List of aircraft carriers of the Second World War

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An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying and recovering aircraft.[1] Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Aircraft carriers are expensive to build and are critical assets. By the Second World War aircraft carriers had evolved from converted cruisers to purpose built vessels of many classes and roles. Fleet carrier's were the largest type, operated with the main fleet and usually provided offensive capability. Light aircraft carrier's were fast enough to operate with the fleet but of smaller size with reduced aircraft capacity. By comparison, escort carriers were smaller and slower with lower numbers of aircraft and provided defense for convoys. Most of the latter were built from mercantile hulls or, in the case of merchant aircraft carrier's, were bulk cargo ships with a flight deck added on top. catapult aircraft merchant ship's, were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to defend the convoy from long range German aircraft.

The aircraft carrier dramatically changed naval combat in the war, as air power was becoming a significant factor in warfare. The advent of aircraft as focal weapons was driven by the superior range, flexibility and effectiveness of carrier-launched aircraft. They had higher range and precision than naval guns, making them highly effective. The versatility of the carrier was demonstrated in November 1940 when HMS Illustrious launched a long-range strike on the Italian fleet at their base in Taranto, signalling the beginning of the effective and highly mobile aircraft strikes. This operation incapacitated three of the six battleships at a cost of two torpedo bombers. World War II in the Pacific Ocean involved clashes between aircraft carrier fleets. The 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was a clear illustration of the power projection capability afforded by a large force of modern carriers. Concentrating six carriers in a single unit turned naval history about, as no other nation had fielded anything comparable. However, the vulnerability of carriers compared to traditional battleships when forced into a gun-range encounter was quickly illustrated by the sinking of HMS Glorious by German battleships during the Norwegian campaign in 1940.

This new-found importance of naval aviation forced nations to create a number of carriers, in efforts to provide air superiority cover for every major fleet in order to ward off enemy aircraft. This extensive usage required the construction of several new 'light' carriers. Escort aircraft carriers, such as USS Bogue, were sometimes purpose-built, but most were converted from merchant ships as a stop-gap measure to provide anti-submarine air support for convoys and amphibious invasions. Following this concept, light aircraft carriers built by the US, such as USS Independence, represented a larger, more "militarized" version of the escort carrier. Although with similar complement to Escort carriers, they had the advantage of speed from their converted cruiser hulls. The British 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier was designed for building quickly by civilian shipyards and with an expected service life of about 3 years. They served the Royal Navy during the war and was the hull design chosen for nearly all aircraft carrier equipped navies after the war until the 1980s. Emergencies also spurred the creation or conversion of highly unconventional aircraft carriers. CAM ships, were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to defend the convoy from long range German aircraft.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.

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Ship Country Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Admiralty Islands  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 13 June 1944 Scrapped 1947
Adula  Royal Navy merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 1 February 1944 Returned to merchant service post-war
Akagi  Imperial Japanese Navy Amagi aircraft carrier 36,500 27 March 1927 Sunk 5 June 1942
Albatross  Royal Navy seaplane carrier 6,350 29 September 1938 torpedoed 1944, not repaired, scrapped 1954
Alexia  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,010 1 December 1943 Returned to merchant service post-war
Altamaha  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 7,900 15 September 1942 Scrapped 1946
Amagi  Imperial Japanese Navy Unryū aircraft carrier 17,150 10 August 1944 Sunk 27 July 1945
Amastra  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 1 September 1943
Ameer  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 20 July 1943 paid off 20 March 1946, scrapped 1969
Ancylus  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 October 1943
Antietam  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 28 January 1945 Decommissioned 8 May 1963, scrapped 1974
Aquila  Regia Marina aircraft carrier 23,500 Scrapped 1952
Arbiter  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 31 December 1943 paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1972
Archer  Royal Navy Avenger escort carrier 8,200 17 November 1941 paid off 6 November 1943, scrapped 1962
Argus  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 14,860 1 September 1918 Scrapped 1946
Ariguani (F105)  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship 1940 1943
Ark Royal  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 22,000 16 December 1938 Sunk 14 November 1941
Atheling  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 28 October 1943 paid off 6 December 1946, scrapped 1967
Attacker  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 11,400 30 September 1942 paid off 5 January 1946, scrapped 24 May 1980
