This is a list of aircraft carriers which are currently in service, under maintenance or refit, in reserve, under construction, or being updated. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, hangar and facilities for arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.[1] The list only refers to the status of the ship, not availability or condition of an air wing. This includes helicopter carriers and also amphibious assault ships, if the vessel's primary purpose is to carry, arm, deploy, and recover aircraft.
Country | Navy | Commissioned | In reserve | Undergoing trials | Under construction | Ordered | Planned |
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02 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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01 1[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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01 5[3][4] | 0 | 1[5] | 0[6][7][8] | 0 | 7[5] |
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02 2[9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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04 4[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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01 2[11] [12] | 0 | 0[13] | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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02 2[14] | 0 | 1[15] | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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04 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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01 1[16] | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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01 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[17][18] |
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01 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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01 1[19] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[20] |
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02 2[21][22][23] | 0 | 0 | 0[24] | 0 | 0 |
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20 | 2 | 1 | 3[25] | 1 | 13 |
Country | Class | Name (hull number) | Length | Tonnage | Propulsion | Type | Classification | Commissioned |
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Canberra (modified Juan Carlos I-class) |
Canberra (L02) | 230 230 m (750 ft) | 027100 27,100 t | Conventional | STOVL | LHD | 28 November 2014 |
Adelaide (L01) | 230 230 m (750 ft) | 027100 27,100 t | 4 December 2015 | |||||
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Ocean | Atlântico (A140) | 203.4 203.4 m (667 ft) | 021500 21,500 t | Conventional | VTOL | LPH | 29 June 2018[26] |
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Type 001 (modified Kuznetsov-class)[27] |
Liaoning (16) | 306.4 306.4 m (1,005 ft) | 060900 60,900 t[28] | Conventional | STOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 25 September 2012[3] |
Type 002 (modified Kuznetsov-class) |
Shandong (17) | 305 305 m (1,001 ft)[29] | 070000 60,000-70,000 t[30] | Conventional | STOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 17 December 2019 | |
Type 075 | Hainan (31) | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | Conventional | VTOL | LHD | 23 April 2021 | |
Guangxi (32) | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | 26 December 2021[31] | |||||
Anhui (33) | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | 1 October 2022 | |||||
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Mistral | Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010) | 199 199 m (653 ft) | 021300 21,300 t | Conventional | VTOL | LHD | 2 June 2016 |
Anwar El Sadat (L1020) | 199 199 m (653 ft) | 021300 21,300 t | 16 September 2016 | |||||
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Charles de Gaulle | Charles de Gaulle (R91) | 262 262 m (860 ft) | 042000 42,000 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 18 May 2001 |
Mistral | Mistral (L9013) | 199 199 m (653 ft) | 021300 21,300 t | Conventional | VTOL | LHD | 1 February 2006 | |
Tonnerre (L9014) | 199 199 m (653 ft) | 021300 21,300 t | 1 December 2006 | |||||
Dixmude (L9015) | 199 199 m (653 ft) | 021300 21,300 t | 27 December 2012 | |||||
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Vikramaditya (modified Kiev-class) |
Vikramaditya (R33) | 283 284 m (932 ft) | 045400 45,400 t | Conventional | STOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 16 November 2013[32] |
Vikrant | Vikrant (2013) | 262 262 m (860 ft) | 045400 45,000 t | Conventional | STOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 2 September 2022 | |
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Giuseppe Garibaldi | Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) | 180 180 m (590 ft) | 013850 13,850 t | Conventional | STOVL | Anti-submarine warfare carrier | 30 September 1985 |
Cavour | Cavour (C 550) | 244 244 m (801 ft) | 027100 30,000 t[33] | Conventional | STOVL | Light aircraft carrier | 27 March 2008 | |
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Izumo | Izumo (DDH-183) | 248 248 m (814 ft) | 027000 27,000 t | Conventional | VTOL | Helicopter Destroyer / Light aircraft carrier (from 2021) | 25 March 2015 |
