Editing List of aircraft carriers (section)

==List of countries that have operated aircraft carriers==
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===Argentina===
'''Retired:'''
* Light carriers:
** [[HMS Warrior (R31)|ARA ''Independencia'' (V-1)]]:  [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Colossus'' class]] light carrier, ex-HMS ''Warrior'', in service from 1959 to 1969; scrapped 1971
** {{Ship|ARA|Veinticinco de Mayo|V-2}}:  ''Colossus'' class light carrier, ex-HMS ''Venerable'', in service from 1969 to 1999; scrapped 1999

===Australia===
'''Retired:'''
* Light fleet carriers:
** {{HMAS|Sydney|R17|6}}: [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic'' class]] carrier in service from 1948 to 1958. Later recommissioned as troop transport
** {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}}:  ''Majestic'' class carrier in service from 1955 to 1982
** {{HMAS|Vengeance}}:  [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Colossus'' class]] light carrier on loan from Royal Navy from 1952 to 1955

===Brazil===
'''Retired:'''
* Fleet carrier:
** {{Ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|São Paulo||2}}: {{sclass|Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|0}} carrier in service between 2000 and 2017. Former name as carrier of the French Navy: ''Foch''. Scuttled in 2023
* Light carrier:
** {{Ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|Minas Gerais||2}}:  [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Colossus''-class]] carrier, ex-HMS ''Vengeance'', in service from 1960 to 2001. Scrapped in 2004

===Canada===
'''Retired:'''
* Light carriers:
** [[HMS Warrior (R31)|HMCS ''Warrior'']]:  [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Colossus''-class]] light carrier in service from 1946 to 1948; returned to [[Royal Navy]] and sold to [[Argentine Navy]] as ARA ''Independencia'' (V-1); carrier in service from 1959 to 1969; scrapped 1971
** {{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|6}}:  [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic''-class]] carrier in service from 1946 to 1956; returned to [[Royal Navy]] and stricken; scrapped in Scotland in 1965
** {{HMCS|Bonaventure|CVL 22|6}} :  ''Majestic''-class carrier in service from 1957 to 1970; ordered by [[Royal Navy]], but sold as HMS ''Powerful'' and delivered to [[Royal Canadian Navy]]; retired by the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] and broken up in [[Taiwan]] 1971

===China===
{{main|Chinese aircraft carrier programme}}
'''Active:'''
* {{Ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Liaoning||2}}:  partially completed ex-[[Soviet Navy]] carrier sold to China by Ukraine and refitted in [[Dalian]] as Type 001. Handed over to PLAN on 23 September 2012 and entered active service on 25 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=China unveils first aircraft carrier to enter service|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-unveils-first-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-service/|date=25 September 2012|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022024939/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/25/china-unveils-first-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-service/|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Shandong||2}}: construction started in 2013, launched in 2017, and entered active service on 17 December 2019.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html|title=China, Sending a Signal, Launches a Home-Built Aircraft Carrier|first=Chris|last=Buckley|date=25 April 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308221607/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html|archive-date=8 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Fitting-out & Seatrials'''
* ''[[Chinese aircraft carrier&nbsp;Fujian|Fujian]]'': Type 003 carrier. Launched 17 June 2022. In January 2024, the Fujian was carrying out mooring tests in preparation for its maiden voyage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Aadil Brar China News |date=2024-01-03 |title=China releases new images of third aircraft carrier Fujian |url=https://www.newsweek.com/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-new-images-third-1857294 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

'''Under construction & Planned:'''
* [[Type 004 aircraft carrier|Type 004]]: a planned [[nuclear-powered]] aircraft carrier.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

===France===
'''Active:'''
* {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Charles de Gaulle||2}}: nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service since 2001

'''Planned:'''
* [[Future French aircraft carrier|PANG]]: a planned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

'''Retired:'''
* {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Béarn||2}}: converted {{sclass|Normandie|battleship|2}} in service from 1927 to 1948
* {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Dixmude||2}}: {{sclass|Avenger|escort carrier}}, ex-{{HMS|Biter|D97|6}}, in service from 1945 to 1951
* {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Arromanches||2}}:  [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Colossus''-class]] [[light aircraft carrier]], ex-HMS ''Colossus'' (R15), in service from 1946 to 1974
* {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|La Fayette||2}}: [[light aircraft carrier]] in service from 1951 to 1963
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Bois Belleau|R97|2}}: [[light aircraft carrier]] in service from 1953 to 1960
* {{sclass|Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Clemenceau||2}}: aircraft carrier in service from 1961 to 1997
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Foch||2}}: aircraft carrier in service from 1963 to 2000. Refitted, sold to Brazil and renamed ''São Paulo''. Scuttled in 2023