Attu  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 30 June 1944 Scrapped 1947
Avenger  Royal Navy Avenger escort carrier 8,200 2 March 1942 Sunk 15 November 1942
Bairoko  United States Navy Commencement Bay escort carrier 10,200 16 July 1945 decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1960
Barnes  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 11,400 20 February 1943 Decommissioned 29 August 1946, scrapped 1959
Bataan  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 17 November 1943 decommissioned 9 April 1954, scrapped 1960
Battler  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 10,000 31 October 1942 paid off 12 February 1946, scrapped 14 May 1946
Béarn  French Navy
 Free French Naval Forces		 aircraft carrier 22,150 1 May 1927 stricken November 1966, scrapped March 1967
Begum  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 2 August 1943 paid off 20 March 1946, scrapped 1974
Belleau Wood  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 31 March 1943 decommissioned 13 January 1947, scrapped 1961
Bennington  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 6 August 1944 decommissioned 15 January 1970, scrapped 1994
Bismarck Sea  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 20 May 1944 sunk 21 February 1945
Biter  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 8,200 5 May 1942 Transferred to France as Dixmude 1945
Block Island  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 9,800 8 March 1943 Sunk 29 May 1944
Block Island  United States Navy Commencement Bay escort carrier 14,400 30 December 1944 decommissioned 1954, scrapped 1960
Bogue  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 9,800 26 September 1942 Decommissioned 30 November 1946, scrapped 1960
Bon Homme Richard  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 26 November 1944 decommissioned 2 July 1971, scrapped 1992
Bougainville  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 18 June 1944 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960
Boxer  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 16 April 1945 decommissioned 1 December 1969, scrapped 1971
Breton  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 7,800 12 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1972
Bunker Hill  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 24 May 1943 decommissioned 9 January 1947, scrapped 1973
Cabot  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 24 July 1943 decommissioned 21 January 1955, scrapped 2002
Campania  Royal Navy Nairana escort carrier 13,000 9 February 1944 paid off 30 December 1945, scrapped 1955
Cape Esperance  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 10,400 9 April 1944 scrapped 1959
Cape Gloucester  United States Navy Commencement Bay escort carrier 10,900 5 March 1945 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971
Card  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 9,800 8 November 1942 scrapped 1971
Casablanca  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 8 July 1943 Decommissioned 10 June 1946, scrapped 1947
Charger  United States Navy Avenger escort carrier 8,200 3 March 1942 paid off 15 March 1946, scrapped 1969
Chaser  Royal Navy Avenger escort carrier 11,400 9 April 1943 paid off 12 May 1946, sold into merchant service, scrapped 1972/3
Chenango  United States Navy Sangamon escort carrier 11,400 20 June 1941 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1960
Chitose  Imperial Japanese Navy Chitose aircraft carrier 11,190 25 July 1938 sunk 25 October 1944
Chiyoda  Imperial Japanese Navy Chitose aircraft carrier 11,190 15 December 1938 sunk 25 October 1944
Chūyō  Imperial Japanese Navy Taiyō escort carrier 18,116 25 November 1942 sunk 4 December 1943
Colossus  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft carrier 13,200 16 December 1944 transferred to France, renamed Arromanches 6 August 1946
Commencement Bay  United States Navy Commencement Bay escort carrier 11,373 27 November 1944 Decommissioned 30 November 1946, scrapped 1971
Copahee  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 9,800 15 June 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1961
Coral Sea  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 9,600 27 August 1943 renamed Anzio, decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1959
Core  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 9,800 10 December 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971
Corregidor  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 10,400 31 August 1943 scrapped 1959
Courageous  Royal Navy Glorious aircraft carrier 22,500 4 November 1916 sunk 17 September 1939
Cowpens  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 28 May 1943 decommissioned 13 January 1947, scrapped 1960
Croatan  United States Navy Bogue escort carrier 9,800 28 April 1943 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1971
Dasher  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 8,200 2 July 1942 sunk 27 March 1943
Dristigheten  Swedish Navy Dristigheten seaplane carrier 3,445 5 September 1901 paid off 13 June 1947
Eagle  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 22,600 26 February 1924 sunk 11 August 1942
Emperor  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 6 August 1943 paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946
Empire Activity  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 14,250 29 September 1942 20 October 1945
Empire Audacity  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 11,000 20 June 1941 Sunk 21 December 1941
Empire MacAlpine  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 14 April 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryname
