U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS of World War II

Fleet Carriers
 ID  Name Commission Tons Feet 7Dec41                Lost Stars
CV -1 Langley (AV-3) redesignate 19,360   542 Philippines .         Java
CV -2 Lexington 14Dec27 33,000   910 to Midway.    Coral Sea 2
CV -3 Saratoga 16Nov27 33,000   910 to San Diego 7
CV -4 Ranger   4Jun34 14,500   769 to Norfolk 2
CV -5 Yorktown 30Sep37 19,800   827 Norfolk.           Midway 3
CV -6 Enterprise 12May38 19,800   827 to Pearl Harbor 20
CV -7 Wasp 25Apr40 14,700   739 Bermuda. Guadalcanal 2
CV -8 Hornet 20Oct41 20,000   809 Norfolk.      Santa Cruz 4
CV -9 Essex 31Dec42 27,100   874 13
CV-10 Yorktown II 15Apr43 27,100   874 11
CV-11 Intrepid 16Aug43 27,100   874 5+
CV-12 Hornet II 29Nov43 27,100   874 7
CV-13 Franklin 31Jan44 27,100   874 4 + 4 Korea
CV-14 Ticonderoga  8May44 27,100   885 5 + 12 Vietnam
CV-15 Randolph  9Oct44 27,100   885 ?
CV-16 Lexington II 17Feb43 27,100   874 11
CV-17 Bunker Hill 24May43 27,100   874 11
CV-18 Wasp II 24Nov43 27,100   874  8
CV-19 Hancock 15Apr44 27,100   885  4
CV-20 Bennington   6Aug44 27,100   874 3+
CVL-22 Independence 14Jan43 11,000   619  8
CVL-23 Princeton 25Feb43 11,000   619  9                   Leyte
CVL-24 Belleau Wood 31Mar43 11,000   622 12 , to France 1953-'60
CVL-25

Cowpens

28May43 11,000   622 12
CVL-26

Monterey

17Jun43 

11,000   622 11
CVL-27 Langley II 31Aug43 11,000   619  8 , to France 1951-'63
CVL-28 Cabot 24July43 11,000   622  9 , to Spain '67-'89
        Scrap 2001 (last CVL)
CVL-29 Bataan 17Nov43 11,000   619  6 + 7 Korea
CVL-30 San Jacinto 15Dec43 11,000   622  5
CV -31 BonHommeRichard 26Nov44 27,100   874  1 + 5 Korea
CV -38 Shangri-La 15Sep44 27,100   885  2 + 3 Korea
CV "Robin" May43 to Jul43 loan HMS Victorious

------------------ Commissioned Too Late to Participate in the War -----------------
CV -21 Boxer 16 Apr 45 27,100   885 Korea
CV -32 Leyte 11 Apr 46 27,100
CV -33 Kearsarge  2 May 46 27,100 Korea
CV -34 Oriskany 25 Sep 50 27,100   888 Korea : Reef Sunk 17May'06
CV -35 Reprisal not completed
CV -36 Antietam 28 Jan 45 27,100   885 Korea
CV -37 Princeton 18 Nov 45 27,100
CV -39 Lake Champlain  3 Jun 45 27,100   885 Korea
CV -40 Tarawa  8 Dec 45 27,100   885
CVB-41 Midway 10 Sep 45 45,000   968 Vietnam
CVB-42 F.D.Roosevelt 27 Oct 45 45,000   968
CVB-43 Coral Sea  1 Oct 47 45,000   968  
CV -45 Valley Forge  3 Nov 46 27,100   888 Korea,Vietnam
CV -47 Philippine Sea 11 May 46 27,100   885 Korea
CVL-48 Saipan 14 July 46 14,500   684 Vietnam Arlington (AGMR-2) '65
CVL-49 Wright   9 Feb 47 14,500   684 CC-2 1963