Included in this list are ships which meet the above definition and had an official name (italicized) or designation (non-italicized), regardless of whether they were or were not ordered, laid down, completed, or commissioned.
"In Commission" denotes the period that the ship was officially in commission with the given name for the given country as an aircraft carrier as defined above.
The two planned Italian carriers {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Aquila||2}} and {{Ship|Italian aircraft carrier|Sparviero||2}} were seized by the Germans after the Italian Armistice but not completed.
The Russian Navy was established in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred over to Russia.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in December 1991, most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred to Russia, with the exception of Varyag which was transferred to Ukraine. Ulyanovsk was scrapped before the Soviet Union was dissolved.
The United States Navy is a blue-water navy that is the world's largest and most powerful because, among its numerous other vessels, it has the world's largest fleet of nuclear powered aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the (CATOBAR) {{sclass-|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|4}} and (CATOBAR/ EMALS) {{sclass-|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}} supercarriers. These carriers serve as the centerpieces and flagships for the Navy's Carrier Strike Groups, with their embarked Carrier Air Wings and accompanying ships and submarines, which strongly contribute to the US ability to project force around the globe. The following is a complete list of all the US Navy's carriers and classes to date, and their status:
The United States Navy also had a sizable fleet of escort aircraft carriers during World War II and the era that followed. These ships were both quicker and cheaper to build than larger fleet carriers and were built in great numbers to serve as a stop-gap measure when fleet carriers were too few. However, they were usually too slow to keep up with naval task forces and would typically be assigned to amphibious operations, often seen in the Pacific war's island hopping campaign, or to convoy protection in the war in the Atlantic. To that end, many of these ships were transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the US-UK lend-lease program. While some of these ships were kept for a time in reserve after the war, none survive today, as they have all since been sunk or retired and scrapped. The following are the classes and stand-alone ships of the US Navy's escort carriers;
The United States Navy also has several full-deck, amphibious assault ships, which are larger than many of the aircraft carriers of other navies today.[11] These ships are STOVL-capable and can carry full squadrons of fixed-wing aircraft, such as the V/STOL AV-8B Harrier II and the STOVL F-35 Lightning II, along with numerous rotary-wing aircraft. Their primary purpose though, is usually to serve as the centerpiece and flagship for an Expeditionary Strike Group or Amphibious Ready Group, carrying US Marine Corps Expeditionary Units and their equipment close to shore for amphibious landings and departures. The following are ships and classes of US Navy amphibious assault ships;
| Name | Service | Pennant
or hull # | Class | Type | Flight operation | In commission | Notes |
|---|
| Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-72}}CVN-72 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[12] | CATOBAR | 1989–present}} |
| Acavus | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MAC 1 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service. |
| Activity|D94|2}} | UK}} | D94 | Escort carrier | 1942–1945 | Converted freighter. |
| Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov | RUS}}
{{navy|SUN}} | 111 | Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | VTOL | 1987–1996 | Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Admiral Gorshkov, or just Gorshkov. Before 1991, it was named Baku. To India as Vikramaditya 2004. |
| Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov | RUS}}
{{navy|SUN}} | 063/113 | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1991–present | Also known as Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, Admiral Kuznetsov, or just Kuznetsov. Ex-Tbilisi. |
| Admiralty Islands|CVE-99|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-099}}CVE-99 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | ex-Chapin Bay. |
| Adula | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MAC 2 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1944–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service. |
| Africa | 2} | UK}} | Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}}/
{{sclass-|Malta|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Audacious-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to Malta-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945. |
| Akagi | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Akagi|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1927–1942 | Amagi|battlecruiser|2}}, Sunk 4 June 1942 at Midway |
| Alava Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-103}}CVE-103 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Roi|CVE-103|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Alazon Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-055}}CVE-55 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Casablanca|CVE-55|2}} 1943 after construction began. |
| Alazon Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-094}}CVE-94 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Lunga Point|CVE-94|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Albion|R07|2}} | UK}} | R07 | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1954–1962 | Converted to commando carrier. |
| Alexia | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MAC 3 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Alikula Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-057}}CVE-57 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Coral Sea|CVE-57|2}} before launch. |
| Alikula Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-095}}CVE-95 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Bismarck Sea|CVE-95|2}} 1944 after launch. |
| Altamaha|CVE-6|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-006}}CVE-6 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1942 | [13] Became {{HMS>Battler|D18|6}}. |
| Altamaha|CVE-18|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-018}}CVE-18 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 |
| Amagi | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Akagi|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | n/a | 1920–22 conversion from battlecruiser never completed. |
| Amagi | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1944–1945 | Sunk 29 July 1945 by aircraft |
| Amastra | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MAC 4 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Ameer | US|name=US Navy}} | AVG-55 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Renamed Alazon Bay 1943 after construction began. |
| Ameer|D01|2}} | UK}} | D01 | Ruler|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [18] Ex-{{USS>Baffins|CVE-35|6}}. |
| America|CV-66|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-66 | Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1965–1996 |
| Ancylus | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MAC 5 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Andrea Doria | ITA|name=Italian Navy}} | 550 | aircraft carrier | n/a | Renamed Cavour before construction began. |
| Anguilla Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-096}}CVE-96 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Salamaua|CVE-96|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Antietam|CV-36|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-36 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1963 | 1st carrier modified with angled flight deck, 1952. |
| Anzio|CVE-57|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-057}}CVE-57 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-USS Coral Sea, renamed to reuse name for CV-43. |
| Aquila | ITA|name=Italian Navy}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | 1941–1943 conversion from passenger liner never completed. |
| Arbiter|D31|2}} | UK}} | D31 | Ruler|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [18] Ex-{{USS>St. Simon|CVE-51|6}}. |
| Archer|BAVG-1|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | BAVG-1 | Long Island|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Converted cargo ship. Became {{HMS>Archer|D78|6}}. |
| Archer|D78|2}} | UK}} | D78 | Long Island|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1941–1943 | [18] Ex-USS Archer. |
| Argus|I49|2}} | UK}} | I49 | Fleet carrier | 1918–1929 | Converted ocean liner. |
| Ark Royal|91|2}} | UK}} | 091}}91 | Fleet carrier | 1939–1941 | Sunk by U-81 on 13 November 1941 |
| Ark Royal|R09|2}} | UK}} | R09 | Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1955–1978 | Ex-Irresistible. First carrier commissioned with angled deck. |
| Ark Royal|R07|2}} | UK}} | R07 | Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | STOVL | 1985–2011 | Ex-Indomitable. |
| Arrogant | UK}} | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Laid down 1944, never completed. |
| Arromanches | FRA}} | R95 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1974 | Colossus|R15|6}}, loaned (later sold) to France |
| Aso | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | STOBAR | n/a | Launched in 1944, never completed. |
| Astrolabe Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-060}}CVE-60 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Guadalcanal|CVE-60|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Astrolabe Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-097}}CVE-97 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Hollandia|CVE-97|2}} 1944 after launch. |