Kaga (DDH-184) | 248 248 m (814 ft) | 027000 27,000 t | Helicopter Destroyer / Light aircraft carrier (from 2022) | 22 March 2017 | ||||
Hyūga | Hyūga (DDH-181) | 197 197 m (646 ft) | 019000 19,000 t | Conventional | VTOL | Helicopter Destroyer | 18 March 2009 | |
Ise (DDH-182) | 197 197 m (646 ft) | 019000 19,000 t | 16 March 2011 | |||||
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Kuznetsov | Admiral Kuznetsov (063) | 306 306.5 m (1,006 ft) | 055200 58,600 t | Conventional | STOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 21 January 1991 |
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Dokdo | Dokdo (LPH-6111) | 199 199 m (653 ft) | 018800 18,800 t | Conventional | VTOL | LPH | 3 July 2007 |
Marado (LPH-6112) | 199 199 m (653 ft) | 018800 18,800 t | 28 June 2021 | |||||
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Juan Carlos I | Juan Carlos I (L61) | 231 231 m (758 ft) | 026000 26,000 t | Conventional | STOVL | LHD | 30 September 2010 |
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Príncipe de Asturias | Chakri Naruebet (911) | 183 183 m (600 ft) | 011486 11,486 t | Conventional | STOVL | Light aircraft carrier (since 2006 used as a helicopter carrier) | 10 August 1997 |
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Queen Elizabeth | Queen Elizabeth (R08) | 280 280 m (920 ft) | 065000 65,000 t | Integrated electric propulsion | STOVL | Aircraft carrier | 7 December 2017 |
Prince of Wales (R09)[34] | 280 280 m (920 ft) | 065000 65,000 t | 10 December 2019 | |||||
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Ford | Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)[35] | 337 337 m (1,106 ft) | 101600 101,600 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 22 July 2017 |
Nimitz | Nimitz (CVN-68)[36][37] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 101600 101,600 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | Aircraft carrier | 3 May 1975 | |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)[36][37] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 103300 103,300 t | 18 October 1977 | |||||
Carl Vinson (CVN-70) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 102900 102,900 t | 13 March 1982 | |||||
Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 106300 106,300 t | 25 October 1986 | |||||
Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)[36][37] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 106000 106,000 t | 11 November 1989 | |||||
George Washington (CVN-73) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 105900 105,900 t | 4 July 1992 | |||||
John C. Stennis (CVN-74) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 105000 105,000 t | 9 December 1995 | |||||
Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 105600 105,600 t | 25 July 1998 | |||||
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 103000 103,000 t | 12 July 2003 | |||||
George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 103600 103,600 t | 10 January 2009 | |||||
America[25] | America (LHA-6) | 257.3 257 m (843 ft) | 045000 45,000 t | Conventional | STOVL | LHA (Flight 0 used as helicopter carriers) | 11 October 2014[38] | |
Tripoli (LHA-7) | 257.3 257 m (843 ft) | 045000 45,000 t | 15 July 2020 | |||||
Wasp[25] | Wasp (LHD-1) | 257 257 m (843 ft) | 040532 40,532 t | Conventional | STOVL | LHD | 29 July 1989 | |
Essex (LHD-2) | 257 257 m (843 ft) | 040650 40,650 t | 17 October 1992 | |||||
Kearsarge (LHD-3) | 257 257 m (843 ft) | 040500 40,500 t | 16 October 1993 | |||||
Boxer (LHD-4) | 257 257 m (843 ft) | 040722 40,722 t | 11 February 1995 | |||||
Bataan (LHD-5) | 257 257 m (843 ft) | 040358 40,358 t | 20 September 1997 | |||||
Iwo Jima (LHD-7) | 257 257 m (843 ft) | 040530 40,530 t | 30 June 2001 | |||||
Makin Island (LHD-8) | 258 257 m (843 ft) | 041649 41,649 t | 24 October 2009 | |||||
Country | Class | Name (hull number) | Length | Tonnage | Propulsion | Type | Classification | Commissioned |
Country | Class | Ship (hull number) | Length | Tonnage | Propulsion | Type | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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Tarawa | Peleliu (LHA-5) | 250 250 m (820 ft) | 039438 39,438 t | Conventional | STOVL | 3 May 1980 | 13 March 2015 | Reserve Fleet |
Tarawa (LHA-1) | 250 250 m (820 ft) | 038900 38,900 t | 29 May 1976 | 31 March 2009 | Reserve Fleet | ||||
Country | Class | Ship (hull number) | Length | Tonnage | Propulsion | Type | Commissioning | Status |
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Type 003 | Fujian | 316 m (1,037 ft) | 08000 80,000+ t | Conventional | CATOBAR [39] | 2023 (planned) | Undergoing sea trials [citation needed] |
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Trieste | Trieste (L9890)[15] | 245 245 m (804 ft) | 032306 38,000 t | Conventional | STOVL [40] | 2023 (planned) | Undergoing sea trials |
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Anadolu (modified Juan Carlos I-class) |
Anadolu (L-400) [41] | 230.8 m (757 ft) | 27,436 t | Conventional | STOVL | 2022 (planned)[42] | Undergoing sea trials[43] |
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Ford | John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) [44] | 337 337 m (1,106 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | 2024 (planned) | Undergoing sea trials |
