page_title: Anti-submarine warfare carrier
section_title: List of ASW carriers
hierarchical_section_title: Anti-submarine warfare carrier / List of ASW carriers
caption_attribution_description: English: JMSDF_DDH_181 Hyuga class destroyer (Taken at Yokohama,Japan)
context_page_description: An anti-submarine warfare carrier is a type of small aircraft carrier whose primary role is as the nucleus of an anti-submarine warfare hunter-killer group. This type of ship came into existence during the Cold War as a development of the escort carriers used in the ASW role in the North Atlantic during World War II.
context_section_description: Aircraft carriers and helicopter carriers that had primary ASW duties from the mid-1960s onward.
  Argentine Navy
  ARA Independencia – one ship (ex-Colossus class) ASW (retired/scrapped) fixed-wing CATOBAR S-2 and helicopters
  ARA Veinticinco de Mayo – one ship (ex-Colossus class) ASW (retired/scrapped) fixed-wing CATOBAR S-2 and helicopters
  Brazilian Navy
  Minas Gerais – one ship (ex-Colossus class) ASW (retired/scrapped) fixed-wing CATOBAR and helicopters
  French Navy
  Arromanches – one ship (ex-Colossus class) ASW (retired/scrapped) fixed-wing CATOBAR and helicopters
  Italian Navy
  Giuseppe Garibaldi one ship, ASW helicopter carrier 1985–1988, STOVL fighters and ASW helicopters carrier 1988–.
  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
  Hyūga class (2009–).  ASW, utility, and sea mine clearing helicopters
  Izumo class (2013–). ASW, utility, and sea mine clearing helicopters
  Royal Navy
  HMS Bulwark; Centaur-class aircraft carrier recommissioned in 1979 from reserve as a helicopter ASW carrier. (Retired and scrapped)
  HMS Hermes; Centaur-class aircraft carrier converted to helicopter ASW in 1976. (Sold to India, renamed Viraat)
  Invincible class – three ships Strike/ASW/Amphibious Assault STOVL and helicopters.  These ships were originally designed as "through-deck cruisers" for the ASW role and command, but ended up also equipped with Harrier STOVL fighters for fleet defence against Soviet reconnaissance aircraft. After the Falklands War they were used as conventional, albeit light, fleet aircraft carriers in the power projection role. HMS Invincible and HMS Ark Royal retired/scrapped, HMS Illustrious converted to amphibious assault ship, then scrapped 2016.
  Royal Australian Navy
  HMAS Melbourne – one ship (Majestic class) strike/ASW (retired/scrapped) fixed-wing CATOBAR and helicopters
  Royal Canadian Navy
  HMCS Bonaventure – one ship (ex-Majestic class) ASW (retired/scrapped) fixed-wing CATOBAR and helicopters
  Royal Netherlands Navy
  HNLMS Karel Doorman – one ship (ex-Colossus class) ASW (retired/sold to Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo, scrapped) fixed-wing CATOBAR and helicopters
  Soviet/Russian Navy
  Moskva class; ASW helicopter support ship, large rear deck landing pad and hangar for 18 helicopters (retired/scrapped) Helicopters only
  Kiev class cruiser/carrier; guided missile cruiser/limited air defense/ASW (retired/sold) STOVL and helicopters
  Spanish Navy
  Dédalo – one ship (ex-Independence class) ASW helicopter carrier 1967–1976, STOVL carrier 1976–1989. Strike/ASW (retired/scrapped) STOVL and helicopters
  Príncipe de Asturias one ship STOVL fighters and helicopters 1988–2013
  United States Navy
  Essex class – ASW carriers with fixed-wing and helicopter anti-submarine aircraft and AEW aircraft, although occasionally carried an A-4 Skyhawk detachment (4 aircraft) for daytime combat air patrol (retired/scrapped) fixed-Wing CATOBAR and helicopters
  Wasp class, Tarawa class, and the LPH amphibious assault ships were given secondary roles of sea control meaning they would deploy with a modified air complement consisting of ASW helicopters and a STOVL fighter group for air defense.
caption: Hyūga class, ASW helicopter carrier
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