Ship Names
 
Ships Hull 
NO.
Comm. Decomm. 
[or loss]
Disposition
Langley 1 20 Mar. 1922 27 Feb. 1942 Conv. to AV 3: Sunk as a result enemy action about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap
Lexington 2 14 Dec. 1927 8 May 1942 Sunk as a result of enemy at the Battle of the Coral Sea
Saratoga 3 16 Nov. 1927 26 Jul. 1946 Used as a test target and sunk at Bikini Atoll
Ranger  4  4 Jun. 1934 18 Oct. 1946 Sold  for sr\crap 31 Jan. 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Yorktown                  5 30 Sep. 1937 7 Jun. 1942  Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Midway
Entrerprise                  6  12 May 1938  17 Feb. 1947 Sold, 1 Jul 1958
Wasp 7 25 Apr. 1940 15 Sep. 1942 Sunk due to enemy action southeast of San Cristobal Island
Hornet 8 20 Oct. 1941 26 Oct. 1942 Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
Essex 9 31 Dec. 1942 30 Jun. 1970 Stricken 1 Jun. 1973 and sold
Yorktown 10 15 Apr. 1943 27 Jun 1970 Stricken 1 Jun. 1973. Established as a floating museum in Charleston, S.C, 13 Nov 1975
Intrepid 11 16 Aug. 1943 15 Mar. 1974 Establised as a floating museum in New York City.
Hornet 12 29 Nov. 1943 26 May 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for the use as a museum on 26 May 1998
Franklin 13 31 Jan. 1944 17 Feb. 1947 Stricken from the Navy List 10 Oct. 1964
Ticonderoga 14 8 May 1944 1 Sep. 1973 Stricken from the Navy List Nov. 1973
Randolph 15 9 Oct. 1944 13 Feb. 1969 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun. 1973
Lexington 16 17 Feb. 1943 8 Nov. 1991 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Nov. 1991. Now a museum in Corpus Christi, Tex.
Bunker Hill 17 25 May 1943 9 Jul. 1947 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov. 1966; retained as moored electronic test ship in San Diego until Nov. 1972 Scrapped 1973
Wasp 18 24 Nov. 1943 1 Jul .1972 Sold for scrap 21 May 1973
Hancock 19 15 Apr. 1944 30 Jan. 1976 Stricken from the Navy List 31 Jan 1976; sold
Bennington 20 6 Aug. 1944  15 Jan. 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 1989
Boxer 21 16 Apr. 1945  1 Dec. 1969 Stricken from the Navy List Dec. 1969
Independence 22 14 Jan. 1943 28 Aug. 1946 Sunk as target 29 Jun 1951
Princeton 23 25 Feb. 1943  24 Oct. 1944 Sunk due to enemy action in the Sibuyan Sea 
Belleau Wood 24 31 Mar. 1947 13 Jan. 1947 Transferred to France 1953-1960. Returned Stricken 1 Oct. 1960
Cowpens 25 28 May 1943 13 Jan. 1947 Stricken from the Navy List Jun 1959
Monterery 26 17 Jun. 1943 16 Jan. 1956 Stricken from the Navy List Jun 1970
Langley 27 31 Aug. 1943 11 Feb. 1947 Transferred to France 1951-1963; Sold 19 Feb 1964
Cabot 28 24 Jul. 1943 21 Jan. 1955 Transferred to Spain 30 Aug. 1967; returned to private U.S. organization 1989
Bataan 29 17 Nov. 1943 9 Apr. 1954 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Sept. 1959
San Jancinto 30 15 Dec. 1943 1 Mar. 1947 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun. 1970
Bon Homme Richard 31 26 Nov.1944 2 Jul. 1971 Stricken from theNavy List 1989. Scrapped 4 Feb 1992
Leyte 32 11 April 1946 15 May 1959 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun. 1969
Kearsarge 33 2 May 1946 15 Jan 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973
Oriskany 34 25 Sep. 1950 20 Sep. 1979 Stricken from the Navy List 1989; sold 29 Sep1995
Reprisal 35 - - Nover completed nor commissioned. Hull, 53% complete, was sold to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md. and scrapped November 1949
Antietam 36 28 Jan. 1945 8 May 1963 Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973
Princeton 37 18 Nov. 1945 30 Jan. 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Jan 1970
Shangri-La 38 15 Sep. 1944 30 Jul. 1971 Stricked from the Navy List 15 Jul 1982; disposed of 9 Aug 1988
Lake Champlain 39 3 Jun. 1945 2 May 1966 Stricken from the NAvy List 1 Dec 1969
Tarawa  40 8 Dec. 1945 13 May 1960 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1967
Midway 41 10 Sep. 1945 11 Apr. 1992 Stricken 17 Mar 1997; at Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Was
Franklin D. Roosevelt 42 27 Oct. 1945 1 Oct. 1977 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sept 1977; sold 
Coral Sea 43 1 Oct. 1947 26 Apr. 1990 Sold for scrap 7 May 1993
Valley Forge 45 3 Nov. 1946 15 Jan. 1970 Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jan 1970; sold for scrap 29 Oct 1971 to Nicolia Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, Calf.
Philippine Sea 47 11 May 1946 28 Dec. 1958 Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969
Saipan 48 14  Jul. 1946 14 Jan .1970 Name changed to Arlington 8 Apr 1965 and served as an communication relay ship until decomm. sold
Wright 49 9 Feb. 1947 
11 May 1936
15 Mar. 1956 
27 May 1970
  
Forrestal  59 1 Oct. 1955 30 Sep.1993 Stricken from the Navy List 11 Sep 1996; Under tow from the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Pa., to the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 14 Sep 1998
Saratoga 60 14 Apr. 1956 20 Aug 1994 Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sep 1994; berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I. 7 Aug 1998
Ranger 61 10 Aug. 1957 10 Jul. 1993 In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
Independence 62 10 Jan. 1959 30 Sept. 1998 In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bermerton, Wash.
Kitty Hawk 63 26 Apr. 1961 - -
Constellation 64 27 Oct. 1961 - -
Enterprise 65 25 Nov. 1961 - -
America 66 23 Jan. 1965 9 Aug. 1996 In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn.
John F. Kennedy 67 7 Sep. 1968 - -
Nimitz 68 3 May 1975 - -
Dwight D. Eisenhower 69 18 Oct. 1977 - -
Carl Vinson 70 13 Mar. 1982 - -
Theodore Roosevelt 71 25 Oct. 1986 - -
Abraham Lincoln 72 11 Nov. 1989 - -
George Washington 73 4 July 1992 - -
John C. Stennis 74 9 Dec. 1995 - -
Harry S. Truman 75 25 July 1998 - -
Ronald Reagan 76 - - -
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