'''Never completed:'''
* {{Ship|French ship|Engageante||2}}: [[Friponne-class sloop|''Friponne''-class]] sloop planned for conversion but not completed<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1/France/asw-french-escorts|title=French WW1 ASW vessels|date=2019-05-16|website=naval encyclopedia|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref>
* {{Ship|French ship|Conquerante||2}}: [[Valliante-class sloop|''Valliante''-class]] sloop planned for conversion but not completed<ref name=":0" />
* {{sclass|Joffre|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Joffre||2}}: carrier construction cancelled in 1940
** {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Painlevé||2}}: carrier plan cancelled in 1940
* {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Verdun||2}}: attack carrier development cancelled in 1961
* '''[[PH 75]]''': projected two nuclear powered helicopter carrier program during the 1970s
** ''Bretagne'': STOVL aircraft carrier
** ''Provence'': STOVL aircraft carrier
* '''[[French aircraft carrier PA2|PA 2]]''': modified version of Thales UK/BMT design of the British ''Queen Elizabeth'' class (formerly CVF).

===Germany===
{{Main|List of aircraft carriers of Germany}}

'''Never completed:'''
* {{Ship|German aircraft carrier|I|1915|6}} &nbsp;– planned conversion of passenger ship from German shipyard to aircraft carrier. Cancelled in 1918.
* {{Ship|German aircraft carrier|Graf Zeppelin||2}}: [[Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier|''Graf Zeppelin''-class]] carrier. Launched but not completed. Construction work stopped in 1943.
* [[Flugzeugträger B|''Flugzeugträger'' B]]:  ''Graf Zeppelin'' class carrier cancelled partly constructed in 1939.
* [[Flugzeugträger C]]: Planned ''Graf Zeppelin'' class carrier cancelled in 1938.<ref name="Carl Dreessen 2000. p. 101">Carl Dreessen: "Die deutsche Flottenrüstung." Mittler & Sohn. Hamburg 2000. p. 101</ref>
* [[Flugzeugträger D]]: Planned ''Graf Zeppelin'' class carrier cancelled in 1938.<ref name="Carl Dreessen 2000. p. 101"/>
* {{Ship|German cruiser|Seydlitz||2}}: conversion of part-built [[Admiral Hipper-class cruiser|''Admiral Hipper''-class]] cruiser. Work stopped in 1943 and not resumed.
* {{Ship|German aircraft carrier|I|1942|6}}: conversion of the transport ship {{SS|Europa|1928|2}} cancelled at the design stage in November 1942 due to insurmountable problems.
* [[Jade-class aircraft carrier|Jade]]: Lead ship of the Jade-class. Converted from the passenger liner [[SS Potsdam]]. Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Sunk on 2 May 1943.<ref name=G74>{{harvnb|Gröner|1990|p=74}}</ref>
*[[Jade-class aircraft carrier|Elbe]]: Converted from the passenger liner [[SS Gneisenau (1935)]]. Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Survived the war but was seized by Great Britain on 20 June 1946.<ref name=G74/>
*[[German aircraft carrier II]]: was a proposed conversion project for the incomplete [[French cruiser De Grasse]]. The ship was laid down in November 1938 and lay incomplete in the Arsenal de Lorient shipyard when Germany invaded France in May 1940. In 1942, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine decided to convert the cruiser into an auxiliary aircraft carrier with a capacity for twenty-three fighters and dive bombers. Work ceased in February 1943, however, due to concerns with the ship's design, a severe shortage of material and labor, and the threat of Allied bombing raids. In 1945, the ship was returned to France and was eventually completed as an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1956 by the [[French Navy]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJBMBvyQ83EC|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946|isbn=9780870219139|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|year=1984|publisher=Naval Institute Press}}</ref>

The two planned Italian carriers {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Aquila||2}} and {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Sparviero||2}} were seized by the Germans after the Italian Armistice but not completed.

