Haze Gray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Lists

Haze Gray & Underway

World Aircraft Carrier Lists

And Photo Gallery

From 1913 to 2001

The World Aircraft Carriers Lists are a comprehensive, detailed listing of all the world's aircraft carriers and seaplane tenders, from the start of naval aviation into the 21st century. Every carrier and seaplane tender ever built or planned is listed, with complete technical data, historical sketches and photographs for virtually every ship. There are nearly 1000 high-quality photos linked to the respective ship histories. The lists are being continually revised to ensure that the data is accurate and up-to-date.

World Aircraft Carrier Lists
General Information Carriers Summary, a list of all carriers in existence today Death and Rebirth of the Supercarrier the life, death and return of the post-WWII supercarrier concept US WWII Carrier Force Levels a detailed list showing the number of carriers in service at each stage of the war About The World Carriers List Project - what, why, formatting and terminology, etc. Bibliography for the World Carriers List Project
Photo Galleries USS Abraham Lincoln Homecoming - return from a deployment. USS Cabot/SNS Dedalo - a look at the life and demise of the last light carrier. USS Coral Sea - the "ageless warrior" through her long career. US Carrier Fires - three USN carrier disasters from the 1960's. Dutch Aircraft Carriers - a close-up look at the various Dutch carriers. Aviation Oddities - a look at some of the more unusual aviation ships and craft we've seen. HMCS Magnificent - life aboard one of Canada's carriers.
Note: Letters in "quotes" following ships' names are the flight deck codes assigned to those ships.
United States Master Index of US Carriers Pre-WWII Fleet Carriers WWII Fleet Carriers: Essex and Midway classes WWII Light Fleet Carriers: Independence and Saipan classes Auxiliary Fleet Carriers, passenger liner conversions Post-WWII Supercarriers, today's behemoths Carrier Air Wings in service today Escort Carriers, Part 1: Long Island & Bogue classes, BAVGs Escort Carriers, Part 2: Casablanca class Escort Carriers, Part 3: Sangamon and Commencement Bay classes Amphibious Assault Ships Miscellaneous Seaplane Support Ships & Converted Tenders Large Seaplane Tenders: purpose-built AVs Small Seaplane Tenders: all AVPs and AVDs Miscellaneous Aviation Ships	United Kingdom Master Index of RN Carriers Developmental & Experimental Carriers WWII Fleet Carriers Light Fleet Carriers including VSTOL Escort Carriers Merchant Aircraft Carriers Postwar Attack Carriers, including rebuilt WWII-era ships and CVA01 project. Helicopter and Assault Ships including helicopter training ships Seaplane Carriers & Tenders Japan Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Ships Helicopter Ships (ASW/Assault)
European Nations France Germany Italy Netherlands Russia and the Soviet Union Spain Sweden Ukraine 'White Russians' Yugoslavia	Other Nations Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Chile China India Peru Thailand
Corrections, Comments, Suggestions: Despite our vigorous efforts make this work as error-free as possible, some mistakes are sure to slip through. If you find an error, please send email to Andrew Toppan (actoppan@hazegray.org), being sure to state the exact nature of the error, and the list in which it was found. We'll resolve the error and make any necessary corrections. We also welcome comments, suggestions and additional material, which will be incorporated as time allows. However, please DO NOT send binary files (photographs) without contacting us first, to avoid overflowing mailboxes. Thank you! Copyrights: The World Aircraft Carrier Lists are Copyright © 1995-2001 by Andrew Toppan. The lists may not be redistributed or published, in whole or in part, for any purpose without prior written permission. The lists are not in the public domain. Please send email to Andrew Toppan if you would like to publish or distribute the lists. Unauthorized republication or distribution of these lists or the data contained herein will not be tolerated. Acknowledgements: A project of this sort is only possible with the generous assistance of many people. I would like to specifically thank several people