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946

Amagi	Japanese Navy	Akagi	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	n/a	1920–22 conversion from battlecruiser never completed.

Amagi	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Light fleet carrier	STOBAR	1944–1945	Sunk 29 July 1945 by aircraft

Amastra	British Merchant Navy	MAC 4	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1946	Returned to commercial service

Ameer	US Navy	AVG-55	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Alazon Bay 1943 after construction began.

Ameer	Royal Navy	D01	Ruler	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Baffins.

America	US Navy	CV-66	Kitty Hawk	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1965–1996

Ancylus	British Merchant Navy	MAC 5	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1946	Returned to commercial service

Andrea Doria	Italian Navy	550	aircraft carrier	n/a	Renamed Cavour before construction began.

Anguilla Bay	US Navy	CVE-96	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Salamaua 1943 before construction began.

Antietam	US Navy	CV-36	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1963	1st carrier modified with angled flight deck, 1952.

Anzio	US Navy	CVE-57	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-USS Coral Sea, renamed to reuse name for CV-43.

Aquila	Italian Navy	Fleet carrier	n/a	1941–1943 conversion from passenger liner never completed.

Arbiter	Royal Navy	D31	Ruler	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS St. Simon.

Archer	US Navy	BAVG-1	Long Island	Escort carrier	n/a	Converted cargo ship. Became HMS Archer.

Archer	Royal Navy	D78	Long Island	Escort carrier	1941–1943	Ex-USS Archer.

Argus	Royal Navy	I49	Fleet carrier	1918–1929	Converted ocean liner.

Ark Royal	Royal Navy	91	Fleet carrier	1939–1941	Sunk by U-81 on 13 November 1941

Ark Royal	Royal Navy	R09	Audacious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1955–1978	Ex-Irresistible. First carrier commissioned with angled deck.

Ark Royal	Royal Navy	R07	Invincible	aircraft carrier	STOVL	1985–2011	Ex-Indomitable.

Arrogant	Royal Navy	Centaur	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Laid down 1944, never completed.

Arromanches	French Navy	R95	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1974	Ex-HMS Colossus, loaned (later sold) to France

Aso	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Light fleet carrier	STOBAR	n/a	Launched in 1944, never completed.

Astrolabe Bay	US Navy	CVE-60	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Guadalcanal 1943 before launch.

Astrolabe Bay	US Navy	CVE-97	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Hollandia 1944 after launch.

Atheling	Royal Navy	D51	Ruler	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Glacier.

Attacker	Royal Navy	D02	Attacker	Escort carrier	1942–1946	Ex-USS Barnes.

Attu	US Navy	CVE-102	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Elbour Bay.

Audacious	Royal Navy	R05	Audacious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1951–1972	Renamed Eagle 1946 while under construction.

Audacity	Royal Navy	D10	Escort carrier	1941–1941	Converted merchant ship, sunk by U-751

Auguilla Bay	US Navy	CVE-58	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Corregidor1943 before launch.

Avenger	US Navy	BAVG-1	Avenger	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Avenger.

Avenger	Royal Navy	D14	Avenger	Escort carrier	1942–1942	Sunk 15 November 1942 by U-155.

Badoeng Strait	US Navy	CVE-116	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1957	Ex-San Alberto Bay.

Baffins	US Navy	CVE-35	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Ameer.

Bairoko	US Navy	CVE-115	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1955	Ex-Portage Bay.

Baku	Soviet Navy	103	Kiev	Aircraft cruiser	VTOL	1987–1991	Renamed to Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov in 1991.

Balinas	US Navy	CVE-36	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Bolinas after launch because of misspelling.

Barnes	US Navy	CVE-7	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1942	Became HMS Attacker.

Barnes	US Navy	CVE-20	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946

Bastian	US Navy	CVE-37	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1942	Became HMS Trumpeter.

Bastogne	US Navy	CVE-124	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch

Bataan	US Navy	CVL-29	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1954

Battler	Royal Navy	D18	Attacker	Escort carrier	1942–1946	Ex-USS Altamaha.

BAVG-5	US Navy	BAVG-5	Charger	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Dasher.

Béarn	French Navy	Fleet carrier	1927–1948	Converted battleship.

Begum	Royal Navy	D38	Ruler	Escort carrier	1944–1946	Ex-USS Bolinas.

Belleau Wood	US Navy	CVL-24	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1947	To France as Bois Belleau

Bennington	US Navy	CV-20	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1970

Bismarck Sea	US Navy	CVE-95	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1945	Ex-Alikula Bay. Sunk 21 February 1945 by kamikaze attack off Iwo Jima

Biter	US Navy	BAVG-23	Avenger	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Biter.

Biter	Royal Navy	D97	Avenger	Escort carrier	1940–1945	To France as Dixmude

Block Island	US Navy	CVE-8	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Converted freighter. Became HMS Trailer, then HMS Hunter.

Block Island	US Navy	CVE-21	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1944	Sunk 29 May 1944 by U-549

Block Island	US Navy	CVE-106	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1944–1954	Ex-Sunset Bay (some sources say Sunset).

Bogue	US Navy	CVE-9	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946

Bois Belleau	French Navy	R97	Independence	Light carrier	1953–1960	Ex-USS Belleau Wood.

Bolinas	US Navy	CVE-36	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Ex-Balinas. Became HMS Begum.

Bon Homme Richard	US Navy	CV-10	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Yorktown 1942 before launch.

