Attack carrier

An **attack carrier** (CVA) is an aviation ship unit intended to carry and operate a large aircraft group in a strike role against enemy fleets and facilities. The term is almost exclusively American in usage and in most details an attack carrier is essentially a standard, full-size aircraft carrier. In the database, some classes are designated attack carrier for the duration of their service life, while in real life they officially were reverted to simply CV (aircraft carrier) mid-life.

## Strategy

In nearly any scenario, an attack carrier is employed in the same manner as a standard aircraft carrier. One possible exception is that in doctrine, an attack carrier had a role to play as a strategic nuclear strike platform. When the mission is to fulfill the mutually assured destruction of all parties, ultimate survival of the carrier is not as paramount as maximizing the impact of the strike force.

## Classes

* Essex
* Forrestal
* John F. Kennedy
* Kitty Hawk
* Midway
* Project 71
* Project 72
* Queen Elizabeth
* United States

## Model list

### Modern models

There are 46 models of this type in the Modern database as of v491:

1. CV 41 Midway (1976)
2. CV 41 Midway (1981)
3. CV 41 Midway (1985)
4. CV 43 Coral Sea (1976)
5. CV 43 Coral Sea (1985)
6. CV 59 Forrestal (1975)
7. CV 59 Forrestal (1985)
8. CV 59 Forrestal (1988)
9. CV 59 Forrestal (1990)
10. CV 60 Saratoga (1983)
11. CV 60 Saratoga (1985)
12. CV 60 Saratoga (1988)
13. CV 61 Ranger (1975)
14. CV 61 Ranger (1983)
15. CV 61 Ranger (1985)
16. CV 61 Ranger (1988)
17. CV 62 Independence (1975)
18. CV 62 Independence (1985)
19. CV 62 Independence (1988)
20. CV 62 Independence (1994)
21. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1978)
22. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1985)
23. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1991)
24. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1994)
25. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1997)
26. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (2000)
27. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (2002)
28. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (2007)
29. CV 64 Constellation (1975)
30. CV 64 Constellation (1984)
31. CV 64 Constellation (1985)
32. CV 64 Constellation (1993)
33. CV 64 Constellation (1994)
34. CV 64 Constellation (1997)
35. CV 64 Constellation (2001)
36. CV 66 America (1981)
37. CV 66 America (1985)
38. CV 66 America (1988)
39. CV 66 America (1994)
40. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (1975)
41. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (1985)
42. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (1991)
43. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (1995)
44. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (1997)
45. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (2000)
46. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (2004)

### Cold War models

There are 109 models of this type in the Cold War database as of v491:

1. AKR Project 71 CV (1957)
2. AKR Project 72 CV (1960)
3. CV 41 Midway (1957)
4. CV 41 Midway (1970)
5. CV 41 Midway (1976)
6. CV 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1945)
7. CV 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1956)
8. CV 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1960)
9. CV 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1972)
10. CV 43 Coral Sea (1947)
11. CV 43 Coral Sea (1960)
12. CV 43 Coral Sea (1967)
13. CV 43 Coral Sea (1972)
14. CV 43 Coral Sea (1976)
15. CV 58 United States (1953)
16. CV 59 Forrestal (1955)
17. CV 59 Forrestal (1960)
18. CV 59 Forrestal (1962)
19. CV 59 Forrestal (1968)
20. CV 59 Forrestal (1975)
21. CV 60 Saratoga (1956)
22. CV 60 Saratoga (1960)
23. CV 60 Saratoga (1962)
24. CV 60 Saratoga (1967)
25. CV 60 Saratoga (1975)
26. CV 61 Ranger (USN 1957)
27. CV 61 Ranger (USN 1960)
28. CV 61 Ranger (USN 1962)
29. CV 61 Ranger (USN 1967)
30. CV 61 Ranger (USN 1975)
31. CV 62 Independence (1959)
32. CV 62 Independence (1960)
33. CV 62 Independence (1962)
34. CV 62 Independence (1967)
35. CV 62 Independence (1975)
36. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1961)
37. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1967)
38. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1973)
39. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1976)
40. CV 63 Kitty Hawk (1978)
41. CV 64 Constellation (1961)
42. CV 64 Constellation (1967)
43. CV 64 Constellation (1972)
44. CV 64 Constellation (1975)
45. CV 66 America (1965)
46. CV 66 America (1967)
47. CV 66 America (1972)
48. CV 66 America (1976)
49. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (1968)
50. CV 67 John F. Kennedy (1975)
51. CVA 09 Essex (1942)
52. CVA 09 Essex (1951)
53. CVA 10 Yorktown (1943)
54. CVA 10 Yorktown (1953)
55. CVA 11 Intrepid (1943)
56. CVA 11 Intrepid (1955)
57. CVA 12 Hornet (1943)
58. CVA 12 Hornet (1958)
59. CVA 14 Ticonderoga (1944)
60. CVA 14 Ticonderoga (1954)
61. CVA 14 Ticonderoga (1960)
62. CVA 15 Randolph (1944)
63. CVA 15 Randolph (1953)
64. CVA 16 Lexington (1943)
65. CVA 16 Lexington (1955)
66. CVA 18 Wasp (1943)
67. CVA 18 Wasp (1948)
68. CVA 19 Hancock (1944)
69. CVA 19 Hancock (1956)
70. CVA 19 Hancock (1960)
71. CVA 19 Hancock (1967)
72. CVA 19 Hancock (1975)
73. CVA 20 Bennington (1944)
74. CVA 20 Bennington (1952)
75. CVA 21 Boxer (1945)
76. CVA 21 Boxer (1950)
77. CVA 31 Bon Homme Richard (1944)
78. CVA 31 Bon Homme Richard (1952)
79. CVA 31 Bon Homme Richard (1960)
80. CVA 31 Bon Homme Richard (1967)
81. CVA 32 Leyte (1946 early)
82. CVA 32 Leyte (1946 late)
83. CVA 32 Leyte (1950)
84. CVA 33 Kearsarge (1946)
85. CVA 33 Kearsarge (1952)
86. CVA 34 Oriskany (1952)
87. CVA 34 Oriskany (1960)
88. CVA 34 Oriskany (1967)
89. CVA 34 Oriskany (1975)
90. CVA 36 Antietam (1945)
91. CVA 36 Antietam (1950)
92. CVA 37 Princeton (1950)
93. CVA 38 Shangri-La (1944)
94. CVA 38 Shangri-La (1951)
95. CVA 38 Shangri-La (1960)
96. CVA 38 Shangri-La (1967)
97. CVA 39 Lake Champlain (1945)
98. CVA 39 Lake Champlain (1952)
99. CVA 40 Tarawa (1945)
100. CVA 40 Tarawa (1952)
101. CVA 41 Midway (1945)
102. CVA 41 Midway (1951)
103. CVA 45 Valley Forge (1946)
104. CVA 47 Philippine Sea (1946)
105. CVA 47 Philippine Sea (1952)
106. CVA 58 United States (1952)
107. R 01 Queen Elizabeth (1973)
108. R 01 Queen Elizabeth (1977)
109. R 01 Queen Elizabeth (1979)