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	The '''list of aircraft carriers by country''' includes all ] 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 ].
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	==Numbers of aircraft carriers operated==
	''The table below does not include, ], ]s or ships that weren't commissioned.''

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	\|+Number of aircraft carriers by operating nation
	\|-
	! width="150" \|Country
	! width="75" \|Total
	! width="100" \|In service
	! width="140" \|Decommissioned
	! width="150" \|Under construction
	! width="110" \|In Reserve
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|United States}} ] \|\| 68 \|\| 11 \|\| 55 \|\| 1 \|\| 1
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|United Kingdom}} ] \|\| 45 \|\| 2 \|\| 40 \|\| 2 \|\| 1
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} ] \|\| 30 \|\| 0 \|\| 30 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|France}} ] \|\| 8 \|\| 1 \|\| 7 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Russia}} ] \|\| 7 \|\| 1 \|\| 6 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Canada}} ] \|\| 5 \|\| 0 \|\| 5 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Italy}} ] \|\| 4 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Spain}} ] \|\| 4 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|India}} ] \|\| 4 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Australia}} ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|China}} ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Nazi_Germany}} ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} ] \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} ] \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} ] \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Thailand}} ] \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|-
	\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Ukraine}} ] \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
	\|}

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

	==Argentina==

	'''Retired:'''
	* Light carriers:
	** ]: ] light carrier in service from 1959 to 1969; scrapped 1971
	** ]: ] light carrier in service from 1969 to 1999; scrapped 1999

	==Australia==
	{{main\|Aircraft carriers of the Royal Australian Navy}}

	'''Retired:'''
	* Fleet carriers:
	** ]: ] carrier in service from 1948 to 1958. Later recommissioned as troop transport
	** ]: ] carrier in service from 1955 to 1982
	* Light carrier:
	** ]: ] light carrier on loan from Royal Navy from 1952 to 1955

	==Brazil==

	'''Active:'''
	* Fleet carrier:
	** ]: ] carrier in service since 2000

	'''Retired:'''
	* Light carrier:
	** ]: ] carrier in service from 1960 to 2001

	==Canada==

	'''Retired:'''
	* Light carriers:
	** ]: ] light carrier in service from 1946 to 1948; return to ] and sold to ] as ARA Independencia (V-1)
	** ]: ] carrier in service from 1946 to 1956; return to ] and stricken
	** ]: ] carrier in service from 1957 to 1970; broken up in Taiwan 1971
	* Escort carriers of the ] crewed by ] personnel:
	** ]: ] escort carrier in service from 1944 to 1946; return to ] and sold as merchant ship (renamed as Muncaster Castle, Bardic and Ben Nevis); scrapped in Taiwan 1973
	** ]: ] escort carrier in service from 1943 to 1944; return to ] and sold as merchant ship '''Glory'''; scrapped in Taiwan 1977

	==China==
	{{See also\|Future Chinese aircraft carrier}}

	'''Under refit:'''
	* ]: ex-] carrier being refitted in ].

	'''Non-operational carriers:'''
	* ]: ex-] carrier was an attraction at the ] amusement park in ]; sold to ]
	* ]: ex-] carrier currently an amusement park in ]

	==France==

	'''Active:'''
	* Nuclear powered aircraft carrier:
	** ]: In service since 2001

	'''Retired:'''
	* Conventional carriers:
	** ]: Converted ] battleship in service from 1927 to 1948
	** ]: ] carrier in service from 1961 to 1997
	** ]: ] carrier in service from 1963 to 2000

	* Light carriers:
	** ]: ] escort carrier in service from 1945 to 1966
	** ]: ] light carrier in service from 1946 to 1974
	** ]: ] light carrier in service from 1951 to 1963
	** ]: ] light carrier in service from 1953 to 1960

	'''Planned:'''
	* Light carriers:
	** ]: ] sloop planned for conversion but not completed
	** ]: ] sloop planned for conversion but not completed
	** ]: ] seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building
	** ]: ] seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building
	** ]: ] seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building
	** ]: ] seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building

	* Carrier development programs:
	** ] (tentative name) modified version of UK ] design. The project is currently on hold.<ref></ref>

	* Planned carriers which did not enter service:
	** ]: ] carrier construction cancelled in 1940
	** ]: ] carrier plan cancelled in 1940
	** ]: Attack carrier development cancelled in 1961
	** ]: Projected nuclear powered amphibious assault ship program during the 1970s

	==Nazi Germany==
	{{main\|German aircraft carrier}}

	'''Planned:'''
	* ] planned aircraft carriers which did not enter service:
	** ]: ] carrier cancelled during fitting out
	** ]: ] carrier cancelled during construction
	** ]: Converted ] cruiser cancelled during conversion
	** ]: Planned conversion of the transport ship '']'' due to heavy design problems abandoned

	==India==

	'''Active:'''
	* Aircraft carriers:
	** ]: ] carrier in service since 1987

	'''Under refit:'''
	* Aircraft carriers:
	** ]: Modified ] carrier planned to enter service in 2012

	'''Development program:'''
	* Aircraft carriers:
	** ] (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:'''
	* Aircraft carriers:
	** ]: ] carrier (ex-]) in service from 1961 to 1997 and currently a museum ship docked at ]

	==Italy==
	'''Active:'''
	* ] (1983) - Current fleet flagship
	* ] (formerly named ''Andrea Doria'') - Currently undergoing trials, will be new fleet flagship