Bon Homme Richard	US Navy	CV-31	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1971

Bonaventure	Canadian Navy	CVL-22	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	1957–1970	Ex-incomplete HMS Powerful.

Bougainville	US Navy	CVE-100	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Didrickson Bay.

Boxer	US Navy	CV-21	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1969

Breton	US Navy	CVE-10	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Chaser

Breton	US Navy	CVE-23	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946

Bucareli Bay	US Navy	CVE-61	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Manila Bay 1943 before launch.

Bucareli Bay	US Navy	CVE-98	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Kwajalein 1944 before launch.

Bulwark	Royal Navy	R08	Centaur	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1954–1981	Converted to commando carrier 1960

Bunker Hill	US Navy	CV-17	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1947

Cabot	US Navy	CV-16	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Lexington 1942 before launch.

Cabot	US Navy	CVL-28	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1955	To Spain as Dédalo

Campania	Royal Navy	D48	Nairana	Escort carrier	1944–1952	Command ship for first British atomic bomb test

Cape Esperance	US Navy	CVE-88	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1959	Ex-Tananek Bay.

Cape Gloucester	US Navy	CVE-109	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1946	Ex-Willapa Bay.

Card	US Navy	CVE-11	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946

Carl Vinson	US Navy	CVN-70	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1982–present

Carnegie	US Navy	CVE-38	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Empress.

Casablanca	US Navy	CVE-55	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Alazon Bay.

Cavour	Italian Navy	550	aircraft carrier	V/STOL	2008–present	Ex-Andrea Doria.

Centaur	Royal Navy	R06	Centaur	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1953–1965

Chakri Naruebet	Thai Navy	911	Príncipe de Asturias	aircraft carrier	STOVL	1997–present

Chapin Bay	US Navy	CVE-63	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Midway 1943 after construction began.

Chapin Bay	US Navy	CVE-99	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Admiralty Islands before construction began.

Charger	US Navy	CVE-30	Charger	Escort carrier	1942–1946	Converted liner. Became HMS Charger 1942, returned to US two days later.

Charger	Royal Navy	D27	Avenger	Escort carrier	1942–1942	Ex-Charger. Returned to US two days later.

Charles De Gaulle	French Navy	R91	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	2001–present	ex-Richelieu

Chaser	Royal Navy	D32	Attacker	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Breton.

Chatham	US Navy	CVE-32	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Slinger.

Chenango	US Navy	CVE-28	Sangamon	Escort carrier	1942–1946	Converted oiler.

Chigusa Maru	Japanese Army	Yamashiro Maru	Escort carrier	STOBAR	n/a	1944 tanker conversion, never completed.

Chitose	Japanese Navy	Chitose	Light carrier	1942–1944	Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.

Chiyoda	Japanese Navy	Chitose	Light carrier	STOBAR	1943–1944	Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf.

Chuyo	Japanese Navy	Taiyō	Escort carrier	STOBAR	1942–1943	Converted ocean liner, sunk by USS Sailfish 4 December 1943

Clemenceau	French Navy	R98	Clemenceau	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1961–1997

Colossus	Royal Navy	R15	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Loaned (later sold) to France as Arromanches

Commencement Bay	US Navy	CVE-105	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1944–1946	Ex-St. Joseph Bay.

Constellation	US Navy	CV-64	Kitty Hawk	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1961–2003

Copahee	US Navy	CVE-12	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946

Coral Sea	US Navy	CVE-57	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1944	Ex-Alikula Bay. Renamed Anzio to re-use the name for CV-43.

Coral Sea	US Navy	CVB-43	Midway	Fleet carrier	1947–1990

Cordova	US Navy	CVE-39	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Khedive.

Core	US Navy	CVE-13	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946

Corregidor	US Navy	CVE-58	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1958	Ex-Auguilla Bay.

Courageous	Royal Navy	50	Courageous	Fleet carrier	1928–1939	Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by U-29, 17 September 1939

Cowpens	US Navy	CVL-25	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1947

Croatan	US Navy	CVE-14	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Fencer

Croatan	US Navy	CVE-25	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946

Crown Point	US Navy	CV-32	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Leyte 1945 before launch.

CV-44	US Navy	CV-44	Midway	Fleet carrier	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1943.

CV-50	US Navy	CV-50	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CV-51	US Navy	CV-51	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CV-52	US Navy	CV-52	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CV-53	US Navy	CV-53	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CV-54	US Navy	CV-54	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CV-55	US Navy	CV-55	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CVB-56	US Navy	CVB-56	Midway	Fleet carrier	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CVB-57	US Navy	CVB-57	Midway	Fleet carrier	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

CVE-128	US Navy	CVE-128	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 after construction began.

CVE-129	US Navy	CVE-129	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 after construction began.

CVE-130	US Navy	CVE-130	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-131	US Navy	CVE-131	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-132	US Navy	CVE-132	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-133	US Navy	CVE-133	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-134	US Navy	CVE-134	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-135	US Navy	CVE-135	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-136	US Navy	CVE-136	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-137	US Navy	CVE-137	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-138	US Navy	CVE-138	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

CVE-139	US Navy	CVE-139	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1945 before construction began.

Daiju Maru	Japanese Army	Shimane Maru	Escort carrier	STOBAR	n/a	Tanker conversion. Cancelled 1945.

Dasher	Royal Navy	D37	Avenger	Escort carrier	1942–1943	Ex-American BAVG-5. Sunk 27 March 1943 following explosion of unknown cause.

Dédalo	Spanish Navy	Independence	Light carrier	1967–1989	Ex-USS Cabot.

