<P> The Cold War led to multiple developments in the United States' carrier fleet, starting with the addition of the Midway - class and the Saipan - class . One more class in the start of the Cold War, the United States - class, was canceled due to the Truman administration's policy of shrinking the United States Navy and in particular, the Navy's air assets . The policy was eventually revised after a public outcry and Congressional hearings sparked by the Revolt of the Admirals . Later in the Cold War era, the first of the classes dubbed "supercarriers" was born in the Forrestal - class, with the Kitty Hawk - class, USS Enterprise, and USS John F. Kennedy classes . Ordered later in this era, the Nimitz - class carriers are the only class that are currently in active - duty service . </P> <P> A new class of carriers, the Gerald R. Ford - class, has been ordered by the Navy . As of now, one ship (Gerald R. Ford (CVN - 78)) has been completed, construction has started on two ship (John F. Kennedy (CVN - 79)) and the (Enterprise (CVN - 80)). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Commissioned </Th> <Th> Decommissioned </Th> <Th> Class </Th> <Th> Status </Th> <Th> Refs . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 1 </Td> <Td> Langley </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 March 1922 </Td> <Td> 27 February 1942 </Td> <Td> Langley, lead ship </Td> <Td> Scuttled and Sunk 65 nm south of Cilacap, Java </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 2 </Td> <Td> Lexington </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 December 1927 </Td> <Td> 8 May 1942 </Td> <Td> Lexington, lead ship </Td> <Td> Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 3 </Td> <Td> Saratoga </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 November 1927 </Td> <Td> 26 July 1946 </Td> <Td> Lexington </Td> <Td> Sunk in Operation Crossroads as a nuclear test target near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 4 </Td> <Td> Ranger </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 June 1934 </Td> <Td> 18 October 1946 </Td> <Td> Ranger, lead ship </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1947 in Chester, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 5 </Td> <Td> Yorktown </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 30 September 1937 </Td> <Td> 7 June 1942 </Td> <Td> Yorktown, lead ship </Td> <Td> Sunk in the Battle of Midway </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 6 </Td> <Td> Enterprise </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 May 1938 </Td> <Td> 17 February 1947 </Td> <Td> Yorktown </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 7 </Td> <Td> Wasp </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 April 1940 </Td> <Td> 15 September 1942 </Td> <Td> Wasp, lead ship </Td> <Td> Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 8 </Td> <Td> Hornet </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 October 1941 </Td> <Td> 26 October 1942 </Td> <Td> Yorktown </Td> <Td> Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 9 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 December 1942 </Td> <Td> 20 June 1969 </Td> <Td> Essex, lead ship </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 10 </Td> <Td> Yorktown </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 April 1943 </Td> <Td> 27 June 1970 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Preserved at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum--Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 11 </Td> <Td> Intrepid </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 August 1943 </Td> <Td> 15 March 1974 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Preserved at the Intrepid Sea - Air - Space Museum--New York, New York, USA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 12 </Td> <Td> Hornet </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 November 1943 </Td> <Td> 26 May 1970 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Preserved at USS Hornet Museum--Alameda, California, USA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 13 </Td> <Td> Franklin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 January 1944 </Td> <Td> 17 February 1947 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1966 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 14 </Td> <Td> Ticonderoga </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 May 1944 </Td> <Td> 1 September 1973 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 15 </Td> <Td> Randolph </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 October 1944 </Td> <Td> 13 February 1969 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 16 </Td> <Td> Lexington </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 17 February 1943 </Td> <Td> 8 November 1991 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Preserved at USS Lexington Museum On the Bay--Corpus Christi, Texas, USA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 17 </Td> <Td> Bunker Hill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 May 1943 </Td> <Td> 9 July 1947 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1973 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 18 </Td> <Td> Wasp </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 November 1943 </Td> <Td> 1 July 1972 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1973 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 19 </Td> <Td> Hancock </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 April 1944 </Td> <Td> 30 January 1976 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 20 </Td> <Td> Bennington </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 August 1944 </Td> <Td> 15 January 1970 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 21 </Td> <Td> Boxer </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 April 1945 </Td> <Td> 1 December 1969 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 22 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 January 1943 </Td> <Td> 28 August 1946 </Td> <Td> Independence light carrier, lead ship </Td> <Td> Scuttled in 1951 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 23 </Td> <Td> Princeton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 February 1943 </Td> <Td> 24 October 1944 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 24 </Td> <Td> Belleau Wood </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 March 1943 </Td> <Td> 13 January 1947 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 25 </Td> <Td> Cowpens </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 28 May 1943 </Td> <Td> 13 January 1947 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 26 </Td> <Td> Monterey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 17 June 1943 </Td> <Td> 16 January 1956 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 27 </Td> <Td> Langley </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 August 1943 </Td> <Td> 11 February 1947 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1964 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 28 </Td> <Td> Cabot </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 July 1943 </Td> <Td> 21 January 1955 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 29 </Td> <Td> Bataan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 17 November 1943 </Td> <Td> 9 April 1954 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1961 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 30 </Td> <Td> San Jacinto </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 December 1943 </Td> <Td> 1 March 1947 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> Scrapped 1972 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 31 </Td> <Td> Bon Homme Richard </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 26 November 1944 </Td> <Td> 2 July 1971 </Td> <Td> Essex </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1992 