===India===
'''Active:'''
* {{INS|Vikramaditya}}: 45,400 tons, Modified {{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|4}} carrier (ex-{{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Admiral Gorshkov||2}}), in service with India since 2013.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=28 May 2015|title=INS Vikrant to be ready by 2018, says Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indigenous-aircraft-carrier-to-be-ready-by-2018-navy-chief-291430-2015-05-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501094615/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indigenous-aircraft-carrier-to-be-ready-by-2018-navy-chief-291430-2015-05-28|archive-date=1 May 2018|access-date=2 March 2016|website=[[India Today]]}}</ref>
* {{INS|Vikrant|2013|6}}: 45,000 ton carrier. It was built at [[Cochin Shipyard]] and commissioned on 2 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suciu|first=Peter|date=2022-07-28|title=INS Vikrant: India's New Aircraft Carrier Has Arrived|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-s-first-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-to-be-commissioned-on-sept-3-122082500520_1.html#:~:text=India%27s%20first%20aircraft%20carrier%20INS,Business%20Standard%20News|access-date=2022-08-02|website=19FortyFive|language=en-US}}</ref>

'''Planned:'''
* {{INS|Vishal}}: 65,000 ton carrier. Yet to start, planned to enter service in 2030. It will be conventionally powered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/news/india/ins-vishal-not-be-nuclear-powered-as-barc-says-15-years-will-be-needed-to-develop-reactor-2571054/|title=Navy's Dream of Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Suffers a Hit; BARC Says it Will Take 15-20 Years|date=27 October 2017|website=[[India.com]]|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509100544/http://www.india.com/news/india/ins-vishal-not-be-nuclear-powered-as-barc-says-15-years-will-be-needed-to-develop-reactor-2571054/|archive-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Retired:'''
* {{INS|Vikrant|1961|6}}: 19,500 tons, [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic''-class]] carrier, (ex-HMS ''Hercules''), in service from 1961 to 1997, used as a museum until 2012, scrapped 2014–2015.
* {{INS|Viraat}}: 28,700 tons, {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|4}} carrier (ex-{{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}}) in service from 1987 to 2016. Decommissioned on 6 March 2017.

===Italy===
'''Active:'''
* {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Cavour||2}} (2008) – 27,100 tons carrier.
* {{ship|Italian landing helicopter dock|Trieste||2}} (2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/11/italian-mods-defence-planning-document-2023-2025-new-naval-and-joint-programs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215234123/https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/naval-vessels/multirole-lhd/|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=live|title=MULTIROLE LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD)}}</ref> – 32,300 tons carrier ([[Landing helicopter dock|LHD type]]).

'''Retired:'''
* {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Giuseppe Garibaldi||2}} – Commissioned in 1985 as Italy's first through-deck aviation ship. She was decommissioned on 1 October 2024.

'''Never completed:'''
* {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Sparviero||2}} (1927) (converted liner ''Augustus'', not completed as carrier)&nbsp;– Sunk 5 October 1944
* {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Aquila||2}} (1926) (converted liner ''Roma'')&nbsp;– BU 1951–1952

===Japan===
'''Active:'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lockie|first=Alex|title=Japan unveiled new plans for an F-35 aircraft carrier – and it's a Chinese navy killer|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/japans-new-plan-for-izumo-f-35-carrier-a-tool-against-chinas-navy-2018-12|access-date=2019-12-28|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sutton|first=H. I.|title=Japan To Get First Aircraft Carriers Since World War II|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2019/11/20/japan-to-get-first-aircraft-carriers-since-world-war-two/|access-date=2019-12-27|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Yoshida|first=Reiji|date=2019-05-23|title=Japan's plan to remodel Izumo-class carriers: Needed upgrade or mere show of force?|language=en-US|work=The Japan Times Online|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/23/national/izumo-needed-upgrade-mere-show-force/|access-date=2019-12-27|issn=0447-5763}}</ref>
* {{sclass|Izumo|multi-purpose destroyer|4}}
** {{JS|Izumo||2}} – Commissioned in 2015. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into a multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft
** {{JS|Kaga||2}} – Commissioned in 2017. Announced in December 2018 to be redesignated and converted into a multi-purpose destroyer to carry F-35 aircraft

'''Retired:'''
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō||2}} (1921)&nbsp;– used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūhō||2}} (1933)&nbsp;– damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and dismantled 1946
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaiyō||2}} (1943)&nbsp;– damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945, grounded in Beppu Bay and dismantled in place in 1946
* {{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Jun'yō||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; dismantled 1946
* {{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Katsuragi||2}} (1944)&nbsp;– used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and dismantled 1946