	'''Retired:'''
	* ] (1927) (converted liner ''Augustus'', not completed as carrier) - Sunk ] ]
	* ] (1926) (converted liner ''Roma'') - BU 1951-1952

	==Japan==

	'''Retired:'''
	* ] (1927) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
	* ] (1944) - used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
	* ] - seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
	* ] - sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
	* ] (1942) - sunk by U.S. submarine ''Sailfish'', December 1943
	* ] (1939) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
	* ] (1937) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
	* ] (1919) - decommissioned 1946
	* ] (1942) - damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; scrapped postwar.
	* ] (1920) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
	* ] (1943) - disabled by Task Force 57 (British Pacific Fleet) aircraft July 1945 and scrapped postwar
	* ] (1944) - used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and then scrapped
	* ] (1942) - damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and scrapped postwar
	* ] (1933) - sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
	* ] (1944) - sunk by U.S. submarine ''Archerfish'', November 1944
	* ] (1943) - sunk by U.S. submarine ''Spadefish'', November 1944
	* ] (1942) - sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
	* ] (1941) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
	* ] (1934) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
	* ] (1944) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
	* ] (1941) - sunk by U.S. submarine ''Rasher'', August 1944
	* ] (1944) - sunk by U.S. submarine ''Redfish'', December 1944
	* ] (1942) - sunk by U.S. submarine ''Barb'', September 1944
	* ] (1940) - sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
	* ] (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:'''
	* ] 4th unit of Unryu class
	* ] Heavy cruiser conversion; scrapped postwar
	* ] 5th unit of Unryu class
	* ] 6th unit of Unryu class

	==Netherlands==

	'''Retired:'''

	* ] (ex-British ], transferred 1946) - Returned to ] for disposal in 1948 and replaced by ]

	* ] (ex-British ], purchased 1948) - Sold to Argentina 1968 and renamed ''Veinticinco de Mayo'', BU

	==Russia==
	* See ]

	* ''']'''
	** ] (1972–1993)
	** ] (1975–1993)
	** ] (1978–1993)
	** ] (1982–1995)
	* ''']
	** ] (1985-Present)
	** ] (Not commissioned)
	* '''Ulyanovsk class'''
	** ] (Not commissioned)

	==Spain==
	'''Active:'''
	* ]: 17,000 ton ] carrier in active service, commissioned 30 May 1982.

	'''Planned:'''
	* ]: 27,000 ton, launched in 2008

	'''Retired:'''
	* ] - 11,700 ton ], ex-], in service 1967 through August 1989.

	==Thailand==
	'''Active:'''
	* ] (1996)

	==United Kingdom==
	''excludes escort carriers built by US yards during WWII''<br>
	{{main\|List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy}}

	'''Active:'''
	*]
	** ] (1982)
	** ] (1985)

	'''Planned:'''
	* ] - ], ]/] ships of 65,000-75,000 tonnes
	** ] (2014)
	** ] (2016)

	'''In reserve:'''
	*]
	** ] (1977)

	'''Retired:'''
	*] (1898) seaplane carrier from 1914
	* ] (1916)
	* ] (1916)
	* ]
	** ] (1916)
	** ] (1916)
	* ] (1918) - converted to aircraft carrying cruiser 1925
	* ] (1918)
	* ] (1923) - first purpose-designed aircraft carrier
	* ] (1938)
	* ] fleet maintenance carrier (1943)
	* ]
	** ] (1939)
	** ] (1939)
	** ] (1939)
	* ] (1940)

	*]
	*] (1942)
	*] (1943)
	*]
	**]
	**]
	*] (1944)

	* ]
	** ] (1942)
	** ] (1942)
	* ]
	** ] (ex-''Audacious'') (1946)
	** ] (ex-''Irresistible'') (1950)
	** ''Eagle'' - cancelled
	** ''Africa'' - to Malta class then cancelled
	* ]
	** ] (1943), to ] 1946 as ]
	** ] (1943)
	** ]
	** ] (1944)
	** ] (1944)
	** ] - to ] 1948 as ], to ] 1968 as ]
	** ] (1944) - to Brazil 1956 as renamed ]
	** ] (1944) - to Canada 1946-1948, to Argentina 1958 as ]
	** ] (1944)
	** ] (1944)
	* ''']'''
	** ] (1945) - to ] 1955 as ]
	** ] (1945) - to ] 1957 as ]
	** ] (1945) - was never completed
	** ] - sold to Canada as HMCS ''Magnificent''
	** ] (1945) - to ] 1952 as ]
	** ] (1944) - to Australia in 1948 as ]
	* ''']'''
	** ] (1947)
	** ] (1947)
	** ] (1948)
	** ] (ex-''Elephant'') (1953), to India 1986 as ]
	** ''Hermes'' - cancelled
	** ''Arrogant'' - cancelled
	** ''Monmouth'' - cancelled
	** ''Polyphemus'' - cancelled
	* ] - cancelled 1946
	**''Malta''
	**''New Zealand''
	**''Gibraltar''
	**''Africa''
	* ] - cancelled 1966
	**''Queen Elizabeth''
	**''Duke of Edinburgh''

	==United States==
	* See ]
	* See ]
	* See ]

	==See also==
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]

	==Notes==
	{{reflist}}

	==References==
	*{{cite web \|url=http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/ \|publisher=Haze Gray & Underway \|title=World Aircraft Carrier Lists}}
	*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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