Delgada	US Navy	CVE-40	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Speaker.

Didrickson Bay	US Navy	CVE-64	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Tripoli 1943 before launch.

Didrickson Bay	US Navy	CVE-100	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Bougainville before construction began.

Dixmude	French Navy	Charger	Escort carrier	1945–1966	Ex-HMS Biter.

Dolomi Bay	US Navy	CVE-65	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Wake Island 1943 before launch.

Dolomoi Bay	US Navy	CVE-101	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Matanikau 1944 before launch.

Duke of Edinburgh	Royal Navy	CVA-01	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Planned 1960s fleet carrier, but never ordered.

Dwight D. Eisenhower	US Navy	CVN-69	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1977–present

Eagle	Royal Navy	94	Fleet carrier	1924–1942	Converted battleship. Sunk by U-73, 11 August 1942

Eagle	Royal Navy	Audacious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Laid down 1944, cancelled 1946.

Eagle	Royal Navy	R05	Audacious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1951–1972	Ex-Audacious.

Edisto	US Navy	CVE-41	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Nabob.

Elbe	German Navy	Jade	Auxiliary aircraft carrier	n/a	Liner conversion, cancelled 1943.

Elbour Bay	US Navy	CVE-66	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed White Plains 1943 before launch.

Elbour Bay	US Navy	CVE-102	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Attu before construction began.

Elephant	Royal Navy	Centaur	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Laid down 1944, not completed until 1959 as HMS Hermes.

Emperor	Royal Navy	D98	Ruler	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Pybus.

Emperor	US Navy	CVE-67	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Nassuk Bay 1943 after construction began.

Empire MacAlpine	British Merchant Navy	MH	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacAndrew	British Merchant Navy	MK	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacCabe	British Merchant Navy	ML	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacCallum	British Merchant Navy	MN	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacColl	British Merchant Navy	MB	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacDermott	British Merchant Navy	MS	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1944–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacKay	British Merchant Navy	MH	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacKendrick	British Merchant Navy	MO	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacMahon	British Merchant Navy	MJ	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empire MacRae	British Merchant Navy	MU	Empire	Merchant aircraft carrier	1943–1945	Returned to commercial service

Empress	Royal Navy	D42	Ruler	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Carnegie.

Eniwetok	US Navy	CVE-125	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Keel laid April 1945, cancelled before launch

Enterprise	US Navy	CV-6	Yorktown	Fleet carrier	1938–1947

Enterprise	US Navy	CVN-65	Enterprise	Supercarrier	1961–2012	First nuclear-powered carrier

Enterprise	US Navy	CVN-80	Gerald R. Ford	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Commissioning 2025.

Essex	US Navy	CV-9	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1942–1969

Estero	US Navy	CVE-42	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Premier.

Falco	Italian Navy	Aircraft carrier	n/a	Liner conversion began 1942. Renamed Sparviero but never completed.

Fanshaw Bay	US Navy	CVE-70	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946

Fencer	Royal Navy	D64	Attacker	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Croatan.

Flugzeugträger B	German Navy	Graf Zeppelin	Fleet carrier	n/a	Started 1938, cancelled 1939. Proposed name was Peter Strasser.

Flugzeugträger C	German Navy	Graf Zeppelin	Fleet carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1938 before construction began.

Flugzeugträger D	German Navy	Graf Zeppelin	Fleet carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1938 before construction began.

Foch	French Navy	R99	Clemenceau	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1963–2000	sold to Brazil as São Paulo

Formidable	Royal Navy	67	Illustrious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1940–1947

Forrestal	US Navy	CV-59	Forrestal	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1955–1993	First supercarrier

Fortaleza Bay	US Navy	CVE-72	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Ex-Fortazela Bay. Renamed Tulagi 1943 before launch.

Fortazela Bay	US Navy	CVE-72	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Fortaleza Bay 1943 before launch due to spelling error.

Franklin	US Navy	CV-13	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1947	Badly damaged March 1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt	US Navy	CVB-42	Midway	Fleet carrier	1945–1977

Frosty Bay	US Navy	CVE-112	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Siboney 1944 before launch.

Furious	Royal Navy	47	Courageous	Fleet carrier	1917–1945	Converted battlecruiser.

Gadila	Dutch Merchant Navy	MAC 6	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1944–1946	Returned to commercial service

Gambier Bay	US Navy	CVE-73	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1944	Sunk by Japanese gunfire at Battle of Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944

George H.W. Bush	US Navy	CVN-77	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	2009–present

George Washington	US Navy	CVN-73	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1992–present

Gerald R. Ford	US Navy	CVN-78	Gerald R. Ford	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	2017–present	In-service, undergoing extensive testing until 2021

Gibraltar	Royal Navy	D68	Malta	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Ordered 1943 but never laid down.

Gilbert Islands	US Navy	CVE-107	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1955	Ex-St. Andrews Bay. Converted to communication relay ship USS Annapolis

Giuseppe Garibaldi	Italian Navy	551	aircraft carrier	STOVL	1983–present

Glacier	US Navy	CVE-33	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Atheling.

Glorious	Royal Navy	77	Courageous	Fleet carrier	1930–1940	Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau 8 June 1940

Glory	Royal Navy	R62	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1956

Graf Zeppelin	German Navy	Graf Zeppelin	Fleet carrier	n/a	Launched 1938, never completed.

Guadalcanal	US Navy	CVE-60	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Astrolabe Bay. Captured U-505

Hamlin	US Navy	CVE-15	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1942	Became HMS Stalker

Hancock	US Navy	CV-14	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Ticonderoga 1943 before launch.