'''Sunk:'''
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}} (1921)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{sclass|Amagi|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}} (1925)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} (1931)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
<!-- * {{sclass|Sōryū|aircraft carrier|4}} -->
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Sōryū||2}} (1935)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}} (1937)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* {{sclass|Zuihō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōhō||2}} (1935)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuihō||2}} (1936)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* {{sclass|Chitose|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chitose||2}} (1936)&nbsp;– seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}} (1937)&nbsp;– sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* {{sclass|Shōkaku|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Cavalla|SS-244}}, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* {{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiyō||2}} (1939)&nbsp;– sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taihō||2}} (1943)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Albacore|SS-218}}, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* {{sclass|Taiyō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taiyō||2}} (1941)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Rasher|SS-269|6}}, August 1944
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Un'yō||2}} (1942)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Barb|SS-220|6}}, September 1944
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chūyō||2}} (1942)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Sailfish|SS-192|6}}, December 1943
* {{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Amagi||2}} (1943)&nbsp;– used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Unryū||2}} (1943)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Redfish|SS-395|6}}, December 1944
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinano||2}} (1944)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Archerfish|SS-311|6}}, November 1944
* {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shin'yō||2}} (1944)&nbsp;– sunk by U.S. submarine {{USS|Spadefish|SS-411|6}}, November 1944

''Hōshō'', ''Jun'yō'', ''Katsuragi'', and ''Ryūhō'' survived the war. These were scrapped by 1948.

'''Never completed:'''
* {{sclass|Amagi|aircraft carrier|4}}
**''Amagi'' (not completed); damaged beyond economical repair in the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] of September 1923, scrapped 1924
* {{sclass|Taihō|aircraft carrier|4}}
** 5x Improved {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taihō||2}}, project G-15 (cancelled 1944)
* {{sclass|Unryū|aircraft carrier|4}}
** Hull 5002, 3rd unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1943); materials used for Shinano conversion
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kasagi||2}}, 5th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
** Hull 5005, 6th unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1943); materials used for Shinano conversion
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Aso||2}}, 7th unit of Unryū class (not completed); sunk as weapon test target and scrapped postwar
** {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ikoma||2}}, 8th unit of Unryū class (not completed); dismantled post-war
** ''Kurama'', 9th unit of Unryū class (cancelled 1944)
* {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Ibuki|1943|2}} – heavy cruiser conversion (not completed); dismantled post-war

===Netherlands===
'''Retired:'''
* [[HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81)|Hr.Ms. ''Karel Doorman'']] (ex-British {{HMS|Venerable|R63|6}}, purchased 1948)&nbsp;– Sold to Argentina 1968 and renamed ARA ''Veinticinco de Mayo'', broken up.

===Russia (and USSR)===
{{see also|list of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union}}
The Russian Navy was reestablished in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR), most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred over to Russia (with the exception of ''Varyag'' which was transferred to Ukraine. ''Ulyanovsk'' was scrapped before the Soviet Union was dissolved).

'''Active:'''
* {{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Russian aircraft carrier|Admiral Kuznetsov||2}} (Russia: 1991–present / USSR:  1985–1991); Undergoing overhaul and repairs since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Axe|first=David|title=The Russian Navy's Only Aircraft Carrier Is Stuck in Overhaul. So Her MiG-29 Fighters Have Gone To War in Ukraine.|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/21/the-russian-navys-only-aircraft-carrier-is-stuck-in-overhaul-so-her-mig-29-fighters-have-gone-to-war-in-ukraine/|access-date=2024-07-15|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

'''Under Construction:'''
* Ivan Rogov Aircraft Carrier <ref>https://english.nv.ua/nation/russia-completing-ivan-rogov-amphibious-assault-ship-in-kerch-satellite-images-reveal-50433573.html</ref>
<ref>https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/russia_speeds_up_construction_of_its_largest_ship_with_15_helipads-14056.html</ref>

'''Proposed:'''
* [[Project 23000 aircraft carrier]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project 23000 |url=http://www.mdc.idv.tw/mdc/navy/russia/23000e.htm |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.mdc.idv.tw}}</ref>
* Project 11430E aircraft carrier<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Military Watch Magazine Editorial |date=2020-01-22 |title=Russian Designers Display ‘Budget Option’ for Future Aircraft Carrier Design - Introducing the Project 11430E Lamantin |url=https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-designers-display-budget-option-for-future-aircraft-carrier-design-introducing-the-project-11430e-lamantin |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Military Watch Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
* Project 23000KM aircraft carrier
'''Retired:'''
* {{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Kiev||2}} (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1972–1991); converted to a theme park (later hotel) in China
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Minsk||2}} (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1975–1991); converted to a theme park in China
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Novorossiysk||2}} (Russia: 1991–1993, USSR: 1978–1991); scrapped
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Admiral Gorshkov||2}} (Russia: 1991–1995, USSR: 1982–1991); sold to India, modified, rebuilt by India and renamed {{INS|Vikramaditya}}