| Atheling|D51|2}} | UK}} | D51 | Ruler|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [18] Ex-{{USS>Glacier|CVE-33|6}}. |
| Attacker|D02|2}} | UK}} | D02 | Attacker|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 | [18] Ex-{{USS>Barnes|CVE-7|6}}. |
| Attu|CVE-102|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-102}}CVE-102 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Elbour Bay. |
| Audacious | UK}} | R05 | Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1951–1972 | Eagle|R05|2}} 1946 while under construction. |
| Audacity|D10|2}} | UK}} | D10 | Escort carrier | 1941–1941 | Converted merchant ship, sunk by U-751 |
| Auguilla Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-058}}CVE-58 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Corregidor|CVE-58|2}}1943 before launch. |
| Avenger | US|name=US Navy}} | BAVG-1 | Avenger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Avenger|D14|6}}. |
| Avenger|D14|2}} | UK}} | D14 | Avenger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1942 | [14] Sunk 15 November 1942 by U-155. |
| Badoeng Strait|CVE-116|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-116}}CVE-116 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1957 | Ex-San Alberto Bay. |
| Baffins|CVE-35|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-035}}CVE-35 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Ameer|D01|6}}. |
| Bairoko|CVE-115|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-115 | {{sclass-|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1955 | Ex-Portage Bay. |
| Baku | SUN}} | 103 | Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft cruiser | VTOL | 1987–1991 | Renamed to Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov in 1991. |
| Balinas | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-36 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Bolinas|CVE-36|2}} after launch because of misspelling. |
| Barnes|CVE-7|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-007}}CVE-7 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1942 | [13] Became {{HMS>Attacker|D02|6}}. |
| Barnes|CVE-20|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-020}}CVE-20 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 |
| Bastian|CVE-37|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-037}}CVE-37 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1942 | [13] Became {{HMS>Trumpeter|D09|6}}. |
| Bastogne|CVE-124|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-124 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch |
| Bataan|CVL-29|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-29}}CVL-29 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1954 |
| Battler|D18|2}} | UK}} | D18 | Attacker|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Altamaha|CVE-6|6}}. |
| BAVG-5 | US|name=US Navy}} | BAVG-5 | Charger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [14] Became {{HMS>Dasher|D37|6}}. |
| Béarn | FRA}} | Fleet carrier | 1927–1948 | Converted battleship. |
| Begum|D38|2}} | UK}} | D38 | Ruler|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Bolinas|CVE-36|6}}. |
| Belleau Wood|CVL-24|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-24}}CVL-24 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1947 | To France as Bois Belleau |
| Bennington|CV-20|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-20 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1970 |
| Bismarck Sea|CVE-95|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-095}}CVE-95 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1945 | Ex-Alikula Bay. Sunk 21 February 1945 by kamikaze attack off Iwo Jima |
| Biter | US|name=US Navy}} | BAVG-23 | Avenger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [14] Became {{HMS>Biter|D97|6}}. |
| Biter|D97|2}} | UK}} | D97 | Avenger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1940–1945 | [14] To France as Dixmude |
| Block Island|CVE-8|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-008}}CVE-8 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Converted freighter. Became HMS Trailer, then {{HMS>Hunter|D80|6}}. |
| Block Island|CVE-21|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-021}}CVE-21 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1944 | Sunk 29 May 1944 by U-549 |
| Block Island|CVE-106|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-106}} | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1954 | Ex-Sunset Bay (some sources say Sunset). |
| Bogue|CVE-9|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-009}}CVE-9 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 |
| Bois Belleau | FRA}} | R97 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1953–1960 | Belleau Wood|CVL-24|6}}. |
| Bolinas|CVE-36|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-036}}CVE-36 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | Balinas. [13] Became {{HMS>Begum|D38|6}}. |
| Bon Homme Richard | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-10 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Yorktown|CV-10|2}} 1942 before launch. |
| Bon Homme Richard|CV-31|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-31 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1971 |
| Bonaventure|CVL 22|2}} | Canada|1911|name=Canadian Navy}} | CVL-22 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | 1957–1970 | Ex-incomplete HMS Powerful. |
| Bougainville|CVE-100|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-100}}CVE-100 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Didrickson Bay. |
| Boxer|CV-21|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-21 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1969 |
| Breton|CVE-10|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-010}}CVE-10 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Chaser|D32|6}} |
| Breton|CVE-23|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-023}}CVE-23 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 |
| Bucareli Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-061}}CVE-61 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Manila Bay|CVE-61|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Bucareli Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-098}}CVE-98 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Kwajalein|CVE-98|2}} 1944 before launch. |
| Bulwark|R08|2}} | UK}} | R08 | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1954–1981 | Converted to commando carrier 1960 |
| Bunker Hill|CV-17|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-17 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1947 |
| Cabot | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-16 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Lexington|CV-16|2}} 1942 before launch. |
| Cabot|CVL-28|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-28}}CVL-28 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1955 | To Spain as Dédalo |
| Campania|D48|2}} | UK}} | D48 | Nairana|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1952 | Command ship for first British atomic bomb test |
| Cape Esperance|CVE-88|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-088}}CVE-88 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1959 | Ex-Tananek Bay. |
| Cape Gloucester|CVE-109|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-109}}CVE-109 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1946 | Ex-Willapa Bay. |
| Card | 2} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-011}}CVE-11 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 |
| Carl Vinson|CVN-70|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-70}}CVN-70 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 1982–present |
| Carnegie|CVE-38|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-038}}CVE-38 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Empress|D42|6}}. |
| Casablanca|CVE-55|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-055}}CVE-55 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 | Ex-Alazon Bay. |
| Cavour | ITA|name=Italian Navy}} | 550 | aircraft carrier | V/STOL | 2008–present | Ex-Andrea Doria. |
| Centaur|R06|2}} | UK}} | R06 | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1953–1965 |
| Chakri Naruebet | THA|name=Thai Navy}} | 911 | Príncipe de Asturias|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | STOVL | 1997–present |
| Chapin Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-061}}CVE-63 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Midway|CVE-63|2}} 1943 after construction began. |
| Chapin Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-099}}CVE-99 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Admiralty Islands|CVE-99|2}} before construction began. |
| Charger|CVE-30|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-030}}CVE-30 | Charger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 | Converted liner. Became HMS Charger 1942, returned to US two days later. |
| Charger|CVE-30|2}} | UK}} | D27 | Avenger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1942 | Charger|CVE-30|2}}. Returned to US two days later. |
| Charles De Gaulle | FRA}} | R91 | Fleet carrier[16] | CATOBAR | 2001–present | ex-Richelieu |
| Chaser|D32|2}} | UK}} | D32 | Attacker|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Breton|CVE-10|6}}. |
| Chatham|CVE-32|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-032}}CVE-32 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Slinger|D26|6}}. |
| Chenango|CVE-28|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-028}}CVE-28 | Sangamon|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 | Converted oiler. |
| Chigusa Maru | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}} | Yamashiro Maru | Escort carrier | STOBAR | n/a | 1944 tanker conversion, never completed. |
| Chitose | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Chitose|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1942–1944 | Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf. |
| Chiyoda | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Chitose|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | STOBAR | 1943–1944 | Converted seaplane tender. Sunk 25 October 1944 off Leyte Gulf. |
