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Ship classes and unique ships
- IJN Hoshu [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Akagi [r]: Add brief definition or description}
- Soryu-class [r]: Only loosely an aircraft carrier class of the Imperial Japanese Navy; IJN Hiryu larger and with a different island position [e]
- IJN Kaga [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Shokaku-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Ryūjō [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Shōhō [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Shinano-class [r]: Single-ship aircraft carrier class converted from Yamato-class battleship hull [e]
- IJN Shinano [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy vessel, laid down as a battleship of the Yamato-class but converted to an aircraft carrier; sunk on 29 November 1944 by the submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311) while still being finished and transferring to a safer shipyard [e]
- Unryu-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Taiho [r]: Add brief definition or description
United Kingdom
- HMS Furious [r]: Pioneering aircraft carrier, originally a specialized large light cruiser built in 1917, and then adapted for flight experiments with a small flight platform; launched the First World War Tondern Raid; rebuilt with a full flight deck in 1922-1925; active in WWII, primarily with the Home Fleet [e]
- HMS Glorious [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Ark Royal (1914) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Ark Royal (1938) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Ark Royal (1950) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Hermes [r]: Add brief definition or description
United States
Second World War
Large carriers
- USS Langley (CV-1) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lexington-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Ranger (CV-4) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yorktown-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Wasp (CV-7) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Essex-class (WWII) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Essex (CV-9) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Yorktown (CV-10) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Intrepid (CV-11) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in Decenber 1941; launched in April 1943; commissioned in August 1943.
- USS Hornet (CV-12) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Franklin (CV-13) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Keel laid in December 1942; launched in October 1943; commissioned in January 1944.
- USS Lexington (CV-16) [r]: Add brief definition or description(name changed from Cabot in June 1942). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in July 1941; launched in September 1942; commissioned in February 1943.
- USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionBunker Hill (CV-17). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in September 1941; launched in December 1942; commissioned in May 1943.
- USS Wasp (CV-18) [r]: Add brief definition or description(name changed from Oriskany in November 1942). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in March 1942; launched in August 1943; commissioned in November 1943.
- USS Bennington (CV-20) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) [r]: Add brief definition or description Built by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Keel laid in February 1943; launched in April 1944; commissioned in November 1944.
- Ticonderoga (carrier)-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Randolph (CV-15) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in October 1944.
- USS Hancock (CV-19) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; name changed from Ticonderoga in May 1943). Built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel laid in January 1943; launched in January 1944; commissioned in April 1944.
- USS Boxer (CV-21) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in April 1945.
- USS Leyte (CV-32) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; name changed from Crown Point in May 1945; commissioned in April 1946.
- USS Kearsarge (CV-33) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in March 1946.
- USS Antietam (CV-36) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in January 1945.
- USS Princeton (CV-377) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; (name changed from Valley Forge in November 1944); commissioned in November 1945.
- USS Shangri-La (CV-38) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in September 1944.
- USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in June 1945.
- USS Tarawa (CV-40) [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionAircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; commissioned in December 1945.
- USS Valley Forge (CV-45) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) [r]: Add brief definition or description Aircraft carrier of the U.S. Ticonderoga (carrier)-class; name changed from Wright in February 1945); commissioned in May 1946.
Cold War
- SCB-27 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- SCB-125 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oriskany-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Oriskany (CV-34) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Essex (CV-9) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in February 1949; recommissioned in January 1951.
- USS Wasp (CV-18) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the New York Naval Shipyard. Work began in May 1949; recommissioned in September 1951.
- USS Kearsarge (CV-33) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in February 1950; recommissioned in February 1952.
- USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Work began in August 1950; recommissioned in September 1952.
- USS Bennington (CV-20) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Yorktown (CV-10) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Randolph (CV-15) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Work began in June 1951; recommissioned as CVA-15 in July 1953.
- USS Hornet (CV-12) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27A design by the New York Naval Shipyard. Work began in July 1951; recommissioned as CVA-12 in September 1953.
- USS Hancock (CV-19) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in December 1951; recommissioned as CVA-19 in February 1954.
- USS Intrepid (CV-11) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Work began in April 1952; recommissioned as CV-11 in June 1954.
- USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)/(CVA-14) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Shangri-La (CV-38) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Work began in October 1952 and was extended to include SCB-125 features; recommissioned in January 1955.
- USS Lexington (CV-16) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) [r]: Add brief definition or description Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Work began in May 1953 and was extended to include SCB-125 features; recommissioned in September 1955.
- Forrestal-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kitty Hawk-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
Operatonal
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nimitz-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Nimitz (CVN-68) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS George Washington (CVN-73) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) [r]: Add brief definition or description
New types
Aircraft
- A6M "Zero" or "Zeke" [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aichi D3A1 "Val" [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Najakima B5N2 "Kate" [r]: Add brief definition or description torpedo/horizontal bombers
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
Second World War
- F4F Wildcat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F6F Hellcat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F4U Corsair [r]: Add brief definition or description
- SBD Dauntless [r]: Add brief definition or description
- SB2C Helldiver [r]: Add brief definition or description
- TBD Devastator [r]: Add brief definition or description
- TBF Avenger [r]: Add brief definition or description
Early jets and Korean War
Vietnam Era
- A-4 Skyhawk [r]: Add brief definition or description
- A-6 Intruder [r]: Add brief definition or description
- EA-6B Prowler [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F8U Crusader [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F-4 Phantom II [r]: Add brief definition or description
Generation 4-4.5
- F-14 Tomcat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F-18 Hornet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- S-3 Viking [r]: Add brief definition or description
- ES-3 Shadow [r]: Add brief definition or description