Editing List of aircraft carriers (section)

===United States===
{{main|List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy}}

The [[United States Navy]] is a [[blue-water navy]] that is the world's largest navy by tonnage and has the world's largest fleet of [[Nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear powered]] aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the ([[CATOBAR]]) {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|0}} and (CATOBAR/ [[EMALS]]) {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|0}} [[supercarriers]]. These carriers serve as the centerpieces and [[flagship]]s for the Navy's [[Carrier Strike Group]]s, with their embarked [[carrier air wing]]s and accompanying ships and submarines, which strongly contribute to the US ability to [[Force projection|project force]] around the globe. The following is a complete list of all the US Navy's carriers and classes to date, and their status:

'''Active'''
* {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Nimitz||6}} 
** {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower||6}}
** {{USS|Carl Vinson||6}}
** {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}}
** {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}}
** {{USS|George Washington|CVN-73|6}}
** {{USS|John C. Stennis||6}}
** {{USS|Harry S. Truman||6}}
** {{USS|Ronald Reagan||6}}
** {{USS|George H.W. Bush||6}}
* {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}} 
** {{USS|Gerald R. Ford||6}}

'''Under construction'''
* {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CVN-79|6}}
** {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-80|6}}
** {{USS|Doris Miller||6}}

'''Planned'''
* {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}} 
** {{USS|William J. Clinton||6}}
** {{USS|George W. Bush||6}}
** CVN-84 (planned)
** CVN-85 (planned)
** CVN-86 (planned)
** CVN-87 (planned)

'''Reserve'''
* (''none currently in reserve'')

'''Retired (preserved as museum ships)'''
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}} 
** {{USS|Yorktown|CV-10|6}} – ([[Charleston, South Carolina]])
** {{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|6}} – ([[New York City]], New York)
** {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}} – ([[Alameda, California]])
** {{USS|Lexington|CV-16|6}} – ([[Corpus Christi, Texas]])
* {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Midway|CV-41|6}} – ([[San Diego]], California)

'''Retired (other)'''                                    
* {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|6}} – (awaiting dismantling)
* {{sclass|Enterprise|aircraft carrier|0}}
** {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} – (awaiting dismantling)

'''Retired (scrapped)'''
* {{sclass|Ranger|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Ranger|CV-4|6}}
* {{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|6}}
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}} (‡ extended bow)
** {{USS|Essex|CV-9|6}}
** {{USS|Franklin|CV-13|6}}
** {{USS|Ticonderoga|CV-14|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Randolph|CV-15|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Bunker Hill|CV-17|6}}
** {{USS|Wasp|CV-18|6}}
** {{USS|Hancock|CV-19|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Bennington|CV-20|6}}
** {{USS|Boxer|CV-21|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Bon Homme Richard|CV-31|6}}
** {{USS|Leyte|CV-32|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Kearsarge|CV-33|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Antietam|CV-36|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Princeton|CV-37|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Shangri-La||6}} ‡
** {{USS|Lake Champlain|CV-39|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Tarawa|CV-40|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Valley Forge|CV-45|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Philippine Sea|CV-47|6}} ‡
* {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Belleau Wood|CVL-24|6}}
** {{USS|Cowpens|CVL-25|6}}
** {{USS|Monterey|CVL-26|6}}
** {{USS|Langley|CVL-27|6}}
** {{USS|Cabot|CVL-28|6}}
** {{USS|Bataan|CVL-29|6}}
** {{USS|San Jacinto|CVL-30|6}}
* {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Franklin D. Roosevelt||6}}
** {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}}
* {{sclass|Saipan|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Saipan|CVL-48|6}}
** {{USS|Wright|CVL-49|6}}
* {{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Forrestal||6}}
** {{USS|Saratoga|CV-60|6}}
** {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|6}}
** {{USS|Independence|CV-62|6}}
* {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|0}}
** {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|6}} 
** {{USS|Constellation|CV-64|6}}



'''Retired (scuttled)'''
* {{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} – scuttled as part of [[Operation Crossroads]], 1946
* {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Independence|CVL-22|6}} – scuttled on 29 January 1951 after [[nuclear weapon]]s testing in 1946
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Oriskany|CV-34|6}} (extended bow) – scuttled as [[artificial reef]] on 17 May 2006
* {{sclass|Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|America|CV-66|6}} – scuttled on 14 May 2005 after live-fire testing

'''Sunk'''
* {{sclass|Langley|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Langley|CV-1|6}} – scuttled after Japanese air attack off Java coast, 27 February 1942
* {{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|6}} – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
* {{sclass|Yorktown|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|6}} – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
** {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|6}} – sunk, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
* {{sclass|Wasp|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|Wasp|CV-7|6}} – scuttled after attack by the Japanese submarine [[Japanese submarine I-19|''I-19'']], 15 September 1942
** {{USS|Princeton|CVL-23|6}} – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

'''Cancelled before completion'''
* {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}} (‡ extended bow)
** {{USS|Reprisal|CV-35|6}} ‡
** {{USS|Iwo Jima|CV-46|6}} ‡
** No name assigned (CV-50)
** No name assigned (CV-51)
** No name assigned (CV-52)
** No name assigned (CV-53)
** No name assigned (CV-54)
** No name assigned (CV-55)
* {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|4}}
** No name assigned (CV-44)
** No name assigned (CVB-56)
** No name assigned (CVB-57)
* {{sclass|United States|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{USS|United States|CVA-58|6}}

'''Escort aircraft carrier'''
{{main|List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy}}