| Chuyo | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Taiyō|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | STOBAR | 1942–1943 | Sailfish|SS-192|6}} 4 December 1943 |
| Clemenceau | FRA}} | R98 | Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1961–1997 |
| Colossus|R15|2}} | UK}} | R15 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Loaned (later sold) to France as Arromanches |
| {{USS|Commencement Bay|CVE-105|2}}}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-105}}CVE-105 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1946 | Ex-St. Joseph Bay. |
| Constellation|CV-64|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-64 | Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1961–2003 |
| Copahee|CVE-12|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-012}}CVE-12 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 |
| Coral Sea|CVE-57|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-057}}CVE-57 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1944 | Alikula Bay. Renamed {{USS>Anzio|CVE-57|2}} to re-use the name for CV-43. |
| Coral Sea|CV-43|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-43}}CVB-43 | Midway|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1947–1990 |
| Cordova|CVE-39|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-039}}CVE-39 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Khedive|D62|6}}. |
| Core|CVE-13|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-013}}CVE-13 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 |
| Corregidor|CVE-58|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-058}}CVE-58 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1958 | Ex-Auguilla Bay. |
| Courageous|50|2}} | UK}} | 050}}50 | Courageous|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1928–1939 | Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by U-29, 17 September 1939 |
| Cowpens|CVL-25|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-25}}CVL-25 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1947 |
| Croatan|CVE-14|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-014}}CVE-14 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Fencer|D64|6}} |
| Croatan|CVE-25|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-025}}CVE-25 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 |
| Crown Point | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-32 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Leyte|CV-32|2}} 1945 before launch. |
| CV-44 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-44 | Midway|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1943. |
| CV-50 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-50 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CV-51 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-51 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CV-52 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-52 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CV-53 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-53 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CV-54 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-54 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CV-55 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-55 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CVB-56 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-56}}CVB-56 | Midway|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CVB-57 | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-57}}CVB-57 | Midway|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| CVE-128 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-128 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 after construction began. |
| CVE-129 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-129 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 after construction began. |
| CVE-130 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-130 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-131 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-131 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-132 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-132 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-133 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-133 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-134 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-134 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-135 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-135 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-136 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-136 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-137 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-137 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-138 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-138 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| CVE-139 | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-139 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1945 before construction began. |
| Daiju Maru | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}} | Shimane Maru|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | STOBAR | n/a | Tanker conversion. Cancelled 1945. |
| Dasher|D37|2}} | UK}} | D37 | Avenger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1943 | [14] Ex-American BAVG-5. Sunk 27 March 1943 following explosion of unknown cause. |
| Dédalo | ESP}} | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1967–1989 | Cabot|CVL-28|6}}. |
| Delgada|CVE-40|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-040}}CVE-40 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Speaker|D90|6}}. |
| Didrickson Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-064}}CVE-64 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Tripoli|CVE-64|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Didrickson Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-100}}CVE-100 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Bougainville|CVE-100|2}} before construction began. |
| Dixmude | FRA}} | Charger|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1966 | Biter|D97|6}}. |
| Dolomi Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-065}}CVE-65 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Wake Island|CVE-65|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Dolomoi Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-101}}CVE-101 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Matanikau|CVE-101|2}} 1944 before launch. |
| Duke of Edinburgh>Duke of Edinburgh | UK}} | CVA-01 | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Planned 1960s fleet carrier, but never ordered. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-69}}CVN-69 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 1977–present |
| Eagle|1918|2}} | UK}} | 094}}94 | Fleet carrier | 1924–1942 | Converted battleship. Sunk by U-73, 11 August 1942 |
| Eagle | UK}} | Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Laid down 1944, cancelled 1946. |
| Eagle|R05|2}} | UK}} | R05 | Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1951–1972 | Ex-Audacious. |
| Edisto|CVE-41|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-041}}CVE-41 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Nabob|D77|6}}. |
| Elbe | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Jade | Auxiliary aircraft carrier | n/a | Liner conversion, cancelled 1943. |
| Elbour Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-066}}CVE-66 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | White Plains|CVE-66|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Elbour Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-102}}CVE-102 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Attu|CVE-102|2}} before construction began. |
| Elephant | UK}} | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Hermes|R12|6}}. |
| Emperor|D98|2}} | UK}} | D98 | Ruler|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Pybus|CVE-34|6}}. |
| Emperor | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-067}}CVE-67 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Renamed Nassuk Bay 1943 after construction began. |
| Empire MacAlpine | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MH | Empire|grain carrier|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [17] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacAndrew | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MK | Empire|grain carrier|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [17] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacCabe | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | ML | Empire|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacCallum | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MN | Empire|grain carrier|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [17] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacColl | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MB | Empire|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacDermott | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MS | Empire|grain carrier|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1944–1945 | [17] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacKay | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MH | Empire|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacKendrick | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MO | Empire|grain carrier|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [17] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacMahon | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MJ | Empire|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Empire MacRae | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MU | Empire|grain carrier|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1943–1945 | [17] Returned to commercial service |
| Empress|D42|2}} | UK}} | D42 | Ruler|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Carnegie|CVE-38|6}}. |
