Early Carriers
Experimental Carriers
Langley Class (1918 ⁄ 1921)
The Langley class are the U.S. Navy's first carriers, created as experimental conversions of fast fleet colliers.
- USS Langley (AVX-1 ⁄ CV-1)
- USS Curtiss (AVX-2)
Treaty Carriers
Lexington Class (1922)
- USS Lexington (AVX-3 ⁄ CV-3)
- USS Saratoga (AVX-4 ⁄ CV-4)
- USS Constellation (CV-5)
Ranger (1925)
- USS Ranger (CV-6 ⁄ CVL-6)
Yorktown Class (1933)
- USS Yorktown (CV-7)
- USS Enterprise (CV-8)
- USS Hornet (CV-10)
Wasp (1934)
- USS Wasp (CV-9)
Post-Treaty Carriers
Fleet Carriers
Essex Class (1939)
- USS Essex (CV-11)
Ticonderoga Class (1943)
Midway Class
- USS Midway
- USS Guadalcanal
- USS Coral Sea
- USS Leyte Gulf
- USS Atlantic
Light Carriers
Independence Class
- Independence (CV-21 ⁄ CVL-21)
- Alhambra (CV-22 ⁄ CVL-22)
- Oakland (CV-23 ⁄ CVL-23)
- Burbank (CV-24 ⁄ CVL-24)
- Long Beach (CV-25 ⁄ CVL-25)
- Sherman Oaks (CV-26 ⁄ CVL-26)
- Vallejo (CV-27 ⁄ CVL-27)
- Ventura (CVL-28)
- Vacaville (CVL-29)
- Mount Shasta (CVL-30)