The United States Navy also had a sizable fleet of [[escort aircraft carrier]]s during [[World War II]] and the era that followed. These ships were both quicker and cheaper to build than larger fleet carriers and were built in great numbers to serve as a stop-gap measure when fleet carriers were too few. However, they were usually too slow to keep up with [[Task force#United States Navy|naval task forces]] and would typically be assigned to amphibious operations, often seen in the [[Pacific War]]'s [[island hopping campaign]], or to [[Convoy#World War II|convoy protection]] in the [[war in the Atlantic]]. To that end, many of these ships were transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the [[Lend-Lease|US-UK lend-lease program]]. While some of these ships were kept for a time in reserve after the war, none survive today, as they have all since been sunk or retired and scrapped. The following are the classes and stand-alone ships of the US Navy's escort carriers;
* {{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|4}} (45 ships, 33 went to the RN)
* {{sclass|Sangamon|escort carrier|4}} (4 ships)
* {{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier|4}} (50 ships)
* {{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|4}} (19 ships went into service, 4 were cancelled)
* Stand-alone ships;
** No [[USN]] name given (AVG-1/BAVG-1) – went to the RN as [[Her Majesty's Ship|HMS]] ''Archer'' (D78) 
** No USN name given (AVG-2/BAVG-2) – went to the RN as HMS ''Avenger'' (D14) 
** No USN name given (AVG-3/BAVG-3) – went to the RN as HMS ''Biter'' (D97), then later to the French Navy as ''Dixmude'' 
** No USN name given (AVG-4/BAVG-4) – went to the RN as HMS ''Charger'' (D27), later returned to USN as {{USS|Charger|CVE-30}} 
** No USN name given (AVG-5/BAVG-5) – went to the RN as HMS ''Dasher'' (D37) 
** No USN name given (BAVG-6) – went to the RN as HMS ''Tracker'' (D24) 
** {{USS|Long Island|CVE-1|6}}

'''Amphibious assault ship'''
{{main|List of amphibious warfare ships of the United States Navy}}

The United States Navy also has several full-deck, [[amphibious assault ship]]s, which are larger than many of the aircraft carriers of other navies today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/america_class.htm|title=America Class Amphibious Assault Ship|website=Military Today|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502061635/http://www.military-today.com/navy/america_class.htm|archive-date=2 May 2018|url-status=usurped}}</ref> These ships are [[STOVL]]-capable and can carry full squadrons of fixed-wing aircraft, such as the [[V/STOL]] [[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II|AV-8B Harrier II]] and the STOVL [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning II]], along with numerous rotary-wing aircraft. Their primary purpose though, is usually to serve as the centerpiece and [[flagship]] for an [[Expeditionary Strike Group]] or [[Amphibious Ready Group]], carrying [[USMC|US Marine Corps]] [[Marine Expeditionary Unit|Expeditionary Unit]]s and their equipment close to shore for amphibious landings and departures. The following are ships and classes of US Navy amphibious assault ships;

'''Active'''
* {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LHD) (843&nbsp;ft, 40,500 tons) 
** {{USS|Wasp|LHD-1|6}}
** {{USS|Essex|LHD-2|6}}
** {{USS|Kearsarge|LHD-3|6}}
** {{USS|Boxer|LHD-4|6}}
** {{USS|Bataan|LHD-5|6}}
** {{USS|Iwo Jima|LHD-7|6}}
** {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}}
* {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LHA) (844&nbsp;ft, 45,000 tons)
** {{USS|America|LHA-6|6}}
** {{USS|Tripoli|LHA-7|6}}

'''Under construction'''
* {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|2}}
** {{USS|Bougainville|LHA-8|6}}
** {{USS|Fallujah|LHA-9|6}}
'''Planned''' 
* {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|2}} (11 total)
** {{USS|Helmand Province|LHA-10|6}} (ordered)
** LHA-11 (planned)
** LHA-12 (planned)
** LHA-13 (planned)
** LHA-14 (planned)
** LHA-15 (planned)
** LHA-16 (planned)

'''Retired'''
* {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|2}}
** {{USS|Bonhomme Richard|LHD-6|6}} 
* {{sclass|Tarawa|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LHA)
** {{USS|Tarawa|LHA-1|6}} – (On donation hold)
** {{USS|Saipan|LHA-2|6}} 
** {{USS|Belleau Wood|LHA-3|6}} 
** {{USS|Nassau|LHA-4|6}} – (On donation hold)
** {{USS|Peleliu|LHA-5|6}} – (In Reserve)
* {{sclass|Iwo Jima|amphibious assault ship|2}} (LPH)
** {{USS|Iwo Jima|LPH-2|6}} 
** {{USS|Okinawa|LPH-3|6}} 
** {{USS|Guadalcanal|LPH-7|6}} 
** {{USS|Guam|LPH-9|6}} 
** {{USS|Tripoli|LPH-10|6}} – (Converted to missile trial platform with the [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]] in 2006, scrapped in 2018)
** {{USS|New Orleans|LPH-11|6}} 
** {{USS|Inchon|LPH-12|6}}   
* Stand-alone amphibious assault ships (all LPH, numbered in with the ''Iwo Jima'' class);
** {{USS|Block Island|LPH-1|6}} – (converted ''Commencement Bay''-class escort carrier)
** {{USS|Boxer|LPH-4|6}} – (converted ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier)
** {{USS|Princeton|LPH-5|6}} – (converted ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier) 
** {{USS|Thetis Bay|LPH-6|6}} – (converted ''Casablanca''-class escort carrier)
** {{USS|Valley Forge|LPH-8|6}} – (converted ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier)