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Countries currently operating carriers in blue; historic operators of carriers in light blue

The list of aircraft carriers by country includes all aircraft carriers organized by country of origin and service. Where appropriate, a single ship may be listed under multiple countries. For the list of seaplane carriers and tenders see List of seaplane carriers by country.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.

Numbers of aircraft carriers operated

The table below does not include, aircraft carrying submarines, seaplane tenders or ships that weren't commissioned.

Number of aircraft carriers by operating nation
Country Total In service Decommissioned Under construction In Reserve
United States United States 68 11 55 1 1
United Kingdom United Kingdom 45 2 40 2 1
Japan Japan 30 0 30 0 0
France France 8 1 7 0 0
Russia Russia 7 1 6 0 0
Canada Canada 5 0 5 0 0
Italy Italy 4 2 2 0 0
Spain Spain 4 2 2 0 0
India India 4 1 1 2 0
Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 0
China China 3 0 2 1 0
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany 3 0 3 0 0
Brazil Brazil 2 1 1 0 0
Argentina Argentina 2 0 2 0 0
Netherlands Netherlands 2 0 2 0 0
Thailand Thailand 1 1 0 0 0
Ukraine Ukraine 1 0 1 0 0

Note: BU means broken up - the ship was dismantled.

Argentina

Retired:

Australia

Main article: Aircraft carriers of the Royal Australian Navy

Retired:

Brazil

Active:

Retired:

Canada

Retired:

China

See also: Future Chinese aircraft carrier

Under refit:

Non-operational carriers:

France

Active:

Retired:

Planned:

  • Carrier development programs:
    • Georges Pompidou (tentative name) modified version of UK CVF design. The project is currently on hold.
  • Planned carriers which did not enter service:
    • Joffre: Joffre class carrier construction cancelled in 1940
    • Painleve: Joffre class carrier plan cancelled in 1940
    • Verdun: Attack carrier development cancelled in 1961
    • PH 75: Projected nuclear powered amphibious assault ship program during the 1970s

Nazi Germany

Main article: German aircraft carrier

Planned:

India

Active:

Under refit:

Development program:

  • Aircraft carriers:
    • Vikrant class aircraft carrier (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier): 40,000 ton aircraft carrier. It is being built at Cochin Shipyard, southern India, and is expected to enter service in 2012.

Retired:

Italy

Active:

Retired:

  • Sparviero (1927) (converted liner Augustus, not completed as carrier) - Sunk 5 October 1944
  • Aquila (1926) (converted liner Roma) - BU 1951-1952

Japan

Retired:

  • Akagi (1927) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Amagi (1944) - used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
  • Chitose - seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
  • Chiyoda - sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
  • Chuyo (1942) - sunk by U.S. submarine Sailfish, December 1943
  • Hiyō (1939) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
  • Hiryū (1937) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Hōshō (1919) - decommissioned 1946
  • Junyō (1942) - damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; scrapped postwar.
  • Kaga (1920) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Kaiyo (1943) - disabled by Task Force 57 (British Pacific Fleet) aircraft July 1945 and scrapped postwar
  • Katsuragi (1944) - used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and then scrapped
  • Ryuho (1942) - damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and scrapped postwar
  • Ryūjō (1933) - sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
  • Shinano (1944) - sunk by U.S. submarine Archerfish, November 1944
  • Shinyo (1943) - sunk by U.S. submarine Spadefish, November 1944
  • Shōhō (1942) - sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
  • Shōkaku (1941) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
  • Sōryū (1934) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Taihō (1944) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
  • Taiyō (1941) - sunk by U.S. submarine Rasher, August 1944
  • Unryū (1944) - sunk by U.S. submarine Redfish, December 1944
  • Unyo (1942) - sunk by U.S. submarine Barb, September 1944
  • Zuihō (1940) - sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
  • Zuikaku (1941) - sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

Only Hōshō, Junyō, Katsuragi, Kaiyo, and Ryuho survived the war and these were scrapped by 1948.

Planned:

  • Aso 4th unit of Unryu class
  • Ibuki Heavy cruiser conversion; scrapped postwar
  • Ikoma 5th unit of Unryu class
  • Kasagi 6th unit of Unryu class

Netherlands

Retired:

Russia

Spain

Active:

Planned:

Retired:

Thailand

Active:

United Kingdom

excludes escort carriers built by US yards during WWII

Main article: List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy

Active:

Planned:

In reserve:

Retired:

United States

See also

Notes

  1. President Sarkozy ditches Franco-British carrier project - Times Online

References

  • "World Aircraft Carrier Lists". Haze Gray & Underway.
  • Warrilow, Betty. Nabob, the first Canadian-manned aircraft carrier Owen Sound, Ont. : Escort Carriers Association, 1989.
  • Chesneau, Roger. Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present. An Illustrated Encyclopedia Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0 87021-902-2
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