| Eniwetok|CVE-125|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-125}}CVE-125 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Keel laid April 1945, cancelled before launch |
| Enterprise|CV-6|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-06}}CV-6 | Yorktown|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1938–1947 |
| Enterprise|CVN-65|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-65}}CVN-65 | Enterprise|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | 1961–2012 | First nuclear-powered carrier |
| Enterprise|CVN-80|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-80}}CVN-80 | Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | n/a | Commissioning 2025. |
| Essex|CV-9|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-09}}CV-9 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1942–1969 |
| Estero|CVE-42|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-042}}CVE-42 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Premier|D23|6}}. |
| Falco | ITA|name=Italian Navy}} | Aircraft carrier | n/a | Liner conversion began 1942. Renamed Sparviero but never completed. |
| Fanshaw Bay|CVE-70|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-070}}CVE-70 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 |
| Fencer|D64|2}} | UK}} | D64 | Attacker|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Croatan|CVE-14|6}}. |
| Flugzeugträger B | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Started 1938, cancelled 1939. Proposed name was Peter Strasser. |
| Flugzeugträger C | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1938 before construction began. |
| Flugzeugträger D | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1938 before construction began. |
| Foch | FRA}} | R99 | Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1963–2000 | sold to Brazil as São Paulo |
| Formidable|67|2}} | UK}} | 067}}67 | Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1940–1947 |
| Forrestal|CV-59|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-59 | Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1955–1993 | First supercarrier |
| Fortaleza Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-072}}CVE-72 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Fortazela Bay. Renamed {{USS>Tulagi|CVE-72|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Fortazela Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-072}}CVE-72 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Renamed Fortaleza Bay 1943 before launch due to spelling error. |
| Franklin|CV-13|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-13 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1947 | Badly damaged March 1945 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt|CV-42|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-42}}CVB-42 | Midway|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1945–1977 |
| Frosty Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-112}}CVE-112 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Siboney|CVE-112|2}} 1944 before launch. |
| Furious|47|2}} | UK}} | 047}}47 | Courageous|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1917–1945 | Converted battlecruiser. |
| Gadila | 2} | NLD|name=Dutch Merchant Navy}} | MAC 6 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1944–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Gambier Bay|CVE-73|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-073}}CVE-73 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1944 | Sunk by Japanese gunfire at Battle of Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944 |
| George H.W. Bush|CVN-77|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-77}}CVN-77 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 2009–present |
| George Washington|CVN-73|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-73}}CVN-73 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 1992–present |
| Gerald R. Ford|CVN-78|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-78}}CVN-78 | Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 2017–present | In-service, undergoing extensive testing until 2021 |
| Gibraltar|D68|2}} | UK}} | D68 | Malta|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Ordered 1943 but never laid down. |
| Gilbert Islands|CVE-107|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-107}}CVE-107 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1955 | St. Andrews Bay. Converted to communication relay ship {{USS>Annapolis|AGMR-1|6}} |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | ITA|name=Italian Navy}} | 551 | aircraft carrier | STOVL | 1983–present |
| Glacier|CVE-33|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-033}}CVE-33 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Atheling|D51|6}}. |
| Glorious | 2} | UK}} | 077}}77 | Courageous|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1930–1940 | Converted battlecruiser. Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau 8 June 1940 |
| Glory|R62|2}} | UK}} | R62 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1956 |
| Graf Zeppelin | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Launched 1938, never completed. |
| Guadalcanal|CVE-60|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-060}}CVE-60 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 | Ex-Astrolabe Bay. Captured U-505 |
| Hamlin|CVE-15|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-015}}CVE-15 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1942 | [13] Became {{HMS>Stalker|D91|6}} |
| Hancock | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-14 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Ticonderoga|CV-14|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Hancock|CV-19|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-19 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1976 | Ex-Ticonderoga (CV-19). |
| Harry S. Truman|CVN-75|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-75}}CVN-75 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 1998–present | Ex-United States |
| Hercules|R49|2}} | UK}} | R49 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR / STOVL | n/a | Vikrant|R11|6}}. |
| Hermes|95|2}} | UK}} | 095}}95 | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR / STOBAR | 1924–1942 | First purpose built carrier launched. Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft. |
| Hermes | UK}} | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Laid down 1944, cancelled 1945. |
| Hermes|R12|2}} | UK}} | R12 | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR / STOVL | 1959–1984 | Ex-Elephant. To India as INS Viraat |
| Hiryū | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1939–1942 | Sunk at Midway |
| Hiyō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Hiyō|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1942–1944 | Converted ocean liner, sunk at Battle of the Philippine Sea |
| Hobart Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-113}}CVE-113 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Puget Sound|CVE-113|2}} 1944 before launch. |
| Hoggatt Bay|CVE-75|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-075}}CVE-75 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Hollandia|CVE-97|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-097}}CVE-97 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1947 | Ex-Astrolabe Bay. |
| Hornet|CV-8|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-08}}CV-8 | Yorktown|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1941–1942 | Sunk in Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. |
| Hornet|CV-12|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-12 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1970 | Ex-Kearsarge (CV-12). Museum at Alameda, CA. |
| Hōshō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1922–1946 |
| Hunter|D80|2}} | UK}} | D80 | Attacker|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1945 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Block Island|CVE-8|6}}. Renamed from HMS Trailer. |
| Ibuki | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Light carrier | STOBAR | n/a | Launched 1943, never completed. |
| I | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Auxiliary aircraft carrier | n/a | Transport conversion, cancelled 1942. |
| II | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Auxiliary aircraft carrier | n/a | Cruiser conversion, cancelled 1943. |
| Ikoma | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | STOBAR | 1944–1945 | Sunk in Kure dockyard 24 July 1945 |
| Illustrious|87|2}} | UK}} | 087}}87 | Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1940–1954 |
| Illustrious|R06|2}} | UK}} | R06 | Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | STOVL | 1982–2014 |
| Implacable |R86|2}} | UK}} | R86 | Implacable|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1954 |
| Indefatigable|R10|2}} | UK}} | R10 | Implacable|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Independence|CVL-22|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-22}}CVL-22 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1946 |
| Independence|CV-62|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-62 | Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1959–1998 |
| Independencia | ARG}} | V-1 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1958–1970 | Warrior|R31|6}} |
| Indomitable|92|2}} | UK}} | 092}}92 | Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1941–1953 |
| Indomitable | UK}} | R07 | Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | STOVL | n/a | Ark Royal|R07|2}} before construction began. |
| Intrepid|CV-11|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-11 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1974 | Museum in New York City. |
| Invincible|R05|2}} | UK}} | R05 | Invincible|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | STOVL | 1980–2005 |
| Irresitible | UK}} | R09 | Audacious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Ark Royal|R09|2}} before launch. |
