<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Glorious </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 48 aircraft </Td> <Td> 8 June 1940 </Td> <Td> Norwegian Sea 68 ° 38 ′ N 03 ° 50 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 68.633 ° N 3.833 ° E ﻿ / 68.633; 3.833 </Td> <Td> 1,207 </Td> <Td> Sunk by gunfire from German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Hermes </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 20 aircraft </Td> <Td> 9 April 1942 </Td> <Td> Indian Ocean east of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> 307 </Td> <Td> Sunk by Imperial Japanese aircraft . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Ship </Th> <Th> Type </Th> <Th> Aircraft component </Th> <Th_colspan="4"> Sinking </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Casualties </Th> <Th> Conditions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> America </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 79 aircraft </Td> <Td> 14 May 2005 </Td> <Td> Cape Hatteras </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Scuttled after being used as target </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Bismarck Sea </Td> <Td> Escort carrier </Td> <Td> 27 aircraft </Td> <Td> 21 February 1945 </Td> <Td> Off Iwo Jima </Td> <Td> 318 </Td> <Td> Sunk by two Japanese kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Iwo Jima </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Block Island </Td> <Td> Escort carrier </Td> <Td> 24 aircraft </Td> <Td> 29 May 1944 </Td> <Td> Off the Canary Islands </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Torpedoed by German submarine U-549 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Gambier Bay </Td> <Td> Escort carrier </Td> <Td> 28 aircraft </Td> <Td> 25 October 1944 </Td> <Td> Off Samar Island in the Philippines </Td> <Td> 130 </Td> <Td> Sunk by Japanese surface ships of center force during the Battle off Samar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Hornet </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 90 aircraft </Td> <Td> 27 October 1942 </Td> <Td> Off the Santa Cruz Islands </Td> <Td> 140 </Td> <Td> Crippled by torpedo bombers and dive bombers from Japanese fast carriers, sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo after failed attempt to scuttle . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Light carrier </Td> <Td> 30 aircraft </Td> <Td> 29 September 1951 </Td> <Td> Farallon Islands </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Used as target during Operation Crossroads and later scuttled after decontamination tests </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Langley </Td> <Td> Seaplane tender (ex fleet carrier) </Td> <Td> 34 aircraft </Td> <Td> 27 February 1942 </Td> <Td> about 75 mi south of Tjilatjap harbor (Java) </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Crippled by Japanese dive bombers later scuttled by torpedoes and gunfire from the escorting ships </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Lexington </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 91 aircraft </Td> <Td> 8 May 1942 </Td> <Td> Coral Sea </Td> <Td> 216 </Td> <Td> Sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers during the Battle of the Coral Sea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Liscome Bay </Td> <Td> Escort carrier </Td> <Td> 28 aircraft </Td> <Td> 24 November 1943 </Td> <Td> off Butaritari Island </Td> <Td> 644 </Td> <Td> Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I - 175 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ommaney Bay </Td> <Td> Escort carrier </Td> <Td> 28 aircraft </Td> <Td> 4 January 1945 </Td> <Td> Sulu Sea </Td> <Td> 95 </Td> <Td> Crippled by a Japanese kamikaze, later Scuttled by the escorting destroyer USS Burns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Oriskany </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 91 aircraft </Td> <Td> 17 May 2006 </Td> <Td> off Pensacola, Florida </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Sunk to become an artificial reef </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Princeton </Td> <Td> Light carrier </Td> <Td> 45 aircraft </Td> <Td> 24 October 1944 </Td> <Td> Leyte Gulf </Td> <Td> 108 </Td> <Td> Sunk by land based Japanese bomber during the Battle of Leyte Gulf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> St. Lo </Td> <Td> Escort carrier </Td> <Td> 28 aircraft </Td> <Td> 25 October 1944 </Td> <Td> Leyte Gulf </Td> <Td> 143 </Td> <Td> Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft during the Battle off Samar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Saratoga </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 91 aircraft </Td> <Td> 25 July 1946 </Td> <Td> Bikini Atoll </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Sunk as target during Operation Crossroads </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Wasp </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 76 aircraft </Td> <Td> 15 September 1942 </Td> <Td> Southeast of San Cristobal Island </Td> <Td> 193 </Td> <Td> Sunk by the Japanese submarine I - 19 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yorktown </Td> <Td> Fleet carrier </Td> <Td> 90 aircraft </Td> <Td> 7 June 1942 </Td> <Td> North of Midway Island </Td> <Td> 81 </Td> <Td> Crippled by Japanese dive bombers and torpedo bombers during the Battle of Midway later sunk by Japanese submarine I - 168 while under tow . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Ship </Th> <Th> Type </Th> <Th> Aircraft component </Th> <Th_colspan="4"> Sinking </Th> </Tr>

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