'''Never completed:'''
* [[Project 1153 Orel]]
* {{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|4}}
** [[Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning|''Varyag'']] (not commissioned) – to Ukraine (1991); rebuilt, tested and commissioned by the Chinese PLAN as ''Liaoning''
* ''Ulyanovsk'' class
** {{Ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Ulyanovsk||2}} (not commissioned) – scrapped (1991)

===Spain===
'''Active:'''
* {{Ship|Spanish amphibious assault ship|Juan Carlos I||2}} : 27,079 tonne [[STOVL]] carrier in active service, commissioned 30 September 2010.

'''Retired:'''
* {{Ship|Spanish aircraft carrier|Dédalo||2}}: 11,700 ton {{sclass|Independence|aircraft carrier|0}} [[light carrier]], ex-{{USS|Cabot|CVL-28|6}}, helicopters only from 1967 to 1976, struck 1989 and returned to United States, eventually scrapped in 2002.
* {{Ship|Spanish aircraft carrier|Príncipe de Asturias||2}}: 17,000 ton [[STOVL]] commissioned 30 May 1982, decommissioned on 6 February 2013 due to defence spending cuts.

'''Never completed:'''
* [[Italian cruiser Trieste|Spanish conversion]] for refloated Italian heavy cruiser ''Trieste'', cancelled in 1951.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Busquets|first1=C.|last2=Campanera|first2=A.|last3=Coello|first3=J. L.|title=Los portaaviones españoles|publisher=Agualarga Editores|year=1994|isbn=84-88959-02-8|language=es}}</ref>

===Thailand===
'''Role changed:'''
* {{Ship|HTMS|Chakri Naruebet}} (1996)* Commissioned in 1997, but by 1999, only one used AV-8S Matador/Harrier was still operable due to lack of spare parts and age.<ref>{{cite book|first1=William M.|last1=Carpenter|first2=David G.|last2=Wiencek|title=Asian Security Handbook|location=[[Armonk, NY]]|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|year=2000|page=302|isbn=978-0-76560-714-0}}</ref> Since 2006 is solely operated as a helicopter carrier.

===Turkey===
'''Active:'''
* {{TCG|Anadolu}} (2021): Based on [[Spanish landing helicopter dock Juan Carlos I|''Juan Carlos I'']]. Construction works began on 30 April 2016 at the shipyard of Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. in Istanbul. It was delivered to the [[Turkish Navy]] in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enkucuk.com/ucak-gemisi-olan-ulkeleri-ogrenelim/|title=Uçak Gemisi Olan Ülkeleri Öğrenelim|date=2017-11-23|website=2020 Güncel Bilgi|language=tr|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tayfun|first1=Ozberk|title=Turkey's future LHD Anadolu Starts Sea Trials|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/02/turkeys-future-lhd-anadolu-starts-sea-trials/|website=Naval News|date=28 February 2022|access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/03/turkish-navy-accepts-delivery-of-its-flagship-tcg-anadolu/|title=Turkish Navy Accepts Delivery of Its Flagship, TCG ANADOLU|date=2023-03-05|website=Naval News|language=en|access-date=2023-03-09}}</ref>

'''Under construction:'''
* [[MUGEM-class aircraft carrier]]

===United Kingdom===
{{Main|List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy}}

'''Active:'''
* {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|2}}, [[STOVL]] ship of 80,600 tonnes
** {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|R08|6}}
** {{HMS|Prince of Wales|R09|6}}

