Online Library of Selected Images:
U.S. NAVY SHIPS - Listed by Hull Number
CV - Aircraft Carriers
Includes CV, CVA, CVAN, CVB, CVL, CVN, CVS
and CVT
Does not include CVE, CVHE, and CVU
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers intended to operate with the main fleet were
numbered in the "CV" series, which was originated as part of the
cruiser ("C") group of designations. During and after World War II,
ships in the CV series were frequently given modified designations, including
CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVAN (nuclear-powered attack aircraft carrier),
CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (small aircraft carrier), CVN
(nuclear-powered aircraft carrier), CVS (anti-submarine warfare support
aircraft carrier) and CVT (training aircraft carrier). All of these expanded
designations were numbered in the original CV series.
World War II also generated a separate number series for aircraft carriers
that were intended for auxiliary purposes such as escorting convoys,
transporting aircraft and other missions which did not require the high speed
of the CV series ships. Originally called Aircraft Escort Vessels (AVG), then
Auxiliary Aircraft Carriers (ACV), they were finally termed Escort Aircraft
Carriers (CVE). During the mid-1950s, many CVEs were redesignated as Escort
Helicopter Aircraft Carriers (CVHE) and Utility Aircraft Carriers (CVU). These
retained their original CVE series numbers.
This page provides the hull numbers of all U.S. Navy aircraft carriers
numbered in the CV series, with links to those with photos available in the
Online Library.
See the list below to locate photographs of individual aircraft carriers.
If the aircraft carrier you are searching for does not have a
link on this page, contact the Photographic Section for other research options.
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Aircraft Carriers numbered
CV-1 through CV-40:
- CV-1: Langley
(1922-1942),
later AV-3
- CV-2: Lexington
(1927-1942)
- CV-3: Saratoga
(1927-1946)
- CV-4: Ranger
(1934-1947)
- CV-5: Yorktown
(1937-1942)
- CV-6: Enterprise
(1938-1958),
later CVA-6 and CVS-6
- CV-7: Wasp
(1940-1942).
- CV-8: Hornet
(1941-1942).
- CV-9: Essex
(1942-1975),
later CVA-9 and CVS-9
- CV-10: Yorktown
(1943-1975),
later CVA-10 and CVS-10
- CV-11: Intrepid
(1943-1982),
later CVA-11 and CVS-11
- CV-12: Hornet
(1943-1998),
later CVA-12 and CVS-12
- CV-13: Franklin
(1944-1966),
later CVA-13, CVS-13 and AVT-8
- CV-14: Ticonderoga
(1944-1974),
later CVA-14 and CVS-14
- CV-15: Randolph
(1944-1975),
later CVA-15 and CVS-15
- CV-16: Lexington
(1943-1992),
later CVA-16, CVS-16, CVT-16
and AVT-16
- CV-17: Bunker
Hill (1943-1973),
later CVA-17, CVS-17 and AVT-9
- CV-18: Wasp
(1943-1973),
later CVA-18 and CVS-18
- CV-19: Hancock
(1944-1976),
later CVA-19 and CV-19
- CV-20: Bennington
(1944-1993),
later CVA-20 and CVS-20
- CV-21: Boxer
(1945-1971),
later CVA-21, CVS-21, and LPH-4
- CVL-22: Independence
(1943-1951),
originally CV-22
- CVL-23: Princeton
(1943-1944),
originally CV-23
- CVL-24: Belleau
Wood (1943-1960),
originally CV-24
- CVL-25: Cowpens
(1943-1960),
originally CV-25, later AVT-1
- CVL-26: Monterey
(1943-1971),
originally CV-26, later AVT-2
- CVL-27: Langley
(1943-1964)
- CVL-28: Cabot
(1943-1967),
later AVT-3
- CVL-29: Bataan
(1943-1961),
later AVT-4
- CVL-30: San
Jacinto (1943-1971),
later AVT-5
- CV-31: Bon
Homme Richard (1944-1992),
later CVA-31
- CV-32: Leyte
(1946-1970),
later CVA-32, CVS-32 and AVT-10
- CV-33: Kearsarge
(1946-1974),
later CVA-33 and CVS-33
- CV-34: Oriskany
(1950-1994),
later CVA-34 and CV-34
- CV-35: Reprisal (cancelled 1945)
- CV-36: Antietam
(1945-1974),
later CVA-36 and CVS-36
- CV-37: Princeton
(1945-1971),
later CVA-37, CVS-37 and LPH-5
- CV-38: Shangri-La
(1944-1988),
later CVA-38 and CVS-38
- CV-39: Lake
Champlain (1945-1970),
later CVA-39 and CVS-39
- CV-40: Tarawa
(1945-1968),
later CVA-40, CVS-40 and AVT-12
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Aircraft Carriers numbered
CVB-41 through CVN-76:
- CVB-41: Midway
(1945-____),
later CVA-41 and CV-41
- CVB-42: Franklin
D. Roosevelt (1945-1978), later CVA-42 and CV-42
- CVB-43: Coral
Sea (1947-1993),
later CVA-43 and CV-43
- CV-44: Unnamed
(cancelled January 1943)
- CV-45: Valley
Forge (1946-1971),
later CVA-45, CVS-45 and LPH-8
- CV-46: Iwo Jima (cancelled 1945)
- CV-47: Philippine
Sea (1946-1971),
later CVA-47, CVS-47 and AVT-11
- CVL-48: Saipan
(1946-1976),
later AVT-6, CC-3 and AGMR-2
- CVL-49: Wright
(1947-1980),
later AVT-7 and CC-2
- CV-50: Unnamed (cancelled 1945)
- CV-51: Unnamed (cancelled 1945)
- CV-52: Unnamed (cancelled 1945)
- CV-53: Unnamed (cancelled 1945)
- CV-54: Unnamed (cancelled 1945)
- CV-55: Unnamed
(cancelled 1945)
- CVB-56: Unnamed (cancelled 1945)
- CVB-57: Unnamed
(cancelled 1945)
- CVA-58: United
States (cancelled 1949)
- CVA-59: Forrestal
(1955-____),
later CV-59 and AVT-59
- CVA-60: Saratoga
(1956-____),
later CV-60
- CVA-61: Ranger
(1957-____),
later CV-61
- CVA-62: Independence
(1959-____),
later CV-62
- CVA-63: Kitty Hawk (1961-____),
later CV-63
- CVA-64: Constellation
(1961-____),
later CV-64
- CVAN-65: Enterprise (1961-____),
later CVN-65
- CVA-66: America (1965-____)>,
later CV-66
- CVA-67: John F.
Kennedy (1968-____),
later CV-67
- CVAN-68: Nimitz (1975-____),
later CVN-68
- CVN-69: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1977-____)
- CVN-70: Carl Vinson (1982-____)
- CVN-71: Theodore Roosevelt (1986-____)
- CVN-72: Abraham Lincoln (1989-____)
- CVN-73: George Washington (1992-____)
- CVN-74: John C. Stennis (1995-____)
- CVN-75: Harry S. Truman (1998-____)
- CVN-76: Ronald Reagan (2003-____)
- CVN-77: George H.W. Bush (2009- _____)
- CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford (under
construction)
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For higher resolution images see: Obtaining Photographic Reproductions
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