Hancock	US Navy	CV-19	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1976	Ex-Ticonderoga (CV-19).

Harry S. Truman	US Navy	CVN-75	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1998–present	Ex-United States

Hercules	Royal Navy	R49	Majestic	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOVL	n/a	Launched 1945. To India 1957 and completed as INS Vikrant.

Hermes	Royal Navy	95	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOBAR	1924–1942	First purpose built carrier launched. Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft.

Hermes	Royal Navy	Centaur	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Laid down 1944, cancelled 1945.

Hermes	Royal Navy	R12	Centaur	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOVL	1959–1984	Ex-Elephant. To India as INS Viraat

Hiryū	Japanese Navy	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1939–1942	Sunk at Midway

Hiyō	Japanese Navy	Hiyō	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1942–1944	Converted ocean liner, sunk at Battle of the Philippine Sea

Hobart Bay	US Navy	CVE-113	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Puget Sound 1944 before launch.

Hoggatt Bay	US Navy	CVE-75	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Hollandia	US Navy	CVE-97	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1947	Ex-Astrolabe Bay.

Hornet	US Navy	CV-8	Yorktown	Fleet carrier	1941–1942	Sunk in Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

Hornet	US Navy	CV-12	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1970	Ex-Kearsarge (CV-12). Museum at Alameda, CA.

Hōshō	Japanese Navy	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1922–1946

Hunter	Royal Navy	D80	Attacker	Escort carrier	1943–1945	Ex-USS Block Island. Renamed from HMS Trailer.

Ibuki	Japanese Navy	Light carrier	STOBAR	n/a	Launched 1943, never completed.

I	German Navy	Auxiliary aircraft carrier	n/a	Transport conversion, cancelled 1942.

II	German Navy	Auxiliary aircraft carrier	n/a	Cruiser conversion, cancelled 1943.

Ikoma	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Light carrier	STOBAR	1944–1945	Sunk in Kure dockyard 24 July 1945

Illustrious	Royal Navy	87	Illustrious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1940–1954

Illustrious	Royal Navy	R06	Invincible	aircraft carrier	STOVL	1982–2014

Implacable	Royal Navy	R86	Implacable	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1954

Indefatigable	Royal Navy	R10	Implacable	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Independence	US Navy	CVL-22	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1946

Independence	US Navy	CV-62	Forrestal	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1959–1998

Independencia	Argentine Navy	V-1	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1958–1970	Ex-HMS Warrior

Indomitable	Royal Navy	92	Illustrious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1941–1953

Indomitable	Royal Navy	R07	Invincible	aircraft carrier	STOVL	n/a	Renamed Ark Royal before construction began.

Intrepid	US Navy	CV-11	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1974	Museum in New York City.

Invincible	Royal Navy	R05	Invincible	aircraft carrier	STOVL	1980–2005

Irresitible	Royal Navy	R09	Audacious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Ark Royal before launch.

Iwo Jima	US Navy	CV-46	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Laid down 1945, but never completed.

Jade	German Navy	Jade	Auxiliary aircraft carrier	n/a	Proposed liner conversion, cancelled 1942.

Jamaica	US Navy	CVE-43	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Shah.

Joffre	French Navy	Joffre	Fleet carrier	n/a	Under construction 1938–1940, but never completed.

John C. Stennis	US Navy	CVN-74	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1995–present

John F. Kennedy	US Navy	CV-67	Modified Kitty Hawk/John F. Kennedy	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1968–2007

John F. Kennedy	US Navy	CVN-79	Gerald R. Ford	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Under construction, commissioning 2020

Juan Carlos I	Spanish Navy	L61	Juan Carlos I	STOVL amphibious warfare ship	STOVL	2010–present

Junyō	Japanese Navy	Hiyō	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1942–1946	Converted ocean liner.

Kadashan Bay	US Navy	CVE-76	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Kaga	Japanese Navy	Fleet carrier	STOBAR	1928–1942	Converted battleship. Sunk at Midway

Kaimon	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Light carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kurama.

Kaita Bay	US Navy	CVE-78	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Savo Island 1943 before launch.

Kaiyo	Japanese Navy	Escort carrier	STOBAR	1943–1945	Converted ocean liner. Sunk at Beppu Bay 24 July 1945.

Kalinin Bay	US Navy	CVE-68	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946

Kanalku Bay	US Navy	CVE-77	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Marcus Island 1943 before launch.

Karel Doorman	Dutch Navy	QH1	Nairana	Escort carrier	1946–1948	Ex-HMS Nairana.

Karel Doorman	Dutch Navy	R81	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1948–1968	Ex-HMS Venerable. To Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo 1969.

Kasaan Bay	US Navy	CVE-69	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946

Kasagi	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Light carrier	n/a	Launched 1944, but never completed.

Katsuragi	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Fleet carrier	n/a	Launched 1944, but never completed.

Kearsarge	US Navy	CV-12	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Hornet 1942 before launch.

Kearsarge	US Navy	CV-33	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1970

Keweenaw	US Navy	CVE-44	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Patroller.

Khedive	Royal Navy	D62	Ruler	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Cordova.

Kiev	Russian Navy Soviet Navy	075	Kiev	aircraft carrier	VTOL	1975–1993	Currently an attraction at Tianjin Binhai theme park in China

Kitkun Bay	US Navy	CVE-71	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946

Kitty Hawk	US Navy	CV-63	Kitty Hawk	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1961–2009

Kremlin	Soviet Navy	Ulyanovsk	Supercarrier	n/a	Renamed Ulyanovsk before construction began, never completed.