| Iwo Jima|CV-46|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-46 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Laid down 1945, but never completed. |
| Jade | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Jade | Auxiliary aircraft carrier | n/a | Proposed liner conversion, cancelled 1942. |
| Jamaica|CVE-43|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-043}}CVE-43 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Shah|D21|6}}. |
| Joffre | FRA}} | Joffre|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Under construction 1938–1940, but never completed. |
| John C. Stennis|CVN-74|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-74}}CVN-74 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 1995–present |
| John F. Kennedy|CV-67|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-67 | Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}}/John F. Kennedy | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1968–2007 |
| John F. Kennedy|CVN-79|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-79}}CVN-79 | Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | n/a | Under construction, commissioning 2020 |
| Juan Carlos I | ESP}} | L61 | Juan Carlos I|aircraft carrier|5}} | STOVL amphibious warfare ship | STOVL | 2010–present |
| Junyō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Hiyō|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1942–1946 | Converted ocean liner. |
| Kadashan Bay|CVE-76|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-076}}CVE-76 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Kaga | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Fleet carrier | STOBAR | 1928–1942 | Converted battleship. Sunk at Midway |
| Kaimon | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kurama. |
| Kaita Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-078}}CVE-78 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Savo Island|CVE-78|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Kaiyo | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Escort carrier | STOBAR | 1943–1945 | Converted ocean liner. Sunk at Beppu Bay 24 July 1945. |
| Kalinin Bay|CVE-68|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-068}}CVE-68 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 |
| Kanalku Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-077}}CVE-77 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Marcus Island|CVE-77|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Karel Doorman|QH1|2}} | {{navy|NLD|name=Dutch Navy}}}} | QH1 | Nairana|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1946–1948 | Nairana|D05|6}}. |
| Karel Doorman|R81|2}} | NLD|name=Dutch Navy}} | R81 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1948–1968 | Ex-HMS Venerable. To Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo 1969. |
| Kasaan Bay|CVE-69|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-069}}CVE-69 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 |
| Kasagi | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | n/a | Launched 1944, but never completed. |
| Katsuragi | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Launched 1944, but never completed. |
| Kearsarge | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-12 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Hornet|CV-12|2}} 1942 before launch. |
| Kearsarge|CV-33|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-33 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1970 |
| Keweenaw|CVE-44|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-044}}CVE-44 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Patroller|D07|6}}. |
| Khedive|D62|2}} | UK}} | D62 | Ruler|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Cordova|CVE-39|6}}. |
| Kiev | RUS}}
{{navy|SUN}} | 075 | Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | VTOL | 1975–1993 | Currently an attraction at Tianjin Binhai theme park in China |
| Kitkun Bay|CVE-71|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-071}}CVE-71 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 |
| Kitty Hawk|CV-63|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-63 | Kitty Hawk|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1961–2009 |
| Kremlin | SUN}} | Ulyanovsk|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | n/a | Renamed Ulyanovsk before construction began, never completed. |
| Kula Gulf|CVE-108|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-108}}CVE-108 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1969 | Ex-Vermillion Bay. |
| Kurama | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | n/a | Cancelled 1944 before construction began. Also known as Kaimon. |
| Kwajalein|CVE-98|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-098}}CVE-98 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Bucareli Bay. |
| La Fayette | FRA}} | R96 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1951–1963 | Langley|CV-27|6}}. |
| Lake Champlain|CV-39|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-39 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1966 |
| Langley|CV-1|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-01}}CV-1 | Light carrier | 1922–1938 | Converted to seaplane tender. Scuttled 27 February 1942 after being damaged by dive bombers. |
| Langley|CV-27|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-27}}CVL-27 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1947 | To France as La Fayette. |
| Leonid Brezhnev | RUS}} | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Ex-Riga. Renamed Tbilisi after launch in 1985. |
| Leviathan | UK}} | R97 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Launched 1945, but never completed. |
| Lexington|CV-2|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-02}}CV-2 | Lexington|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1927–1942 | Sunk by enemy action on 8 May 1942 during Battle of the Coral Sea. |
| Lexington|CV-16|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-16 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1991 | Ex-Cabot (CV-16). Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Leyte|CV-32|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-32 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1959 | Ex-Crown Point (CV-32). |
| Liaoning | CHN|name=Chinese Navy}} | 016}}16 | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft carrier | STOBAR | 2012–present | Ex-incomplete Varyag from Ukraine 1998. |
| Type 001a | CHN|name=Chinese Navy}} | Aircraft carrier | STOBAR | 2017–present |
| Lingayen|CVE-126|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-126}}CVE-126 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Laid down 1945, but never completed. |
| Liscome Bay|CVE-56|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-056}}CVE-56 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1943 | Sunk by I-175 24 November 1943 |
| Long Island|CVE-1|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-001}}CVE-1 | Long Island|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1941–1946 |
| Luigi Einaudi | ITA|name=Italian Navy}} | 550 | aircraft carrier | STOVL | n/a | Renamed Andrea Doria before construction began. |
| Lunga Point|CVE-94|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-094}}CVE-94 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Alazon Bay. |
| Macoma | 2} | NLD|name=Dutch Merchant Navy}} | MAC 7 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1944–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Magnificent | UK}} | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Completed for Canada as HMCS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956. |
| Magnificent|CVL-21|2}} | Canada|1911|name=Canadian Navy}} | CVL-21 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | 1948–1956 | Ex-HMS Magnificent. Returned to UK 1956. |
| Majestic|R77|2}} | UK}} | R77 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Melbourne|R21|6}}. |
| Makassar Strait|CVE-91|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-091}}CVE-91 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Ulitaka Bay. |
| Makin Island|CVE-93|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-093}}CVE-93 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Woodcliff Bay. |
| Malta|D93|2}} | UK}} | D93 | Malta|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Ordered 1943 but never laid down. |
| Manila Bay|CVE-61|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-061}}CVE-61 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 | Ex-Bucareli Bay. |
| Marcus Island|CVE-77|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-077}}CVE-77 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Kanalku Bay. |
| Matanikau|CVE-101|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-101}}CVE-101 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Dolomoi Bay. |
| McClure | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-045}}CVE-45 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Prince|CVE-45|2}} 1942 before construction began. |
| Melbourne|R21|2}} | AUS|name=Australian Navy}} | R21 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | 1955–1982 | Majestic|R77|6}} completed for Australian Navy. |
| Midway|CVE-63|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-061}}CVE-63 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Chapin Bay. Renamed {{USS>St. Lo|CVE-63|6}} to free name for CV-41 |
| Midway|CV-41|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-41}}CVB-41 | Midway|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1945–1992 | Museum in San Diego, CA |
| Minas Gerais | BRA}} | A11 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1960–2001 | [18] |
| Mindoro|CVE-120|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-120}}CVE-120 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1955 |
| Minsk | RUS}}
{{navy|SUN}} | 025/011 | Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | VTOL | 1978–1993 | Currently a tourist attraction in Shenzhen, China. |
