List of aircraft carriers in service

This list of aircraft carriers contains all aircraft carriers which are currently in service, 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

Brazil

• NAeL São Paulo: 32,800 ton (ex-French FS Foch, purchased 2001)

France

• FS Charles de Gaulle: 40,600 tons nuclear powered, commissioned 18 May 2001

PA2 (Porte-Avions 2) is a planned new aircraft carrier developed for the French Navy by Thales Naval France and DCN from the Thales UK/BMT design for the future British aircraft carriers CV(F). The vessel will displace approximately 65,000 tonnes,

India

• INS Viraat: 28,000 tons ex-British HMS Hermes (R12), commissioned 1953 and purchased 19 April 1986

Under Refit

• Vikramaditya: Modified Kiev class carrier planned to enter service in 2008

Under Construction

• Vikrant class aircraft carrier (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier): 37,500 ton aircraft carrier. It is being built at Cochin SY, southern India, and is expected to enter service in 2011.

Italy

• Giuseppe Garibaldi (551): 13,850 tons Italian STOVL, commissioned september 1985.
• Conte di Cavour (550): 27,100 tons Italian STOVL, commission date 2008.

Russia

• Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov: 66,000 tons Admiral Kuznetsov class STOBAR aircraft carrier. Launched in 1985 as Tbilisi, renamed and operational from 1995.

Spain

• Principe de Asturias (R11): 13,400 tons, STOVL, commissioned 30 May 1988.

Thailand

• HTMS Chakri Naruebet: 10,000 tons multi-role 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): 20,600 tons Invincible STOVL class aircraft carrier, commissioned 20 June 1982
• HMS Ark Royal (R07): 20,600 tons Invincible STOVL class aircraft carrier in service from 1985
• HMS Invincible (R05): 20,600 tons Invincible STOVL class aircraft carrier, currently in commission, but deactivated and mothballed. HMS Invincible can be made readily available with an 18 month reactivation notice.

Aircraft/Helicopter carrier

• HMS Ocean (L12): 21,578 tons based on Invincible STOVL class aircraft carrier in service from 1998

Under construction

• HMS Queen Elizabeth (CVF): 65,000 tons Royal Navy CVF programme expected in 2012
• HMS Prince of Wales (CVF): 65,000 tons Royal Navy CVF programme expected in 2015

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 2008.
• USS Enterprise (CVN-65): 93,500 ton nuclear-powered supercarrier, commissioned 25 November 1961. First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Due for decommissioning in 2014-2015.
• USS Nimitz (CVN-68): 104,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 3 May 1975.
• USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69): 104,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 18 October 1977.
• USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70): 104,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 13 March 1982.
• USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71): 104,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 25 October 1986.
• USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72): 104,000-ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 11 November 1989
• USS George Washington (CVN-73): 104,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 4 July 1992.
• USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74): Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned 9 December 1995.
• USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75): 104,000 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.
• USS Wasp (LHD-1): 40,532 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 29 July 1989.
• USS Essex (LHD-2): 40,236 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 17 October 1992.
• USS Kearsarge (LHD-3): 40,500 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 16 October 1993.
• USS Boxer (LHD-4): 40,722 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 11 February 1995.
• USS Bataan (LHD-5): 40,358 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 15 March 1996.
• USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6): 40,500 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 15 August 1998.
• USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7): 40,530 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 30 June 2001.
• USS Tarawa (LHA-1): 38,900 ton V/STOL Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 29 May 1976.
• USS Nassau (LHA-4): 39,300 ton V/STOL Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 28 July 1979.
• USS Peleliu (LHA-5): 39,438 ton V/STOL Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, in active service, commissioned 3 May 1980.

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.
• USS Makin Island (LHD-8): 41,335 ton V/STOL Wasp class amphibious assault ship, under construction, launched 15 September 2006, commissioning scheduled for 2008.