Cold War Carriers
The earlier Cold War era fleet carriers were often referred to as "supercarriers" in reference to their dramatic size growth over even the largest World War II era fleet carriers, and their designations were changed numerous times to reflect various organizational paradigms. From 1965 onwards, all prior carrier designations were consolidated into "CV" for conventionally powered carriers and "CVN" for nuclear powered carriers.
Fleet Carriers (CV)
United States Class
- USS United States (CVA-56; cancelled)
Forrestal Class
- USS Forrestal (CV-57)
- (CV-58)
- (CV-59)
- (CV-60)
Kitty Hawk Class
- USS Kitty Hawk (CVN-61)
- (CV-62)
- (CV-63)
- (CV-64)
- (CV-66; cancelled)
Nuclear-Powered Fleet Carriers (CVN)
Enterprise Class
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
- (CVN-67)
Nimitz Class
- USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
- (CVN-69)
- (CVN-70)
- (CVN-71)
- (CVN-72)
- (CVN-73)
- (CVN-74)
- USS United States (CVN-75)
- (CVN-76; cancelled)
- (CVN-77; cancelled)
Post Cold War Carriers
Fleet Carriers (CV)
With the retirement of the last conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in 2009, the distinction between "CV" and "CVN" became obsolete and all new carriers were designated CV.
Coral Sea Class
- USS Coral Sea (CV-78)
- PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
- PCU Enterprise (CVN-80)
- PCU Doris Miller (CVN-81)
- PCU Midway (CVN-88)