List of aircraft carriers in service

List of aircraft carriers in service

This list of aircraft carriers contains all aircraft carriers which are currently in service, or being constructed, and are listed alphabetically by country.

For listings by other methods, see:

* List of all aircraft carriers
* List of aircraft carriers by country
* List of aircraft carriers by type
* Timeline for aircraft carrier service

Brazil

* "NAe São Paulo": 32,800 tons ex-French "FS Foch" (launched 1960), purchased 15 November 2000

France

* "FS Charles de Gaulle": 42,000 tons nuclear powered aircraft carrier, commissioned 18 May 2001

India

* "INS Viraat": 28,700 tons ex-British "HMS Hermes" (launched 1953), purchased 19 April 1986 and commissioned May 1987, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2012.

Being rebuilt

* "INS Vikramaditya": 45,000 tons STOBAR modified ex-Russian "Admiral Gorshkov", planned to enter service in 2012.

Under construction

* "Vikrant class" carrier (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier): to be named "INS Vishaal", 37,500 tons STOBAR aircraft carrier. It is being built at Cochin Shipyard, southern India, and is expected to enter service in 2012.

Italy

* "Giuseppe Garibaldi" (551): 14,000 tons Italian STOVL, commissioned September 1985.
* "Conte di Cavour" (550): 27,000 tons Italian STOVL, commission date 2008.

Russia

* "Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov": 67,500 tons "Admiral Kuznetsov" class STOBAR aircraft carrier. Launched in 1985 as "Tbilisi", renamed and operational from 1995.

Spain

* "Principe de Asturias": 17,200 tons STOVL carrier, commissioned 30 May 1988.

Under construction

* "Juan Carlos I": 27,000 tons Buque de Proyección Estratégica class amphibious ship/VSTOL carrier, to be commissioned in 2009.

Thailand

* "HTMS Chakri Naruebet": 11,400 tons carrier based on Spanish "Principe De Asturias" design. Commissioned 10 August 1997, though remains predominantly inactive due to lack of funds.

United Kingdom

* HMS Illustrious (R06): 20,700 tons (21,000 tonnes) "Invincible" STOVL class aircraft carrier, commissioned 20 June 1982, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2012.
* HMS Ark Royal (R07): 20,700 tons (21,000 tonnes) "Invincible" STOVL class aircraft carrier, commissioned 1 November 1985, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2015.
* HMS Invincible (R05): 20,700 tons (21,000 tonnes) "Invincible" STOVL class aircraft carrier, commissioned 11 July 1980, decommissioned in 2005, currently in reserve until 2010.

Ordered

* HMS Queen Elizabeth (CVF): 64,000 tons (65,000 tonnes) "Queen Elizabeth" class, ordered in 2008 and expected to be in service in 2014.
* HMS Prince of Wales (CVF): 64,000 tons (65,000 tonnes) "Queen Elizabeth" class, ordered in 2008 and expected to be in service in 2016.

United States

*USS "Kitty Hawk" (CV-63): 82,200 ton, "Kitty Hawk"-class conventional-powered supercarrier, in active service, commissioned 21 April 1961. Due for decommissioning in 2009.
*USS "Enterprise" (CVN-65): 93,500 ton nuclear-powered supercarrier, commissioned 25 November 1961. First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Due for decommissioning in 2015.
*USS "Nimitz" (CVN-68): 101,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 3 May 1975.
*USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower" (CVN-69): 101,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 18 October 1977.
*USS "Carl Vinson" (CVN-70): 101,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 13 March 1982.
*USS "Theodore Roosevelt" (CVN-71): 101,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 25 October 1986.
*USS "Abraham Lincoln" (CVN-72): 102,000-ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 11 November 1989
*USS "George Washington" (CVN-73): 102,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 4 July 1992.
*USS "John C. Stennis" (CVN-74): 102,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 9 December 1995.
*USS "Harry S. Truman" (CVN-75): 102,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 25 July 1998.
*USS "Ronald Reagan" (CVN-76): 104,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear-powered supercarrier, in active service, commissioned 12 July 2003.

Under construction

*USS "George H. W. Bush" (CVN-77): 104,000 ton "Nimitz"-class nuclear powered supercarrier in construction, commissioning scheduled for 2009.
*USS "Gerald R. Ford" (CVN-78): 100,000 ton "Ford"-class nuclear powered supercarrier in design and development stage, commissioning scheduled for 2015.


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