| Miralda | 2} | UK|civil|name=British Merchant Navy}} | MAC 8 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1944–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Mission Bay|CVE-59|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-059}}CVE-59 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1958 |
| Monmouth | UK}} | 96 | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| Monterey|CV-26|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-26}}CVL-26 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1956 |
| Mosser Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-114}}CVE-114 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Renamed Willamette after launch. |
| Munda|CVE-104|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-104}}CVE-104 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Tonowek Bay. |
| Nabob|D77|2}} | UK}} | D77 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1944 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Edisto|CVE-41|6}}. Canadian crew. |
| Nairana|D05|2}} | UK}} | D05 | Nairana|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | Karel Doorman|QH1|6}} |
| Nassau|CVE-16|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-016}}CVE-16 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 |
| Nassuk Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-067}}CVE-67 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Emperor. Renamed {{USS>Solomons|CVE-67|2}} 1943 after launch. |
| Natoma Bay|CVE-62|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-062}}CVE-62 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 |
| Nehenta Bay|CVE-74|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-074}}CVE-74 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| New Zealand|D43|2}} | UK}} | D43 | Malta|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Ordered 1943 but never laid down. |
| Niantic|CVE-46|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-046}}CVE-46 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Ranee|D03|6}}. |
| Nimitz|CVN-68|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-68}}CVN-68 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 1975–present |
| Novorossiysk | RUS}}
{{navy|SUN}} | 137 | Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | VTOL | 1982–1993 |
| Ocean|R68|2}} | UK}} | R68 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1960 |
| Okinawa|CVE-127|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-127}}CVE-127 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Laid down 1945, cancelled before launch |
| Ommaney Bay|CVE-79|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-079}}CVE-79 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1945 | Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 4 January 1945. |
| Oriskany | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-18 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Wasp|CV-18|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Oriskany|CV-34|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-34 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1950–1975 | Florida artificial reef in 2006. |
| Otakisan Maru | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}} | Shimane Maru|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Tanker conversion. Launched 1945 but never completed. |
| Painlevé | FRA}} | Joffre|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Planned for 1938, never laid down |
| Palau|CVE-122|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-122}}CVE-122 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1946–1954 |
| Patroller|D07|2}} | UK}} | D07 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1947 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Keweenaw|CVE-44|6}}. |
| Perdido|CVE-47|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-047}}CVE-47 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1944 | [13] Became {{HMS>Trouncer|D85|6}}. |
| Peter Strasser | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | See Flugzeugträger B. |
| Petrof Bay|CVE-80|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-080}}CVE-80 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Philippine Sea|CV-47|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-47 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1958 |
| Point Cruz|CVE-119|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-119}}CVE-119 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1956 | Ex-Trocadero Bay. |
| Polyphemus | UK}} | 57 | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1945. |
| Portage Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-115 | {{sclass-|Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}}}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Bairoko|CVE-115|2}} before construction began. |
| Powerful|R95|2}} | UK}} | R95 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Completed for Canada as HMCS Bonaventure |
| Premier|D23|2}} | UK}} | D23 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Estero|CVE-42|6}}. |
| Pretoria Castle|F61|2}} | UK}} | F61 | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | Converted armed merchant cruiser. |
| Prince|CVE-45|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-045}}CVE-45 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Ex-McClure. Became {{HMS>Rajah|D10|6}}. |
| Prince of Wales|R09|2}} | UK}} | R09 | Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | STOVL | n/a | Named 8 September 2017 |
| Prince William|CVE-19|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-019}}CVE-19 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Striker|D12|6}} |
| Prince William|CVE-31|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-031}}CVE-31 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 |
| Princeton|CVL-23|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-23}}CVL-23 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1944 | Sunk 24 October 1944 at Leyte Gulf |
| Princeton|CV-37|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-37 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1970 |
| Principe de Asturias | ESP}} | R-11 | Príncipe de Asturias|aircraft carrier|5}} | aircraft carrier | STOVL | 1988–2013 |
| Puget Sound|CVE-113|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-113}}CVE-113 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1946 | Ex-Hobart Bay. |
| Puncher|D79|2}} | UK}} | D79 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Willapa|CVE-53|6}}. Canadian crew. |
| Pursuer|D73|2}} | UK}} | D73 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>St. George|CVE-17|6}}. |
| Pybus|CVE-34|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-034}}CVE-34 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [13] Became {{HMS>Emperor|D98|6}}. |
| Queen|D19|2}} | UK}} | D19 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1947 | [15] Ex-{{USS>St. Andrews|CVE-49|6}}. |
| Queen Elizabeth | UK}} | CVA-01 | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Announced 1963, cancelled 1966 before work started. |
| Queen Elizabeth|R08|2}} | UK}} | R08 | Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | STOVL | 2017 - present | Commissioned 7 December 2017 |
| Rabaul|CVE-121|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-121}}CVE-121 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Completed but never commissioned. |
| Rajah|D10|2}} | UK}} | D10 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1947 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Prince|CVE-45|6}}. |
| Randolph|CV-15|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-15 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1969 |
| Ranee|D03|2}} | UK}} | D03 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1947 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Niantic|CVE-46|6}}. |
| Ranger|CV-4|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-04}}CV-4 | Fleet carrier | 1934–1946 |
| Ranger|CV-61|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-61 | Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1957–1993 |
| Rapana | 2} | UK}} | MAC 9 | Rapana|oil tanker|5}} | Merchant aircraft carrier | 1942–1946 | [12] Returned to commercial service |
| Ravager|D70|2}} | UK}} | D70 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] |
| Reaper|D82|2}} | UK}} | D82 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Winjah|CVE-54|6}}. |
| Rendova|CVE-114|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-114}}CVE-114 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1955 | Ex-Willamette. |
| Reprisal | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-30}}CVL-30 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | n/a | San Jacinto|CVL-30|2}} 1942 before launch. |
| Reprisal|CV-35|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-35 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Started 1944, cancelled 1945. |
| Richelieu | FRA}} | Fleet carrier[16] | n/a | Renamed Charles De Gaulle before construction began. |
| Richelieu (PA2) | FRA}} | Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Cancelled 2013 before construction began. |
| Riga | RUS}} | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | n/a | Renamed Leonid Brezhnev after construction began in 1982. |
| Riga | SUN}} | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft carrier | n/a | Renamed to Varyag in 1990 after construction began. |
| Roi|CVE-103|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-103}}CVE-103 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Alava Bay. |
| Ronald Reagan |CVN-76|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-76}}CVN-76 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 2003–present |
| Rudyerd Bay|CVE-81|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-081}}CVE-81 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Ruler|D72|2}} | UK}} | D72 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>St. Joseph|CVE-50|6}}. |
| Ryūhō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Light carrier | 1942–1945 | Converted submarine tender. Severely damage by aircraft March 1945 not repaired |
| Ryūjō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Light carrier | 1933–1942 | Sunk by aircraft during Battle of the Eastern Solomons |
