Appendix A
CARRIER DATA1
This appendix contains two tables of carrier data. Table A.1 summarizes the
production and disposition history of all U.S. aircraft carriers to date. Table A.2
provides dimensions, crew sizes, and propulsion and power specifications for
most carriers built from Forrestal on.
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1 Data in the appendix were taken from various volumes of Jane’s Fighting Ships (London: Jane’s
Information Group), The World Aircraft Carrier Lists (available online at http://www.usssalem.org/navhist/carriers/) and various communications from Newport News Shipbuilding.
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Table A.1
Hull
No.
Name
CV 1
Langley d
Langley
CV 2
CV 3
CV 4
CV 5
CV 6
CV 7
CV 8
CV 9
CV 10
CV 11
CV 12
CV 13
CV 14
CV 15
CV 16
CV 17
CV 18
CV 19
CV 20
CV 21
CVL 22
CVL 23
CVL 24
Lexington e
Saratogaf
Ranger
Yorktown
Enterprise
Wasp
Hornet
Essex
Yorktown
Intrepid
Hornetg
Franklin
Ticonderoga
Randolph
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Wasp
Hancock
Bennington
Boxer
Independence
Princeton
Belleau Wood
CVL 25
CVL 26
Cowpens
Monterey
Utopia
Builder a
Class
Laid
Down
Launched
Commissioned
Decom.
(D),
Sunk (S),
Can. (C)
Date
Lexington
Lexington
Ranger
Yorktown
Yorktown
Wasp
Yorktown
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Ticonderogah
Ticonderoga
Essex
Essex
Essex
Ticonderoga
Essex
Ticonderoga
Independence i
Independence
Independence
MINSY/
NNSY
Beth FR
NYSB
NNSB
NNS
NNS
Beth FR
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
Beth Q
Beth Q
Beth Q
Beth Q
NYNSY
NNS
NYSB
NYSB
NYSB
18-Oct-11
8-Jan-21
25-Sep-20
26-Sep-31
21-May-34
16-Jul-34
1-Apr-36
25-Sep-39
28-Apr-41
1-Dec-41
1-Dec-41
3-Aug-42
7-Dec-42
1-Feb-43
10-May-43
15-Jul-41
15-Sep-41
18-Mar-42
26-Jan-43
15-Dec-42
13-Sep-43
1-May-41
6-Feb-41
11-Aug-41
24-Aug-12
3-Oct-25
7-Apr-25
24-Feb-33
4-Apr-36
3-Oct-36
4-Apr-39
14-Dec-40
31-Jul-42
21-Jan-43
26-Apr-43
29-Aug-43
14-Oct-43
7-Feb-44
28-Jun-44
26-Sep-42
7-Dec-42
17-Aug-43
24-Jan-44
26-Feb-44
14-Dec-44
22-Aug-42
18-Oct-42
6-Dec-42
7-Apr-13
14-Dec-27
16-Nov-27
4-Jun-34
30-Sep-37
12-May-38
25-Apr-40
25-Oct-41
31-Dec-42
15-May-43
16-Aug-43
29-Nov-43
31-Jan-44
10-Oct-44
9-Oct-44
17-Feb-43
24-May-43
24-Nov-43
15-Apr-44
6-Aug-44
16-Apr-45
14-Jan-43
25-Feb-43
31-Mar-43
S
S
S
D
S
D
S
S
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
S
D
27-Feb-42
8-May-42
25-Jul-46
18-Oct-46
7-Jun-42
17-Feb-47
15-Sep-42
26-Oct-42
30-Jun-69
27-Jun-70
15-Mar-74
26-Jun-70
17-Feb-47
16-Nov-73
13-Feb-69
26-Nov-91
Jan-47
1-Jul-72
30-Jan-76
15-Jan-70
1-Dec-69
Aug-46
24-Oct-44
13-Jan-47
Independence
Independence
NYSB
NYSB
17-Nov-41
29-Dec-41
17-Jan-43
28-Feb-43
28-May-43
17-Jun-43
D
