List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Ships of the United States Navy

aircraft carriers

airships

amphibious assault shipping

auxiliaries

battleships

cruisers

destroyers

destroyer escorts

escort carriers

frigates

patrol vessels

mine warfare vessels

sailing frigates

ships of the line

submarines

This list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, and CVN. All units after CVA-57 are supercarriers.

For the smaller escort aircraft carriers (CVE), please see list of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.

The active carriers of the US Navy as of June 1, 2004 are the Kitty Hawk-class carrier USS Kitty Hawk, the Enterprise, the John F. Kennedy, and the Nimitz-class carriers Nimitz, Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John C. Stennis, Harry S. Truman and Ronald Reagan.