| Sable|IX-81|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | IX-81 | Training carrier | 1943–1945 | Converted paddle-wheel steamer. |
| Saginaw Bay|CVE-82|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-082}}CVE-82 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Saidor|CVE-117|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-117}}CVE-117 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1947 | Ex-Saltery Bay. |
| Saipan|CVL-48|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-48}}CVL-48 | Saipan|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1946–1965 |
| Salamaua|CVE-96|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-096}}CVE-96 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Anguilla Bay. |
| Salerno Bay|CVE-110|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-110}}CVE-110 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1954 | Ex-Winjah Bay. |
| Saltery Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-117}}CVE-117 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Saidor|CVE-117|2}} 1944 before construction began. |
| San Alberto Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-116}}CVE-116 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Badoeng Strait|CVE-116|2}} before construction began. |
| San Jacinto|CVL-30|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-30}}CVL-30 | Independence|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1943–1947 | Ex-Reprisal (CVL-30). |
| Sandy Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-118}}CVE-118 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Sicily|CVE-118|2}} 1944 before construction began. |
| Sangamon|CVE-26|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-026}}CVE-26 | Sangamon|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1945 | Converted oiler. |
| Santee|CVE-29|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-029}}CVE-29 | Sangamon|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 | Converted oiler. |
| São Paulo | BRA}} | A12 | Clemenceau|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 2000–2017 | Ex-Foch. |
| Saratoga|CV-3|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-03}}CV-3 | Lexington|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1927–1946 | Expended as a target ship in the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests. |
| Saratoga|CV-60|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-60 | Forrestal|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | 1956–1994 |
| Sargent Bay|CVE-83|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-083}}CVE-83 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Savo Island|CVE-78|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-078}}CVE-78 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 | Ex-Kaita Bay. |
| Searcher|D40|2}} | UK}} | D40 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1945 | [15] |
| Shah|D21|2}} | UK}} | D21 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Jamaica|CVE-43|6}}. |
| Shamrock Bay|CVE-84|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-084}}CVE-84 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Shangri-La|CV-38|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-38 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1971 |
| Shimane Maru | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}} | Shimane Maru|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1945 | Tanker conversion. Sunk by British aircraft. |
| Shinano | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Fleet carrier | 1944–1944 | Yamato|battleship|2}}. Sunk by {{USS|Archerfish|SS-311|6}} 29 November 1944. |
| Shinyo | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1944 | Spadefish|SS-411|6}} on 17 November 1944. |
| Shipley Bay|CVE-85|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-085}}CVE-85 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Shōhō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Zuihō|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1941–1942 | Sunk by aircraft at Coral Sea |
| Shōkaku | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Shōkaku|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1941–1944 | Cavalla|SS-244|6}} 19 June 1944 |
| Siboney|CVE-112|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-112}}CVE-112 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1956 | Ex-Frosty Bay. |
| Sicily|CVE-118|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-118}}CVE-118 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1954 | Ex-Sandy Bay. |
| Sitkoh Bay|CVE-86|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-086}}CVE-86 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946
1950–1954 |
| Slinger|D26|2}} | UK}} | D26 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Chatham|CVE-32|6}}. |
| Smiter|D55|2}} | UK}} | D55 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Vermillion|CVE-52|6}}. |
| Solomons|CVE-67|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-067}}CVE-67 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 | Ex-Nassuk Bay. |
| Sōryū | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Fleet carrier | 1937–1942 | Sunk at Midway 4 June 1942 |
| Sparviero | ITA|name=Italian Navy}} | Aircraft carrier | n/a | Ex-Falco, never completed. |
| Speaker|D90|2}} | UK}} | D90 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Delgada|CVE-40|6}}. |
| St. Andrews|CVE-49|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-049}}CVE-49 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Queen|D19|6}}. |
| St. Andrews Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-107}}CVE-107 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Gilbert Islands|CVE-107|2}} 1944 before launch. |
| St. George|CVE-17|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-017}}CVE-17 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Pursuer|D73|6}} |
| St. Joseph|CVE-50|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-050}}CVE-50 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Ruler|D72|6}}. |
| St. Joseph Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-105}}CVE-105 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | {{USS|Commencement Bay|CVE-105|2}}}} 1944 after launch. |
| St. Lo|CVE-63|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-063}}CVE-63 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1944 | Midway|CVE-63|6}}, renamed to use name for CV-41. Sunk by kamikaze aircraft 25 October 1944. |
| St. Simon|CVE-51|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-051}}CVE-51 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Arbiter|D31|6}}. |
| Stalker|D91|2}} | UK}} | D91 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1945 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Hamlin|CVE-15|6}}. |
| Steamer Bay|CVE-87|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-087}}CVE-87 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1947 |
| Striker|D12|2}} | UK}} | D12 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] ex-{{USS>Prince William|CVE-19|6}}. |
| Sunset|CVE-48|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-048}}CVE-48 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Thane|D48|6}}. |
| Sunset Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-106}} | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Sunset. Renamed {{USS>Block Island|CVE-106|2}} 1944 before launch. |
| Suwannee|CVE-27|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-027}}CVE-27 | Sangamon|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1946 | Converted oiler. |
| Sydney|R17|2}} | AUS|name=Australian Navy}} | R17 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | 1948–1958 | Terrible|R93|6}} completed for Australian Navy. |
| Taihō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Taihō|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1944–1944 | Sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944 |
| Taisha Maru | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}} | Shimane Maru|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Proposed tanker conversion. Cancelled 1944. |
| Taiyō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Taiyō|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1941–1944 | Rasher|SS-269|6}} 18 August 1944 |
| Takanis Bay|CVE-89|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-089}}CVE-89 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1946 |
| Tananek Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-088}}CVE-88 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Cape Esperance|CVE-88|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Tarawa|CV-40|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-40 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1960 |
| Tbilisi | SUN}} | 113 | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft cruiser | n/a | ex-Leonid Brezhnev. Renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Sozuya Kuznetzov 1990. |
| Terrible|R93|2}} | UK}} | R93 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Sydney|R17|6}}. |
| Thane|D48|2}} | UK}} | D48 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1945 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Sunset|CVE-48|6}}. |
| Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-71}}CVN-71 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | 1986–present |
| Theseus|R64|2}} | UK}} | R64 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1956 |
| Thetis Bay|CVE-90|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-090}}CVE-90 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1964 |
| Ticonderoga | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-19 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Hancock|CV-19|2}} 1943 before launch. |
| Ticonderoga|CV-14|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-14 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1973 | Ex-Hancock (CV-14). |
| Tinian|CVE-123|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-123}}CVE-123 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Completed 1946, but never commissioned |