D
13-Jan-47
16-Jan-56
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Stricken b
Notesc
ex AC 3; to AV 3
ex CC 1
ex CC 3
29-Oct-46
2-Oct-56
1-Jun-73
1-Jun-73
23-Feb-82
25-Jul-89
1-Oct-64
16-Nov-73
1-Jun-73
30-Nov-91
1-Nov-66
1-Jul-72
31-Jan-76
20-Sep-89
1-Dec-69
27-Feb-51
1-Oct-60
1-Nov-59
1-Jun-70
to AVT 8
to AVT 16
to AVT 9
to LPH 4
ex CL 59
ex CL 61
ex CL 76; to
France
ex CL 77; to AVT 1
ex CL 78; to AVT 2
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Table A.1—continued
Class
Independence
Builder a
NYSB
Laid
Down
11-Apr-42
Launched
22-May-43
Commissioned
31-Aug-43
CVL 28
Cabot
Independence
NYSB
16-Aug-42
4-Apr-43
24-Jul-43
D
21-Jan-55
1-Aug-72
CVL 29
CVL 30
Bataan
San Jacinto
Independence
Independence
NYSB
NYSB
31-Aug-42
26-Oct-42
1-Aug-43
29-Sep-43
17-Nov-43
15-Dec-43
D
D
9-Apr-54
1-Mar-47
1-Sep-59
1-Jun-70
CV 31
Essex
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga
Midway
NYNSY
NNS
NYNSY
NYNSY
NYNSY
PhNSY
PhNSY
NNSY
NNSY
NNSY
NNS
1-Feb-43
21-Feb-44
1-Mar-44
1-May-44
1-Jul-44
15-Mar-43
14-Sep-43
15-Jan-43
15-Mar-43
1-Mar-44
27-Oct-43
29-Apr-44
23-Aug-45
5-May-45
13-Oct-45
1946
20-Aug-44
8-Jul-45
24-Feb-44
2-Nov-44
12-May-45
20-Mar-45
26-Nov-44
11-Apr-46
2-Mar-46
25-Sep-50
2-Jul-71
15-May-59
13-Feb-70
15-May-76
20-Sep-89
1-Jun-69
1-May-73
25-Jul-89
28-Jan-45
18-Nov-45
15-Sep-44
3-Jun-45
8-Dec-45
10-Sep-45
D
D
D
D
—j
D
D
D
D
D
D
8-May-63
30-Jan-70
30-Jun-71
2-May-66
13-May-60
11-Apr-92
1-May-73
30-Jan-70
15-Jul-82
1-Dec-69
1-Jan-67
CVB 43
CVB 44
CV 45
CV 46
CV 47
CVL 48
Bon Homme
Richard
Leyte
Kearsarge
Oriskany
Reprisal
Antietam
Princeton
Shangri-La
Lake Champlain
Tarawa
Midway
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
Coral Sea
(none)
Valley Forge
Iwo Jima
Philippine Sea
Saipan
Midway
Midway
Midway
Essex
Essex
Essex
Saipan
NYNSY
NNS
NNS
PhNSY
NNS
Beth Q
NYSB
1-Dec-43
10-Jul-44
29-Apr-45
2-Apr-46
27-Oct-45
1-Oct-47
7-Sep-44
29-Jan-45
19-Aug-44
10-Jul-44
18-Nov-45
3-Nov-46
5-Sep-45
8-Jul-45
11-May-46
14-Jul-46
D
D
C
D
C
D
D
1-Oct-77
30-Apr-91
11-Jan-43
15-Jan-70
11-Aug-45
28-Dec-58
14-Jan-70
CVL 49
CV 50
Wright
(none)
Saipan
Essex
NYSB
Beth Q
21-Aug-44
1-Sep-45
9-Feb-47
D
C
27-May-70
28-Mar-45
CV 32
CV 33
CV 34
CV 35
CV 36
CV 37
CV 38
CV 39
CV 40
CVB 41
CVB 42
Utopia
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Date
11-Feb-47
Stricken b
20-Mar-63
Notesc
ex CL 85; to
France
ex CL 79; to AVT 3;
to Spain
ex CL 99; to AVT 4
ex CL 100; to
AVT 5
to AVT 10
to LPH 5
to AVT 12
1-Oct-77
30-Apr-91
(no bldg dock available at NNS)
15-Jan-70
to LPH 8
1-Dec-69
15-Aug-75
1-Dec-77
to AVT 11
to AVT 5; CC 3;
AGMR 2
to AVT 7; to CC 2
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Name
Langley
Carrier Data
Hull
No.
CVL 27
Decom.