Kula Gulf	US Navy	CVE-108	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1969	Ex-Vermillion Bay.

Kurama	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Light carrier	n/a	Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kaimon.

Kwajalein	US Navy	CVE-98	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Bucareli Bay.

La Fayette	French Navy	R96	Independence	Light carrier	1951–1963	Ex-USS Langley.

Lake Champlain	US Navy	CV-39	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1966

Langley	US Navy	CV-1	Light carrier	1922–1938	Converted to seaplane tender. Scuttled 27 February 1942 after being damaged by dive bombers.

Langley	US Navy	CVL-27	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1947	To France as La Fayette.

Leonid Brezhnev	Russian Navy	Kuznetsov	Fleet carrier	n/a	Ex-Riga. Renamed Tbilisi after launch in 1985.

Leviathan	Royal Navy	R97	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Launched 1945, but never completed.

Lexington	US Navy	CV-2	Lexington	Fleet carrier	1927–1942	Sunk by enemy action on 8 May 1942 during Battle of the Coral Sea.

Lexington	US Navy	CV-16	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1991	Ex-Cabot (CV-16). Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas

Leyte	US Navy	CV-32	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1959	Ex-Crown Point (CV-32).

Liaoning	Chinese Navy	16	Kuznetsov	Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	2012–present	Ex-incomplete Varyag from Ukraine 1998.

Type 001a	Chinese Navy	Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	2017–present

Lingayen	US Navy	CVE-126	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Laid down 1945, but never completed.

Liscome Bay	US Navy	CVE-56	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1943	Sunk by I-175 24 November 1943

Long Island	US Navy	CVE-1	Long Island	Escort carrier	1941–1946

Luigi Einaudi	Italian Navy	550	aircraft carrier	STOVL	n/a	Renamed Andrea Doria before construction began.

Lunga Point	US Navy	CVE-94	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Alazon Bay.

Macoma	Dutch Merchant Navy	MAC 7	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1944–1946	Returned to commercial service

Magnificent	Royal Navy	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Completed for Canada as HMCS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956.

Magnificent	Canadian Navy	CVL-21	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	1948–1956	Ex-HMS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956.

Majestic	Royal Navy	R77	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Completed for Australia as HMAS Melbourne.

Makassar Strait	US Navy	CVE-91	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Ulitaka Bay.

Makin Island	US Navy	CVE-93	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Woodcliff Bay.

Malta	Royal Navy	D93	Malta	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Ordered 1943 but never laid down.

Manila Bay	US Navy	CVE-61	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Bucareli Bay.

Marcus Island	US Navy	CVE-77	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Kanalku Bay.

Matanikau	US Navy	CVE-101	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Dolomoi Bay.

McClure	US Navy	CVE-45	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Prince 1942 before construction began.

Melbourne	Australian Navy	R21	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	1955–1982	ex-HMS Majestic completed for Australian Navy.

Midway	US Navy	CVE-63	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Ex-Chapin Bay. Renamed USS St. Lo to free name for CV-41

Midway	US Navy	CVB-41	Midway	Fleet carrier	1945–1992	Museum in San Diego, CA

Minas Gerais	Brazilian Navy	A11	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1960–2001

Mindoro	US Navy	CVE-120	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1955

Minsk	Russian Navy Soviet Navy	025/011	Kiev	aircraft carrier	VTOL	1978–1993	Currently a tourist attraction in Shenzhen, China.

Miralda	British Merchant Navy	MAC 8	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1944–1946	Returned to commercial service

Mission Bay	US Navy	CVE-59	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1958

Monmouth	Royal Navy	96	Centaur	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

Monterey	US Navy	CVL-26	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1956

Mosser Bay	US Navy	CVE-114	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Willamette after launch.

Munda	US Navy	CVE-104	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Tonowek Bay.

Nabob	Royal Navy	D77	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1944	Ex-USS Edisto. Canadian crew.

Nairana	Royal Navy	D05	Nairana	Escort carrier	1943–1946	To Netherlands as HNLMS Karel Doorman

Nassau	US Navy	CVE-16	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946

Nassuk Bay	US Navy	CVE-67	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Ex-Emperor. Renamed Solomons 1943 after launch.

Natoma Bay	US Navy	CVE-62	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946

Nehenta Bay	US Navy	CVE-74	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

New Zealand	Royal Navy	D43	Malta	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Ordered 1943 but never laid down.

Niantic	US Navy	CVE-46	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Ranee.

Nimitz	US Navy	CVN-68	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1975–present

Novorossiysk	Russian Navy Soviet Navy	137	Kiev	aircraft carrier	VTOL	1982–1993

Ocean	Royal Navy	R68	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1960

Okinawa	US Navy	CVE-127	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch

Ommaney Bay	US Navy	CVE-79	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1945	Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 4 January 1945.

Oriskany	US Navy	CV-18	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Wasp 1943 before launch.

Oriskany	US Navy	CV-34	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1950–1975	Florida artificial reef in 2006.

Otakisan Maru	Japanese Army	Shimane Maru	Escort carrier	n/a	Tanker conversion. Launched 1945 but never completed.

Painlevé	French Navy	Joffre	Fleet carrier	n/a	Planned for 1938, never laid down

Palau	US Navy	CVE-122	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1946–1954

Patroller	Royal Navy	D07	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1947	Ex-USS Keweenaw.

