List of aircraft carriers in service

This list of aircraft carriers contains all aircraft carriers which are currently in service, or being constructed, and are listed alphabetically by country.

Table

Country	In Service	Under construction	Total
United States	11	2	13
United Kingdom	3	2	5
Italy	2	0	2
India	1	2	3
Spain	1	1	2
Brazil	1	0	1
France	1	0	1
Russia	1	0	1
Thailand	1	0	1

By Country

Brazil

• NAe São Paulo: 32,800 tons ex-French FS Foch (launched 1960), purchased November 15 2000

France

• FS Charles de Gaulle: 42,000 tons nuclear powered aircraft carrier, commissioned May 18 2001

Future Carriers

• Future Aircraft Carrier: 60,000 ton possibly in co-operation with the UK

India

• INS Viraat: 28,700 tons ex-British HMS Hermes (launched 1953), purchased April 19 1986 and commissioned May 1987, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2012.

Being rebuilt

• INS Vikramaditya: 45,000 tons STOBAR modified ex-Russian Admiral Gorshkov, planned to enter service in 2012.

Under construction

• Vikrant class carrier (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier): to be named INS Vishaal, 37,500 tons STOBAR aircraft carrier. It is being built at Cochin Shipyard, southern India, and is expected to enter service in 2012.

Italy

• Giuseppe Garibaldi: 14,000 tons Italian STOVL, commissioned September 1985.
• Conte di Cavour: 27,000 tons Italian STOVL, commission date 2008.

Russia

• Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov: 67,500 tons Admiral Kuznetsov class STOBAR aircraft carrier. Launched in 1985 as Tbilisi, renamed and operational from 1995.

Spain

• Principe de Asturias: 17,200 tons STOVL carrier, commissioned May 30 1988.

Under construction

• Juan Carlos I: 27,000 tons Buque de Proyección Estratégica class amphibious ship/VSTOL carrier, to be commissioned in 2009.

Thailand

• HTMS Chakri Naruebet: 11,400 tons carrier based on Spanish Principe De Asturias design. Commissioned August 10 1997, though remains predominantly inactive due to lack of funds.

United Kingdom

• HMS Illustrious (R06): 20,700 tons (21,000 tonnes) Invincible STOVL class aircraft carrier, commissioned June 20 1982, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2012.
• HMS Ark Royal (R07): 20,700 tons (21,000 tonnes) Invincible STOVL class aircraft carrier, commissioned November 1 1985, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2015.
• HMS Invincible (R05): 20,700 tons (21,000 tonnes) Invincible STOVL class aircraft carrier, commissioned July 11 1980, decommissioned in 2005, currently in reserve until 2010.

Ordered

• HMS Queen Elizabeth (CVF): 64,000 tons (65,000 tonnes) Queen Elizabeth class, ordered in 2008 and expected to be in service in 2014.
• HMS Prince of Wales (CVF): 64,000 tons (65,000 tonnes) Queen Elizabeth class, ordered in 2008 and expected to be in service in 2016.

United States

• USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63): 82,200 ton, Kitty Hawk-class conventional-powered supercarrier, in active service, commissioned April 21 1961. Due for decommissioning in 2008.
• USS Enterprise (CVN-65): 93,500 ton nuclear-powered supercarrier, commissioned November 25 1961. First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Due for decommissioning in 2015.
• USS Nimitz (CVN-68): 101,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned May 3 1975.
• USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69): 101,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned October 18 1977.
• USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70): 101,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned March 13 1982.
• USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71): 101,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned October 25 1986.
• USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72): 102,000-ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned November 11 1989
• USS George Washington (CVN-73): 102,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned July 4 1992.
• USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74): 102,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned December 9 1995.
• USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75): 102,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in active service, commissioned July 25 1998.
• USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76): 104,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier, in active service, commissioned July 12 2003.

Helicopter Carriers aka amphibious assault ships are not aircraft carriers

Under construction

• USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77): 104,000 ton Nimitz-class nuclear powered supercarrier in construction, commissioning scheduled for 2009.
• USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78): 100,000 ton Ford-class nuclear powered supercarrier in design and development stage, commissioning scheduled for 2015.

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