'''Retired:'''
* {{HMS|Argus|I49|6}} (1916) – scrapped 1946
* {{HMS|Furious|47|6}} (1916) – decommissioned 1945
* {{HMS|Vindictive|1918|6}} (1918)&nbsp;– converted to aircraft carrying cruiser 1925, sold for scrap 1946
* {{HMS|Unicorn|I72|6}} fleet maintenance carrier (1943) – sold for scrap 1959
* {{sclass|Illustrious|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Illustrious|87|6}} (1939)
** {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} (1939)
** {{HMS|Victorious|R38|6}} (1939)
* {{HMS|Indomitable|92|6}} (1940)
* {{sclass|Implacable|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Implacable|R86|6}} (1942)
** {{HMS|Indefatigable|R10|6}} (1942)
* {{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Eagle|R05|6}} (ex-''Audacious'') (1946) – decommissioned 1972
** {{HMS|Ark Royal|R09|6}} (ex-''Irresistible'') (1950) – decommissioned 1979
* [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Colossus'' class]]
** {{HMS|Colossus|R61|6}} (1943), to [[Marine Nationale|France]] 1946 as {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Arromanches||2}}
** {{HMS|Glory|R62|6}} (1943)
** {{HMS|Ocean|R68|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Theseus|R64|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Triumph|R16|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Venerable|R63|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to [[Royal Netherlands Navy|Netherlands]] 1948 as {{HNLMS|Karel Doorman|R81|6}}, to [[Argentine Navy|Argentina]] 1968 as {{Ship|ARA|Veinticinco de Mayo|V-2|6}}
** {{HMS|Vengeance|R71|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to Brazil 1956 as {{Ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|Minas Gerais||2}}
** {{HMS|Warrior|R31|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to Canada 1946–1948, to Argentina 1958 as {{Ship|ARA|Independencia|1958|6}}
** {{HMS|Perseus|R51|6}} (1944)
** {{HMS|Pioneer|R76|6}} (1944)
* [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic'' class]]
** {{HMS|Majestic|R77|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– to [[Royal Australian Navy|Australia]] 1955 as {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} 
** {{HMS|Hercules|R49|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– to [[Indian Navy|India]] 1957 as {{Ship|INS|Vikrant|1961|6}}
** HMS ''Magnificent'' (1944)&nbsp;– sold to Canada as {{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|6}}
** {{HMS|Powerful|R95|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– to [[Royal Canadian Navy|Canada]] 1952 as {{HMCS|Bonaventure|CVL 22|6}}
** {{HMS|Terrible|R93|6}} (1944)&nbsp;– to Australia in 1948 as {{HMAS|Sydney|R17|6}} 
* {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Centaur|R06|6}} (1947)
** {{HMS|Albion|R07|6}} (1947)
** {{HMS|Bulwark|R08|6}} (1948)
** {{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}} (ex-''Elephant'') (1953), to India 1986 as {{INS|Viraat}}
* {{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|4}}
** {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}} (1977)
** {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}} (1982)
** {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|6}} (1985)

'''Sunk:'''
* [[Courageous-class aircraft carrier|''Glorious'' class]]
** {{HMS|Glorious}} (1916), sunk by ''Scharnhorst'' and ''Gneisenau'' 8 June 1940
** {{HMS|Courageous|50|6}} (1916), sunk by ''[[German submarine U-29 (1936)|U-29]]'' 17 September 1939
* {{HMS|Eagle|1918|6}} (1918), sunk by ''[[German submarine U-73 (1940)|U-73]]'' 11 August 1942
* {{HMS|Hermes|95|6}} (1923)&nbsp;– first purpose-designed aircraft carrier, sunk by Japanese aircraft 9 April 1942
* {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} (1938), sunk 14 November 1941 after being torpedoed by ''[[German submarine U-81 (1941)|U-81]]'' on 13 November 1941

'''Never completed:'''

* {{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|4}}
** ''Eagle''&nbsp;– cancelled 1946
** ''Africa''&nbsp;–  to ''Malta'' class then cancelled
* [[1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier|''Majestic'' class]]
** {{HMS|Leviathan|R97|6}} (1945)&nbsp;– was never completed
* {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|4}} – second batch of four cancelled
** ''Hermes''&nbsp;– cancelled
** ''Arrogant''&nbsp;– cancelled
** ''Monmouth''&nbsp;– cancelled
** ''Polyphemus''&nbsp;– cancelled
* {{sclass|Malta|aircraft carrier|4}}&nbsp;– ordered 1943, not laid down, cancelled 1945<ref>{{cite book|last=Hobbs|first=David|title=British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories|year=2013|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-138-0|page=215}}</ref> 
**''Malta''
**''New Zealand''
**''Gibraltar''
**''Africa''
* [[CVA-01]]&nbsp;– cancelled 1966
**Initial four ships planned, reduced to two (likely to have been named ''Queen Elizabeth'' and ''Duke of Edinburgh''), reduced to one ship in 1963. No building started.

===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)