Perdido	US Navy	CVE-47	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1944	Became HMS Trouncer.

Peter Strasser	German Navy	Graf Zeppelin	Fleet carrier	n/a	See Flugzeugträger B.

Petrof Bay	US Navy	CVE-80	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Philippine Sea	US Navy	CV-47	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1958

Point Cruz	US Navy	CVE-119	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1956	Ex-Trocadero Bay.

Polyphemus	Royal Navy	57	Centaur	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1945.

Portage Bay	US Navy	CVE-115	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Bairoko before construction began.

Powerful	Royal Navy	R95	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Completed for Canada as HMCS Bonaventure

Premier	Royal Navy	D23	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Estero.

Pretoria Castle	Royal Navy	F61	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Converted armed merchant cruiser.

Prince	US Navy	CVE-45	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Ex-McClure. Became HMS Rajah.

Prince of Wales	Royal Navy	R09	Queen Elizabeth	Supercarrier	STOVL	n/a	Named 8 September 2017

Prince William	US Navy	CVE-19	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Striker

Prince William	US Navy	CVE-31	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946

Princeton	US Navy	CVL-23	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1944	Sunk 24 October 1944 at Leyte Gulf

Princeton	US Navy	CV-37	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1970

Principe de Asturias	Spanish Navy	R-11	Príncipe de Asturias	aircraft carrier	STOVL	1988–2013

Puget Sound	US Navy	CVE-113	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1946	Ex-Hobart Bay.

Puncher	Royal Navy	D79	Bogue	Escort carrier	1944–1946	Ex-USS Willapa. Canadian crew.

Pursuer	Royal Navy	D73	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1946	Ex-USS St. George.

Pybus	US Navy	CVE-34	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Became HMS Emperor.

Queen	Royal Navy	D19	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1947	Ex-USS St. Andrews.

Queen Elizabeth	Royal Navy	CVA-01	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Announced 1963, cancelled 1966 before work started.

Queen Elizabeth	Royal Navy	R08	Queen Elizabeth	Supercarrier	STOVL	2017 - present	Commissioned 7 December 2017

Rabaul	US Navy	CVE-121	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Completed but never commissioned.

Rajah	Royal Navy	D10	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1947	Ex-USS Prince.

Randolph	US Navy	CV-15	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1969

Ranee	Royal Navy	D03	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1947	Ex-USS Niantic.

Ranger	US Navy	CV-4	Fleet carrier	1934–1946

Ranger	US Navy	CV-61	Forrestal	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1957–1993

Rapana	Royal Navy	MAC 9	Rapana	Merchant aircraft carrier	1942–1946	Returned to commercial service

Ravager	Royal Navy	D70	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946

Reaper	Royal Navy	D82	Bogue	Escort carrier	1944–1946	Ex-USS Winjah.

Rendova	US Navy	CVE-114	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1955	Ex-Willamette.

Reprisal	US Navy	CVL-30	Independence	Light carrier	n/a	Renamed San Jacinto 1942 before launch.

Reprisal	US Navy	CV-35	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Started 1944, cancelled 1945.

Richelieu	French Navy	Fleet carrier	n/a	Renamed Charles De Gaulle before construction began.

Richelieu (PA2)	French Navy	Modified Queen Elizabeth	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Cancelled 2013 before construction began.

Riga	Russian Navy	Kuznetsov	Fleet carrier	n/a	Renamed Leonid Brezhnev after construction began in 1982.

Riga	Soviet Navy	Kuznetsov	Aircraft carrier	n/a	Renamed to Varyag in 1990 after construction began.

Roi	US Navy	CVE-103	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Alava Bay.

Ronald Reagan	US Navy	CVN-76	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	2003–present

Rudyerd Bay	US Navy	CVE-81	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Ruler	Royal Navy	D72	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS St. Joseph.

Ryūhō	Japanese Navy	Light carrier	1942–1945	Converted submarine tender. Severely damage by aircraft March 1945 not repaired

Ryūjō	Japanese Navy	Light carrier	1933–1942	Sunk by aircraft during Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Sable	US Navy	IX-81	Training carrier	1943–1945	Converted paddle-wheel steamer.

Saginaw Bay	US Navy	CVE-82	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Saidor	US Navy	CVE-117	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1947	Ex-Saltery Bay.

Saipan	US Navy	CVL-48	Saipan	Light carrier	1946–1965

Salamaua	US Navy	CVE-96	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Anguilla Bay.

Salerno Bay	US Navy	CVE-110	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1954	Ex-Winjah Bay.

Saltery Bay	US Navy	CVE-117	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Saidor 1944 before construction began.

San Alberto Bay	US Navy	CVE-116	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Badoeng Strait before construction began.

San Jacinto	US Navy	CVL-30	Independence	Light carrier	1943–1947	Ex-Reprisal (CVL-30).

Sandy Bay	US Navy	CVE-118	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Sicily 1944 before construction began.

Sangamon	US Navy	CVE-26	Sangamon	Escort carrier	1942–1945	Converted oiler.

Santee	US Navy	CVE-29	Sangamon	Escort carrier	1942–1946	Converted oiler.

São Paulo	Brazilian Navy	A12	Clemenceau	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	2000–2017	Ex-Foch.

Saratoga	US Navy	CV-3	Lexington	Fleet carrier	1927–1946	Expended as a target ship in the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests.

Saratoga	US Navy	CV-60	Forrestal	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1956–1994

Sargent Bay	US Navy	CVE-83	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Savo Island	US Navy	CVE-78	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946	Ex-Kaita Bay.