| Tonowek Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-104}}CVE-104 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Munda|CVE-104|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Totem Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-111}}CVE-111 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Vella Gulf|CVE-111|2}} 1944 before launch. |
| Tracker|D24|2}} | UK}} | D24 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] |
| Trailer | UK}} | D80 | Attacker|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1943 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Block Island|CVE-8|6}}. Renamed to {{HMS|Hunter|D80|6}} 1943. |
| Tripoli|CVE-64|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-064}}CVE-64 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1958 | Ex-Didrickson Bay. |
| Triumph|R16|2}} | UK}} | R16 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1975 |
| Trocadero Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-119}}CVE-119 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Point Cruz|CVE-119|2}} 1944 before construction began. |
| Trouncer|D85|2}} | UK}} | D85 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1944–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Perdido|CVE-47|6}}. |
| Trumpeter|D09|2}} | UK}} | D09 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1946 | [15] Ex-{{USS>Bastian|CVE-37|6}}. |
| Tulagi|CVE-72|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-072}}CVE-72 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 | Ex-Fortaleza Bay. |
| Ulitaka Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-091}}CVE-91 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Makassar Strait|CVE-91|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Ulyanovsk | SUN}} | Ulyanovsk|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Ex-Kremlin. Under construction 1988–1991, never completed. |
| Unicorn|I72|2}} | UK}} | I72 | Light aircraft carrier,
Aircraft repair ship | 1943–1946, 1949–1953 |
| United States |CVA-58|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-58}}CVA-58 | United States|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Laid down April 18, 1949, cancelled five days later. |
| United States | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-75}}CVN-75 | Nimitz|aircraft carrier|5}} | Supercarrier[16] | CATOBAR | n/a | Harry S. Truman|CVN-75|2}} 1992 after launch. |
| Unryū | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Unryū|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1944–1944 | Redfish|SS-395|6}} on 19 December 1944 |
| Unyo | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Taiyō|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1942–1944 | Barb|SS-220|6}} 17 September 1944 |
| Valley Forge|CV-45|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-45 | {{sclass-|Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1970 |
| Varyag | SUN}} | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft carrier | n/a | Ex-Riga. To Ukraine 1992 while still under construction. |
| Varyag | Ukraine}} | Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft carrier | n/a | From Soviet Union 1992, construction cancelled 1995. To China as Liaoning 1998. |
| Veinticinco de Mayo | ARG}} | V-2 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1968–1997 | Ex-Dutch Karel Doorman (R81) 1969. |
| Vella Gulf|CVE-111|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-111}}CVE-111 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1945–1946 | Ex-Totem Bay. |
| Venerable|R63|2}} | UK}} | R63 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1947 | Karel Doorman|R81|2}} 1948. |
| Vengeance|R71|2}} | UK}} | R71 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1952 | [18] |
| Vengeance|R71|2}} | AUS|name=Australian Navy}} | R71 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1952–1955 | [18] On loan from the Royal Navy |
| Verdun | FRA}} | Attack carrier | n/a | Never laid down, cancelled 1961 |
| Vermillion|CVE-52|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-052}}CVE-52 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Smiter|D55|6}}. |
| Vermillion Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-108}}CVE-108 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Kula Gulf|CVE-108|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Victorious|R38|2}} | UK}} | R38 | Illustrious|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1941–1968 |
| Vikramaditya | 2} | IND}} | R33 | Kiev|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft carrier | STOBAR | 2013–present | ex-Russian Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Suzuya Gorshkov. |
| Vikrant|R11|2}} | IND}} | R11 | Majestic|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR / STOVL | 1961–1997 | Hercules|R49|6}} completed for India. |
| Vikrant|2013|2}} | IND}} | IAC-I | Aircraft carrier | STOBAR | n/a | Scheduled to commission 2018. |
| Vindex|D15|2}} | UK}} | D15 | Nairana|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1947 |
| Viraat | 2} | IND}} | R22 | Centaur|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | STOVL | 1987–2017 | Hermes|R12|6}}. |
| Vishal | 2} | IND}} | IAC-II | Supercarrier | n/a | Planned. Scheduled to commission in 2025. |
| Wake Island|CVE-65|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-065}}CVE-65 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 | Ex-Dolomi Bay. |
| Warrior|R31|2}} | Canada|1911|name=Canadian Navy}} | R31 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1946–1948 | Warrior|R31|6}}. Returned to UK. |
| Warrior|R31|2}} | UK}} | R31 | Colossus|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1945–1946, 1948–1958 | Warrior|R31|6}}. Returned to UK and thence to Argentina as Independencia. |
| Wasp|CV-7|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-07}}CV-7 | Wasp|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1940–1942 | Sunk 15 September 1942. |
| Wasp|CV-18|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-18 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1972 | Ex-Oriskany. |
| Weser | Nazi Germany|name=German Navy}} | Aircraft carrier | n/a | 1942–1943 cruiser conversion, never completed. |
| White Plains|CVE-66|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-066}}CVE-66 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1946 | Ex-Elbour Bay. |
| Willamette | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-114}}CVE-114 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Mosser Bay. Renamed {{USS>Rendova|CVE-114|2}} at commissioning. |
| Willapa|CVE-53|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-053}}CVE-53 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | 1943–1944 | [13] Became {{HMS>Puncher|D79|6}}. |
| Willapa Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-109}}CVE-109 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Cape Gloucester|CVE-109|2}} 1944 after construction began. |
| Windham Bay|CVE-92|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-092}}CVE-92 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | 1944–1959 |
| Winjah|CVE-54|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-054}}CVE-54 | Bogue|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | [13] Became {{HMS>Reaper|D82|6}}. |
| Winjah Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-110}}CVE-110 | Commencement Bay|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | n/a | Salerno Bay|CVE-110|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Wolverine|IX-64|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | IX-64 | Training carrier | 1942–1945 | Converted paddle-wheel steamer. |
| Woodcliff Bay | US|name=US Navy}} | CVE-093}}CVE-93 | Casablanca|escort carrier|5}} | Escort carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | Makin Island|CVE-93|2}} 1943 before construction began. |
| Wright|CVL-49|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-49}}CVL-49 | Saipan|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1947–1970 |
| Yamashiro Maru | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}} | Yamashiro Maru | Escort carrier | 1945–1945 | Tanker conversion. Sunk by aircraft 17 February 1945 |
| Yorktown|CV-5|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-05}}CV-5 | Yorktown|aircraft carrier|5}} | Aircraft carrier | 1937–1942 | Sunk 7 June 1942 at Midway after air and sub attacks. |
| Yorktown|CV-10|2}} | US|name=US Navy}} | CV-10 | Essex|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | 1943–1970 | Ex-Bon Homme Richard. Museum at Mount Pleasant, SC |
| Zuihō | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Zuihō|aircraft carrier|5}} | Light carrier | 1940–1944 | Converted oiler, sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944 |
| Zuikaku | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Navy}} | Shōkaku|aircraft carrier|5}} | Fleet carrier | 1941–1944 | Sunk by aircraft at Leyte Gulf 25 October 1944 |
| Zuiun Maru | Empire of Japan|name=Japanese Army}} | Yamashiro Maru | Escort carrier | n/a | 1945 tanker conversion, never completed. |
| Type 002 | CHN|name=Chinese Navy}} | Fleet carrier | CATOBAR | n/a | under construction |
| Type 003 | CHN|name=Chinese Navy}} | Supercarrier | CATOBAR | n/a | planning |
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12. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Converted oil tanker with deck but no hangar or lifts, active as merchant ship. Aircraft stored on deck.
13. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend Lease program. Returned to the US after World War II ended.
14. ^1 2 3 4 Transferred from the United States under the Lend Lease program.
15. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Transferred from the United States under the Lend Lease program. Returned to the US after World War II ended.
16. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Nuclear-powered.
17. ^1 2 3 4 5 Converted Grain carrier with added deck and hangar, still carried cargo but reduced capacity.
18. ^1 2 {{HMS|Vengeance|R71|6}} loaned to Australia from 1952 to 1956 as {{HMAS|Vengeance|R71|6}}, sold to Brazil 1956 as Minas Gerais.