who have been especially helpful. Brooks Rowlett has been an invaluable source of photographs, data and opinions, and has proofread many of the lists. Alex Walton supplied many RN photos and related information. Jack Arrowsmith provided invaluable data on RN carrier pennant numbers. Paul Silverstone, Chris Cavas and Paul Yarnall supplied many photos for this project. DANFS entries for the US ships were provided by several members of the DANFS Project Team. In addition, many other people have provided other data and material for this project. Thank you everyone! Photo Credits: Uncredited photos are, to the best of our knowledge, "official" photos from government sources such as the US Navy, Ministry of Defense, Royal Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy, US National Archives, Fleet Air Arm Museum, or other similar organization around the world. Such photos are in the public domain. All other photos are credited as to source and are used in accordance with applicable copyright laws. If there are any questions regarding photo credits or copyrights, please contact us and we will resolve the matter promptly.
Links to Other Web Resources
PLEASE NOTE: These are links to off-site resources, provided for your convenience. We are not responsible for the content or availability of these sites. Official Sites - General Naval Aviation History Office at the Naval Historical Center Aircraft Carrier Historical Data from the Naval Historical Center U.S. Navy - The Aircraft Carriers, site with current data, photos and historical information COMNAVAIRLANT Carriers COMNAVAIRPAC Carriers Unofficial Websites - General US Aces of WWII The Battle of the Coral Sea Carrier Aviation News, a newsletter covering carrier aviation Russian Aircraft Carrier Programs, part of Robin Lee's State of the Russian Navy Datapages Nihon Kaigun, a site focussing on the WWII-era Imperial Japanese Navy The United States Navy in the Pacific War, 1941-1945 Alex Walton' Royal Navy Page - RN carriers & Fleet Air Arm Businesses & Other Organizations Tailhook Association Northrop Grumman Ships Systems Ingalls Operations, builders of LHA/LHDs Newport News Shipbuilding, builders of CVNs Museums & Preservation The Light Carrier Historical Project The San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum a group attempting to preserve Midway USS Forrestal Museum A group attempting to preserve Forrestal USS Saratoga Museum Foundation A group attempting to preserve Saratoga Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, home of Yorktown (CVS 10) The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space-Museum, home of Intrepid (CVS 11) U.S.S. Hornet Museum, home of Hornet (CVS 12) U.S.S. Lexington Museum, home of Lexington (AVT 16) Unofficial Websites - Specific Ships USS Yorktown (CV 5) and USS Enterprise (CV 6) USS Enterprise (CV 6) USS Enterprise (CV 6) USS Intrepid (CV 11) USS Hornet (CV 12) USS Ticonderoga (CV 14) USS Wasp (CV 18) USS Bennington (CV 20) USS Cowpens (CVL 25) USS Cabot (CVL 28) USS Bon Homme Richard (CV 31) USS Oriskany (CV 36) USS Shangri-La (CV 38) USS Lake Champlain (CV 39) USS Midway (CV 41) & CAG 5 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV 42) USS Coral Sea (CV 43) USS Forrestal (CVA 59) USS Saratoga (CV 3 & CVA 60) USS Ranger (CVA 61) USS Independence (CV 62) USS Enterprise (CVN 65) USS America (CV 66) USS Makin (CVE 93) USS Mindoro (CVE 120) USS Princeton (LPH 5) Association Official Websites - Specific Ships US Navy Fact File - Aircraft Carriers (CV/CVN) US Navy Fact File - Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA/LHD) I would like to add links to as many carrier-related sites as possible. The only requirements are that (1) the site must contain significant carrier-related material, not just a passing reference to carriers, (2) the site must not violate the copyrights of this or any other site, and (3) the site must be reasonably well maintained, i.e. no obvious broken links, bad HTML or other serious defects. If it crashes my browser, it will not be listed! To suggest a site, please send email with the URL and a brief site description, and be sure to indicate that the site is to be listed in the "Carrier Links". Thank you!

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