Searcher	Royal Navy	D40	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1945

Shah	Royal Navy	D21	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Jamaica.

Shamrock Bay	US Navy	CVE-84	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Shangri-La	US Navy	CV-38	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1971

Shimane Maru	Japanese Army	Shimane Maru	Escort carrier	1945–1945	Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft.

Shinano	Japanese Navy	Fleet carrier	1944–1944	Converted Yamato-class battleship. Sunk by USS Archerfish 29 November 1944.

Shinyo	Japanese Navy	Escort carrier	1943–1944	Converted ocean liner, sunk by USS Spadefish on 17 November 1944.

Shipley Bay	US Navy	CVE-85	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Shōhō	Japanese Navy	Zuihō	Light carrier	1941–1942	Sunk by aircraft at Coral Sea

Shōkaku	Japanese Navy	Shōkaku	Fleet carrier	1941–1944	Sunk by USS Cavalla 19 June 1944

Siboney	US Navy	CVE-112	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1956	Ex-Frosty Bay.

Sicily	US Navy	CVE-118	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1954	Ex-Sandy Bay.

Sitkoh Bay	US Navy	CVE-86	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946 1950–1954

Slinger	Royal Navy	D26	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Chatham.

Smiter	Royal Navy	D55	Bogue	Escort carrier	1944–1946	Ex-USS Vermillion.

Solomons	US Navy	CVE-67	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Nassuk Bay.

Sōryū	Japanese Navy	Fleet carrier	1937–1942	Sunk at Midway 4 June 1942

Sparviero	Italian Navy	Aircraft carrier	n/a	Ex-Falco, never completed.

Speaker	Royal Navy	D90	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Delgada.

St. Andrews	US Navy	CVE-49	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Queen.

St. Andrews Bay	US Navy	CVE-107	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Gilbert Islands 1944 before launch.

St. George	US Navy	CVE-17	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Pursuer

St. Joseph	US Navy	CVE-50	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Ruler.

St. Joseph Bay	US Navy	CVE-105	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Commencement Bay 1944 after launch.

St. Lo	US Navy	CVE-63	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1944	Ex-USS Midway, renamed to use name for CV-41. Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 25 October 1944.

St. Simon	US Navy	CVE-51	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Arbiter.

Stalker	Royal Navy	D91	Bogue	Escort carrier	1942–1945	Ex-USS Hamlin.

Steamer Bay	US Navy	CVE-87	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1947

Striker	Royal Navy	D12	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946	ex-USS Prince William.

Sunset	US Navy	CVE-48	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Thane.

Sunset Bay	US Navy	CVE-106	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Some sources say the name was Sunset. Renamed Block Island 1944 before launch.

Suwannee	US Navy	CVE-27	Sangamon	Escort carrier	1942–1946	Converted oiler.

Sydney	Australian Navy	R17	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	1948–1958	ex-HMS Terrible completed for Australian Navy.

Taihō	Japanese Navy	Taihō	Fleet carrier	1944–1944	Sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944

Taisha Maru	Japanese Army	Shimane Maru	Escort carrier	n/a	Proposed tanker conversion. Cancelled 1944.

Taiyō	Japanese Navy	Taiyō	Escort carrier	1941–1944	Converted ocean liner. Sunk by USS Rasher 18 August 1944

Takanis Bay	US Navy	CVE-89	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1946

Tananek Bay	US Navy	CVE-88	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Cape Esperance 1943 before construction began.

Tarawa	US Navy	CV-40	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1960

Tbilisi	Soviet Navy	113	Kuznetsov	Aircraft cruiser	n/a	ex-Leonid Brezhnev. Renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Sozuya Kuznetzov 1990.

Terrible	Royal Navy	R93	Majestic	Light carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Completed for Australia as HMAS Sydney.

Thane	Royal Navy	D48	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1945	Ex-USS Sunset.

Theodore Roosevelt	US Navy	CVN-71	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	1986–present

Theseus	Royal Navy	R64	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1956

Thetis Bay	US Navy	CVE-90	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1964

Ticonderoga	US Navy	CV-19	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Hancock 1943 before launch.

Ticonderoga	US Navy	CV-14	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1973	Ex-Hancock (CV-14).

Tinian	US Navy	CVE-123	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Completed 1946, but never commissioned

Tonowek Bay	US Navy	CVE-104	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Munda 1943 before construction began.

Totem Bay	US Navy	CVE-111	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Vella Gulf 1944 before launch.

Tracker	Royal Navy	D24	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946

Trailer	Royal Navy	D80	Attacker	Escort carrier	1943–1943	Ex-USS Block Island. Renamed to HMS Hunter 1943.

Tripoli	US Navy	CVE-64	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1958	Ex-Didrickson Bay.

Triumph	Royal Navy	R16	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1975

Trocadero Bay	US Navy	CVE-119	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Point Cruz 1944 before construction began.

Trouncer	Royal Navy	D85	Bogue	Escort carrier	1944–1946	Ex-USS Perdido.

Trumpeter	Royal Navy	D09	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1946	Ex-USS Bastian.

Tulagi	US Navy	CVE-72	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Fortaleza Bay.

Ulitaka Bay	US Navy	CVE-91	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Makassar Strait 1943 before construction began.

Ulyanovsk	Soviet Navy	Ulyanovsk	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Ex-Kremlin. Under construction 1988–1991, never completed.

