page_title: List of currently active United States military watercraft
section_title: Aircraft carriers
hierarchical_section_title: List of currently active United States military watercraft / Commissioned ships (USN) / Aircraft carriers
caption_attribution_description: USS Nimitz (CVN-68), a US Navy aircraft carrier. Photo is from after her 1999-2001 refit.
context_page_description: The United States military has numerous types of watercraft, operated by the Navy, including Naval Special Warfare Command and Military Sealift Command, as well as the Coast Guard, Army and Air Force
context_section_description: Nimitz class – 10 active
  Gerald R. Ford class – 2 active
caption: USS Nimitz, the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, known as 'supercarriers'.
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