(D),
Sunk (S),
Can. (C)
D
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Table A.1—continued
CV 51
CV 52
CV 53
CV 54
CV 55
CVB 56
CVB 57
CVA 58
CVA 59
CVA 60
CVA 61
CVA 62
CVA 63
CVA 64
CVA 65
CVA 66
CVA 67
CVA 68
CVA 69
CVA 70
CVN 71
CVN 72
CVN 73
CVN 74
CVN 75
CVN 76
Utopia
Name
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
United States
Forrestal
Saratoga
Ranger
Independence
Kitty Hawk
Constellation
Enterprise
America
John F. Kennedy
Nimitz
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
Carl Vinson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
George
Washington
John C. Stennis
Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan
Builder a
Class
Laid
Down
Launched
Commissioned
28-Mar-45
28-Mar-45
28-Mar-45
28-Mar-45
28-Mar-45
28-Mar-45
28-Mar-45
23-Apr-49
10-Sep-93
30-Sep-94
10-Jul-93
1998
2002
2008
2014
9-Aug-96
2011
2022
Date
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Midway
Midway
United States
Forrestal
Forrestal
Forrestal
Forrestal
Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk
Enterprise
Kitty Hawk
Kennedy
Nimitz
NYNSY
NYNSY
PhNSY
NNSY
NNSY
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
NYNSY
NNS
NYNSY
NYSB
NYNSY
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
18-Apr-49
14-Jul-52
16-Dec-52
2-Aug-54
1-Jul-55
27-Dec-56
14-Sep-57
4-Feb-58
9-Jan-61
22-Oct-64
22-Jun-68
11-Dec-54
8-Oct-55
29-Sep-56
6-Jun-58
21-May-60
8-Oct-60
24-Sep-60
1-Feb-64
27-May-67
13-May-72
1-Oct-55
14-Apr-56
10-Aug-57
10-Jan-59
29-Apr-61
27-Oct-61
25-Nov-61
23-Jan-65
7-Sep-68
3-May-75
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Nimitz
Nimitz
Nimitz
Nimitz
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
15-Aug-70
11-Oct-75
13-Oct-81
3-Nov-84
11-Oct-75
15-Mar-80
27-Oct-84
13-Feb-88
18-Oct-77
13-Mar-82
25-Oct-86
11-Nov-89
D
D
D
D
2022
2027
2031
2034
Nimitz
Nimitz
Nimitz
Nimitz
NNS
NNS
NNS
NNS
25-Aug-86
13-Mar-91
29-Nov-93
Feb-98
21-Jul-90
13-Nov-93
Sep-96
Mar-00
4-Jul-92
9-Dec-95
12-Jun-98
Dec-02
D
D
D
D
2037
2040
2043
2047
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Stricken b
10-Sep-93
30-Sep-94
Notesc
scrapped
to AVT 59
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No.
Decom.
(D),
Sunk (S),
Can. (C)
Table A.1—continued
Hull
No.
Name
CVN 77 (none)
CVX 78 (none)
Class
Nimitz
unknown
Builder a
NNS
Laid
Down
Feb-05
Feb-09
Launched
Mar-07
Mar-11
Commissioned
Dec-09
Dec-13
Decom.
(D),
Sunk (S),
Can. (C) Date
Stricken b
Notesc
a MINSY = Mare Island Naval Shipyard, NNSY = Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Beth FR = Bethlehem Forge River, NYSB = New York Shipbuilding, NNS = Newport
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Carrier Data
News Shipbuilding, Beth Q = Bethlehem Quincy, NYNSY = New York Naval Shipyard, PhNSY = Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
bStricken means that a vessel has been formally determined by the Secretary of the Navy to have no further value to the nation and is awaiting disposition or has
been disposed of.
cNotes give previous (“ex”) and subsequent (“to”) hull designations or country sold to.
dBuilt as collier Jupiter at MINSY. Converted to CV at NNSY beginning 24 Mar 20; finished 20 Mar 22; commissioned 20 Mar 22.
e Laid down as battle cruiser Constitution; suspended 8 Feb 1922; launched as CV, 3 Oct 1925; commissioned 14 Dec 27.
fLaid down as battle cruiser; suspended 8 Feb 1922; launched as CV, 7 Apr 1925; commissioned 16 Nov 27.
g Originally laid down early 1942. Work stopped and keel lifted out of dock to allow LST construction.
hModified Essex class.
iAll Independence-class ships were light cruiser hulls.
jScrapped August 1949 (used for explosives tests).
Classification:
AC
=
collier.
AGMR =
a major communications-relay ship.
AV
=
a seaplane tender.
AVT
=
auxiliary aircraft transport.
CC
=
cruiser, battle, or command ship.
CL
=
cruiser, light.
CV
=
established 1922 when Langley was converted.
CVB
=
established 15 July 1943 for armored-deck ships; reclassified to CVA, 1 Oct 1952.
CVL
=
established 15 July 1943 for light carriers; last stricken 1 June 1979.