Unicorn	Royal Navy	I72	Light aircraft carrier, Aircraft repair ship	1943–1946, 1949–1953

United States	US Navy	CVA-58	United States	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Laid down April 18, 1949, cancelled five days later.

United States	US Navy	CVN-75	Nimitz	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Harry S. Truman 1992 after launch.

Unryū	Japanese Navy	Unryū	Fleet carrier	1944–1944	Sunk by USS Redfish on 19 December 1944

Unyo	Japanese Navy	Taiyō	Escort carrier	1942–1944	Sunk by USS Barb 17 September 1944

Valley Forge	US Navy	CV-45	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1970

Varyag	Soviet Navy	Kuznetsov	Aircraft carrier	n/a	Ex-Riga. To Ukraine 1992 while still under construction.

Varyag	Ukrainian Navy	Kuznetsov	Aircraft carrier	n/a	From Soviet Union 1992, construction cancelled 1995. To China as Liaoning 1998.

Veinticinco de Mayo	Argentine Navy	V-2	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1968–1997	Ex-Dutch Karel Doorman (R81) 1969.

Vella Gulf	US Navy	CVE-111	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	1945–1946	Ex-Totem Bay.

Venerable	Royal Navy	R63	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1947	To Netherlands as Karel Doorman 1948.

Vengeance	Royal Navy	R71	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1952

Vengeance	Australian Navy	R71	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1952–1955	On loan from the Royal Navy

Verdun	French Navy	Attack carrier	n/a	Never laid down, cancelled 1961

Vermillion	US Navy	CVE-52	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Smiter.

Vermillion Bay	US Navy	CVE-108	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Kula Gulf 1943 before construction began.

Victorious	Royal Navy	R38	Illustrious	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1941–1968

Vikramaditya	Indian Navy	R33	Kiev	Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	2013–present	ex-Russian Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Suzuya Gorshkov.

Vikrant	Indian Navy	R11	Majestic	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR / STOVL	1961–1997	Ex-HMS Hercules completed for India.

Vikrant	Indian Navy	IAC-I	Aircraft carrier	STOBAR	n/a	Scheduled to commission 2018.

Vindex	Royal Navy	D15	Nairana	Escort carrier	1943–1947

Viraat	Indian Navy	R22	Centaur	Fleet carrier	STOVL	1987–2017	ex-HMS Hermes.

Vishal	Indian Navy	IAC-II	Supercarrier	n/a	Planned. Scheduled to commission in 2025.

Wake Island	US Navy	CVE-65	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Dolomi Bay.

Warrior	Canadian Navy	R31	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1946–1948	Ex-HMS Warrior. Returned to UK.

Warrior	Royal Navy	R31	Colossus	Light fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1945–1946, 1948–1958	To Canada as HMCS Warrior. Returned to UK and thence to Argentina as Independencia.

Wasp	US Navy	CV-7	Wasp	Light carrier	1940–1942	Sunk 15 September 1942.

Wasp	US Navy	CV-18	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1972	Ex-Oriskany.

Weser	German Navy	Aircraft carrier	n/a	1942–1943 cruiser conversion, never completed.

White Plains	US Navy	CVE-66	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1946	Ex-Elbour Bay.

Willamette	US Navy	CVE-114	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Ex-Mosser Bay. Renamed Rendova at commissioning.

Willapa	US Navy	CVE-53	Bogue	Escort carrier	1943–1944	Became HMS Puncher.

Willapa Bay	US Navy	CVE-109	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Cape Gloucester 1944 after construction began.

Windham Bay	US Navy	CVE-92	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	1944–1959

Winjah	US Navy	CVE-54	Bogue	Escort carrier	n/a	Became HMS Reaper.

Winjah Bay	US Navy	CVE-110	Commencement Bay	Escort carrier	n/a	Renamed Salerno Bay 1943 before construction began.

Wolverine	US Navy	IX-64	Training carrier	1942–1945	Converted paddle-wheel steamer.

Woodcliff Bay	US Navy	CVE-93	Casablanca	Escort carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	Renamed Makin Island 1943 before construction began.

Wright	US Navy	CVL-49	Saipan	Light carrier	1947–1970

Yamashiro Maru	Japanese Army	Yamashiro Maru	Escort carrier	1945–1945	Tanker conversion. Sunk by aircraft 17 February 1945

Yorktown	US Navy	CV-5	Yorktown	Aircraft carrier	1937–1942	Sunk 7 June 1942 at Midway after air and sub attacks.

Yorktown	US Navy	CV-10	Essex	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	1943–1970	Ex-Bon Homme Richard. Museum at Mount Pleasant, SC

Zuihō	Japanese Navy	Zuihō	Light carrier	1940–1944	Converted oiler, sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944

Zuikaku	Japanese Navy	Shōkaku	Fleet carrier	1941–1944	Sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944

Zuiun Maru	Japanese Army	Yamashiro Maru	Escort carrier	n/a	1945 tanker conversion, never completed.

Type 002	Chinese Navy	Fleet carrier	CATOBAR	n/a	under construction

Type 003	Chinese Navy	Supercarrier	CATOBAR	n/a	planning

Sentence(s)

São Paulo is a fleet carrier of Clemenceau class, which served between 2000-2017.
Retired: Fleet carrier: São Paulo: Clemenceau class carrier was in service between 2000-2017.

final_sentence: São Paulo is a fleet carrier of Clemenceau class, which served between 2000-2017.
final_sentence: Retired: Fleet carrier: São Paulo: Clemenceau class carrier was in service between 2000-2017.