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 32 </Td> <Td> Leyte </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 April 1946 </Td> <Td> 15 May 1959 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1970 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 33 </Td> <Td> Kearsarge </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 May 1946 </Td> <Td> 15 January 1970 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1974 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 34 </Td> <Td> Oriskany </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 September 1950 </Td> <Td> 20 September 1979 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scuttled as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 36 </Td> <Td> Antietam </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 28 January 1945 </Td> <Td> 8 May 1963 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1974 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 37 </Td> <Td> Princeton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 18 November 1945 </Td> <Td> 30 January 1970 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 38 </Td> <Td> Shangri - la </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 September 1944 </Td> <Td> 30 July 1971 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1988 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 39 </Td> <Td> Lake Champlain </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 July 1945 </Td> <Td> 2 May 1966 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1972 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 40 </Td> <Td> Tarawa </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 December 1945 </Td> <Td> 13 May 1960 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1968 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVB - 41 </Td> <Td> Midway </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 September 1945 </Td> <Td> 11 April 1992 </Td> <Td> Midway, lead ship </Td> <Td> Preserved at the USS Midway Museum--San Diego, California, USA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVB - 42 </Td> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 October 1945 </Td> <Td> 1 October 1977 </Td> <Td> Midway </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1978 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVB - 43 </Td> <Td> Coral Sea </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 October 1947 </Td> <Td> 26 April 1990 </Td> <Td> Midway </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 45 </Td> <Td> Valley Forge </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 November 1946 </Td> <Td> 15 January 1970 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 47 </Td> <Td> Philippine Sea </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 May 1946 </Td> <Td> 28 December 1958 </Td> <Td> Essex (extended bow) </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 48 </Td> <Td> Saipan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 July 1946 </Td> <Td> 14 January 1970 </Td> <Td> Saipan, lead ship </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVL - 49 </Td> <Td> Wright </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 February 1947 </Td> <Td> 15 March 1956 </Td> <Td> Saipan </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 1980 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 59 </Td> <Td> Forrestal </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 October 1955 </Td> <Td> 30 September 1993 </Td> <Td> Forrestal supercarrier, lead ship </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 2014 </Td> <Td> <P> </P> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 60 </Td> <Td> Saratoga </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 April 1956 </Td> <Td> 20 August 1994 </Td> <Td> Forrestal supercarrier </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 61 </Td> <Td> Ranger </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 August 1957 </Td> <Td> 10 July 1993 </Td> <Td> Forrestal supercarrier </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 62 </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 January 1959 </Td> <Td> 30 September 1998 </Td> <Td> Forrestal supercarrier </Td> <Td> Sold for scrapping </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 63 </Td> <Td> Kitty Hawk </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 29 April 1961 </Td> <Td> 12 May 2009 </Td> <Td> Kitty Hawk supercarrier, lead ship </Td> <Td> In reserve </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 64 </Td> <Td> Constellation </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 October 1961 </Td> <Td> 7 August 2003 </Td> <Td> Kitty Hawk supercarrier </Td> <Td> Scrapped in 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 65 </Td> <Td> Enterprise </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 November 1961 </Td> <Td> 3 February 2017 </Td> <Td> Enterprise supercarrier, lead ship </Td> <Td> Decommissioned as of 2017 (still in reserve) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 66 </Td> <Td> America </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 January 1965 </Td> <Td> 9 August 1996 </Td> <Td> Kitty Hawk supercarrier </Td> <Td> Sunk as target in 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CV - 67 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 September 1968 </Td> <Td> 23 March 2007 </Td> <Td> Kennedy supercarrier, lead ship </Td> <Td> On hold for donation </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 68 </Td> <Td> Nimitz </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 May 1975 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier, lead ship </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 69 </Td> <Td> Dwight D. Eisenhower </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 18 October 1977 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 70 </Td> <Td> Carl Vinson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 March 1982 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 71 </Td> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 October 1986 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 72 </Td> <Td> Abraham Lincoln </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 November 1989 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 73 </Td> <Td> George Washington </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 July 1992 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 74 </Td> <Td> John C. Stennis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 December 1995 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 75 </Td> <Td> Harry S. Truman </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 July 1998 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 76 </Td> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 July 2003 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 77 </Td> <Td> George H.W. Bush </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 January 2009 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Nimitz supercarrier </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 78 </Td> <Td> Gerald R. Ford </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 22 July 2017 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Ford supercarrier, lead ship </Td> <Td> Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 79 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> ~ 2020 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Ford supercarrier </Td> <Td> Keel laid; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CVN - 80 </Td> <Td> Enterprise </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> ~ 2025 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Ford supercarrier </Td> <Td> Steel cutting and fabrication; Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Commissioned </Th> <Th> Decommissioned </Th> <Th> Class </Th> <Th> Status </Th> <Th> Refs . </Th> </Tr>

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