Country | Class | Ship (hull number) | Length | Tonnage | Propulsion | Type | Commissioning | Status |
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Project 23900 | Ivan Rogov [45][46] | 333 220 m (720 ft) | 14000 40,000 t | Conventional | VTOL | 2028 (planned) | Under construction |
Mitrofan Moskalenko [45] | 333 220 m (720 ft) | 14000 40,000 t | 2029 (planned) | Under construction | ||||
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Ford | Enterprise (CVN-80) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | 2027 (planned) | Under construction [35] |
Doris Miller (CVN-81) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | 2030 (planned) | Under construction [51] | ||||
America | Bougainville (LHA-8) | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,000 t | Conventional | STOVL | 2024 (planned) | Under construction[52] |
Country | Class | Ship (hull number) | Length | Tonnage | Propulsion | Type | Commissioned | Notes |
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Ford | TBD (CVN-82) | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | 2034 (planned) | [48] [49] |
Country | Class | Ship (hull number) | Length | Tonnage | Propulsion | Type | Commissioned |
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TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 2029+ (planned) [53] |
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Type 004 | TBD | TBD | 110000 110,000 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | 2025+ (planned) |
Type 075 | TBD[5] | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | Conventional | VTOL | TBD | |
TBD[5] | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD[5] | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD[5] | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD[5] | 237 237 m (778 ft) | 040000 35,000 t | TBD | ||||
Type 076 | TBD[5] | TBD | 040000 50,000 t | Conventional | VTOL & CATOBAR[54] | TBD | |
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PANG | TBD | 300 m (980 ft) | 075000 75,000 t[55] | Nuclear[56] | CATOBAR | 2038+ (planned)[57] |
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Vikrant[citation needed] | Vishal (IAC-II) [58] | TBD | 065000 65,000 t [59] [60] | Conventional [61] | CATOBAR | 2030s (planned) [62] |
TBD | TBD[63] | TBD | 030000 30,000 t | Conventional | VTOL/STOVL | TBD | |
TBD[63] | TBD | 030000 30,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD[63] | TBD | 030000 30,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD[63] | TBD | 030000 30,000 t | TBD | ||||
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TBD | TBD | 330 200 m (660 ft) | 20000 20,000 t | TBD | STOVL | 2025+ (planned)[64] |
TBD | 330 200 m (660 ft) | 20000 20,000 t | 2025+ (planned)[64] | ||||
TBD | 330 200 m (660 ft) | 20000 20,000 t | 2025+ (planned)[64] | ||||
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Project 23000E/Shtorm | TBD | 330 330 m (1,080 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | TBD | STOBAR | 2025+ (planned) |
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CVX | TBD | TBD | 040000 40,000 t | Conventional | STOVL | 2030–2033 (planned)[17][18] |
TBD | TBD | 040000 40,000 t | TBD[17][18] | ||||
TBD | TBD | 040000 40,000 t | TBD[17][18] | ||||
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Anadolu (modified Juan Carlos I-class) |
Trakya (tbd) | 231 232 m (761 ft) | 026000 26,000 t | Conventional | STOVL | TBD[65] |
TBD | TBD | TBD | 050000 50,000 t | TBD | STOVL & CATOBAR | TBD[20] | |
TBD | TBD | 050000 50,000 t | TBD[20] | ||||
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Ford | TBD (CVN-83) [49] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | Nuclear | CATOBAR | TBD |
TBD (CVN-84) [49] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (CVN-85) [49] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (CVN-86) [49] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (CVN-87) [49] | 333 333 m (1,093 ft) | 100000 100,000 t | TBD | ||||
America | TBD (LHA-9) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | Conventional | STOVL | TBD | |
TBD (LHA-10) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (LHA-11) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (LHA-12) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (LHA-13) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (LHA-14) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (LHA-15) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | TBD | ||||
TBD (LHA-16) [52] | 244 257 m (843 ft) | 045693 45,693 t | TBD |
Country | Class | Ship (hull number) | Propulsion | Commissioned | shipyard | Date Started | Date Completed |
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Izumo | Kaga (DDH-184) | Conventional | 22 March 2017 | TBD | 2022 | TBD |
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Kuznetsov | Admiral Kuznetsov (063) | Conventional | 21 January 1991 | Murmansk | 2017 | TBD |
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Nimitz | Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) | Nuclear | July 25, 1998 | TBD | 2024 | TBD |
the total cumulative hull/waterline length is nearly 300 meters, already almost as long as the total 305-meter length (including flight deck) of the carriers Liaoning and Shandong.
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