UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
2. AIRCRAFT CARRYING SHIPS
1. aircraft carriers and fleet aircraft carriers
1. LANGLEY aircraft carrier (1913 / 1922)
2. LEXINGTON aircraft carriers (1927)
3. RANGER aircraft carrier (1934)
4. YORKTOWN aircraft carriers (1937 - 1941)
5. WASP aircraft carrier (1940)
6. ESSEX aircraft carriers (1942 - 1950)
7. MIDWAY battle aircraft carriers (1945 - 1947)
8. UNITED STATES attack aircraft carrier
9. FORRESTAL attack aircraft carriers (1955 - 1959)
10. KITTY HAWK attack aircraft carriers (1961 - 1968)
11. ENTERPRISE nuclear powered attack aircraft carrier (1961)
12! NIMITZ nuclear powered attack / multipurpose aircraft carriers (1975 - 1982)
13! THEODORE ROOSEVELT nuclear powered aircraft carriers (1986-1998)
14! RONALD REAGAN nuclear powered aircraft carriers (2003-2009)
15! GERALD R. FORD nuclear powered multipurpose aircraft carriers (2017-)
2. light aircraft carriers
1. INDEPENDENCE light aircraft carriers (1943)
2. SAIPAN light aircraft carriers (1946 - 1947)
3. escort aircraft carriers
1. LONG ISLAND escort aircraft carrier (1941)
2. CHARGER escort aircraft carrier (1942)
3. BOGUE escort aircraft carriers (1942 - 1943)
4. SANGAMON escort aircraft carriers (1942)
5. CASABLANCA escort aircraft carriers (1943 - 1944)
6. COMMENCEMENT BAY escort aircraft carriers (1944 - 1946)
4. large seaplane tenders
1. WRIGHT seaplane tender (1921)
2. JASON seaplane tender (1913 / 1930)
3. CURTISS seaplane tenders (1940)
4. TANGIER seaplane tender (1940 - 1941)
5. CHANDELEUR seaplane tender (1942)
6. CURRITUCK seaplane tenders (1944 - 1945)
7. KENNETH WHITING seaplane tenders (1944)
5. small seaplane tenders
1. BARNEGAT small seaplane tenders (1941 - 1946)
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