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Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy
The world's most powerful navy made possible by her carriers.

1

Dixmude (A-609)
The French escort carrier Dixmude A-609 was built in the United States in 1939 first named as the Rio Parana - a river in South America - as a C3 type passenger cargo ship by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester,...
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1940

2

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) became the fifth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in operation with the United States Navy on November 11th, 1989. Throughout her time abroad, she has primarily operated in the Pe...
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1989

3

USS America (CV-66)
The USS America (CV-66 though initially designated as CVA-66) was a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy through the Cold War and beyond, officially being decommissioned in 1996. She was ...
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1965

4

USS Attu (CVE-102)
The USS Attu was an escort aircraft carrier serving with the United States Navy in World War 2. She operated primarily in the Pacific Theater and served to resupply and replenish task force groups with fresh aircraft and pilo...
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1944

5

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
The USS Carl Vinson is one of ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers operated by the United States Navy with the latest in the series becoming the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS George W. Bush. The Nimitz-class is ...
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1982

6

USS Enterprise (CV-6)
The original "Big E", the USS Enterprise of World War 2 fame, became one of the most storied vessels of the war. By far a superior product of pre-war design, the vessel found itself through the toughness and determination of ...
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1938

7

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
This modernized version of the World War 2-era aircraft carrier became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world when it was commission in 1961 with its eight A2W reactors. Born to lead a class of six like-carri...
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1961

8

USS George Washington (CVN-73)
The USS George Washington (CVN 73) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy. She represents the sixth such vessel of her type in the Nimitz –class of supercarriers and is named after the fi...
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1992

9

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
The USS Harry S. Truman is another in the long line of Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. With her mighty air wing and the ability to be called upon anywhere in the world, t...
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1998

10

USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
The USS John C. Stennis is the fifth in the line of 10 Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. The Stennis provides a powerful air arm and limitless range making it a prime opera...
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1995

11

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
The USS John F. Kennedy was part of the Kitty Hawk-class of conventionally-powered vessels in service with the United States Navy in the Atlantic Ocean and during a bulk of the Cold War years and beyond. Initially ordered as ...
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1968

12

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
The USS Kittyhawk was first ordered in October of 1955 and laid down in December of 1956 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched in May of 1960 and officially commissioned in April of the following year. The Ki...
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1961

13

USS Langley (CV-1) (AV-3)
The USS Langley (CV-1) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier. The hull of the Langley had seen prior years of service under the name of USS Jupiter (Collier # 3), a collier or coal vessel that also served as ...
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1922

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USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
One of the most recognizable American Navy names of World War 2 became the name of one of the most identifiable aircraft carriers in the Cold War. The USS Nimitz - named after US Navy Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -...
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1975

15

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
The USS Ronald Reagan is the ninth vessel in the ten-strong Nimitz-class nuclear-powered submarines beginning with the initial USS Nimitz (CVN 69). The vessels are a powerful family of warship, providing a myriad of combat op...
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2003

16

USS Saratoga (CV-60)
The crew called her Sara and she was ordered as a "Large Aircraft Carrier" the fifth ship in the United states Navy to have that battle name. USS Saratoga (CV-60) being the second of the four Forrestal-class carriers was re...
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1956

17

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is a Nimitz class carrier and was the 4th ship of 10 built. As a class they currently are the largest nuclear powered capital ships in service not only in the USN but in the world. The a...
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1986
 
  Totals:
17 There are a total of 17 Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy in the Military Factory.


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