CVA
=
established 1 Oct 1952 for offensive-role carriers; reclassified to CV, 30 June 1975.
CVS
=
established 8 Aug 1953 for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ships; last stricken 20 Sept 1989.
CVT
=
established 1 Jan 1969 for training ships; reclassified to AVT, 16 July 1978.
CVAN
=
established 15 Nov 1957 for nuclear-powered ships; reclassified to CVN, 30 June 1975.
CVN
=
established 30 June 1975.
LPH
=
landing platform–helicopter.
LST
=
landing ship–tank.
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Specifications for Aircraft Carriers from Forrestal On
a. Size Specifications
Hull No.
CV 59
CV 60
CV 62
CV 63
CV 64
CVN 65
CV 66
CV 67
CVN 68
CVN 69
Displacement
(std/lt)
(loaded)
59,060
79,250
59,060
80,383
60,000
80,643
60,100
81,123
60,100
81,773
73,502
93,970
60,300
79,724
61,000
80,941
72,916
91,487
Dimensions (ft)
length
beam
draft
1,086
130
37
1,063
130
37
1,071
130
37
1,062.5
130
37.4
1,072.5
130
37.4
1123
133
39
1,047.5
130
37.4
1,052
130
37.4
1,092
134
37
Name
Forrestal
Saratoga
Independence
Kitty Hawk
Constellation
Enterprise
America
John F. Kennedy
Nimitz
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
72,916
91,487
1,092
CVN 70 Carl Vinson
72,916
91,487
1,092
CVN 71 Theodore
Roosevelt
73,973
96,386
1,092
CVN 72 Abraham Lincoln
102,000
1,092
CVN 73 George
Washington
102,000
1,092
CVN 74 John C. Stennis
102,000
1,092
lt = long tons (British measure of volume); std = standard.
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Crew
(officer)
(enlisted)
154
2,746
154
2,746
154
2,746
155
2,775
155
2,775
171
3,044
155
2,775
155
2,775
203
2,981
Number of Personnel
Aircrew
(officer) (enlisted)
329
1,950
329
1,950
329
1,950
320
2,160
320
2,160
358
2,122
320
2,160
320
2,160
366
2,434
Flag
(officer) (enlisted)
25
45
25
45
25
45
25
45
25
45
25
45
25
45
25
45
25
45
134
134
37
37
203
203
2,981
2,981
366
366
2,434
2,434
25
25
45
45
134
134
38.7
39
203
203
2,981
2,981
366
366
2,434
2,434
25
25
46
45
134
134
39
39
203
203
2,981
2,981
366
366
2,434
2,434
25
25
45
45
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Table A.2
Table A.2
Specifications for Aircraft Carriers from Forrestal On
b. Propulsion Specifications
Standard Turbines
(No.)
(horsepower)
4
260,000
4
280,000
4
280,000
4
280,000
4
280,000
4
280,000
4
280,000
4
280,000
4
260,000
4
260,000
4
260,000
4
260,000
4
260,000
4
260,000
4
260,000
Emergency Turbines
(No.)
(horsepower)
4 diesel
10,720
4 diesel
4 diesel
4 diesel
4 diesel
4 diesel
4 diesel
4 diesel
10,720
10,720
10,720
10,720
10,720
10,720
10,720
Shafts
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Speed (kt)
33
33
33
32
32
33
32
32
30+
30+
30+
30+
30+
30+
30+
Carrier Data
Hull No.
Name
Main Propulsion
CV 59
Forrestal
8 Babcock&Wilcox boilers
CV 60
Saratoga
8 Babcock&Wilcox boilers
CV 62
Independence
8 Babcock&Wilcox boilers
CV 63
Kitty Hawk
8 Foster-Wheeler boilers
CV 64
Constellation
8 Foster-Wheeler boilers
CVN 65
Enterprise
8 Westinghouse PWR A2W
CV 66
America
8 Foster-Wheeler boilers
CV 67
John F. Kennedy
8 Foster-Wheeler boilers
CVN 68
Nimitz
2 GE PWR A4W/A1G
CVN 69
Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 GE PWR A4W/A1G
CVN 70
Carl Vinson
2 GE PWR A4W/A1G
CVN 71
Theodore Roosevelt
2 GE PWR A4W/A1G
CVN 72
Abraham Lincoln
2 GE PWR A4W/A1G
CVN 73
George Washington
2 GE PWR A4W/A1G
CVN 74
John C. Stennis
2 GE PWR A4W/A1G
PWR = pressurized water reactors (nuclear).
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