Empire MacAndrew  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 7 July 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryheen
Empire MacCabe  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 1 December 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Escort
Empire MacCallum  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 22 December 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Alpha Zambesi
Empire MacColl  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 1 November 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Pilot
Empire MacDermott  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 31 March 1944 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed La Cumbre
Empire MacKay  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 5 October 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Swordfish
Empire MacKendrick  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 1 December 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Granpond
Empire MacMahon  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 9,000 1 December 1943 Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed Naninia
Empire MacRae  Royal Navy Empire merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 20 September 1943 Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha Zambesi
Empress  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 9 August 1943 paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946
Enterprise  United States Navy Yorktown aircraft carrier 25,100 12 May 1938 decommissioned 1947,scrapped 1959
Essex  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 31 December 1942 decommissioned 30 June 1969, scrapped 1975
Fencer  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 14,400 20 February 1943 paid off 21 December 1945, sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1975
Formidable  Royal Navy Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 24 November 1940 scrapped 1953
Franklin  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 31 January 1944 Decommissioned 17 February 1947, scrapped 1964
Furious  Royal Navy Glorious aircraft carrier 22,400 14 October 1917 scrapped 1948
Gadila  Netherlands Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 1 March 1944 returned to merchant service 1946; scrapped 1958
Gambier Bay  United States Navy Casablanca escort carrier 7,800 28 December 1943 Sunk 25 October 1944
Giuseppe Miraglia  Regia Marina seaplane tender 4,965 1 November 1927 decommissioned 15 July 1950
Glorious  Royal Navy Glorious aircraft carrier 22,500 20 April 1916 sunk 8 June 1940[8]
Glory  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft carrier 13,200 2 April 1945 scrapped August 1961
Graf Zeppelin  Kriegsmarine Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier 23,200 launched 8 December 1938, not completed, scuttled 16 August 1947[9]
Hancock  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 15 April 1944 30 January 1976
Hermes  Royal Navy aircraft carrier 10,850 7 July 1923 sunk 9 April 1942
Hiryū  Imperial Japanese Navy Sōryū aircraft carrier 17,300 5 July 1939 sunk 5 June 1942
Hiyō  Imperial Japanese Navy Hiyō aircraft carrier 24,140 31 July 1942 sunk 20 June 1944
Hornet (I)  United States Navy Yorktown aircraft carrier 26,500 25 October 1941 sunk 27 October 1942
Hornet (II)  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 29 November 1943 decommissioned 26 June 1970; museum ship
Hōshō  Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier 7,470 27 December 1922 scrapped 1947
Hunter  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 14,400 9 January 1943 paid off 17 January 1947, scrapped May 1946
Illustrious  Royal Navy Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 25 May 1940 scrapped 1956
Implacable  Royal Navy Implacable aircraft carrier 23,825 28 August 1944 scrapped 1955
Indefatigable  Royal Navy Implacable aircraft carrier 23,825 3 May 1944 scrapped 1956
Independence  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 14 January 1943 decommissioned 28 August 1946, target ship scuttled 1951
Indomitable  Royal Navy Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 10 October 1941 scrapped 1955
Intrepid  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 16 August 1943 decommissioned 15 March 1974, museum ship
Junyō  Imperial Japanese Navy Hiyō aircraft carrier 26,949 5 May 1942 scrapped 1947
Kaga  Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier 38,200 1 November 1929 sunk 4 June 1942
Katsuragi  Imperial Japanese Navy Unryū aircraft carrier 15 October 1944 Scrapped 1947
Khedive  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 25 August 1943 paid off 19 July 1946, scrapped 1975
Lake Champlain  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 3 June 1945 decommissioned 2 May 1966, scrapped 1972
Langley  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 31 August 1943 decommissioned 11 February 1947, scrapped 1964
Langley CV-1  United States Navy Seaplane carrier 11,500 7 April 1913 sunk 27 February 1942
Lexington (I)  United States Navy Lexington aircraft carrier 33,000 14 December 1927 sunk 8 May 1942
Lexington (II)  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 17 February 1943 decommissioned 8 November 1991; museum ship
Long Island  United States Navy Long Island escort carrier 13,500 2 June 1941 decommissioned 26 March 1946
Macoma  Netherlands Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 8,000 1 April 1944 transferred to merchant service post-war
Maplin  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship
Miralda  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 1 January 1944 returned to merchant service post-war; renamed Marisa
Monterey  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 17 June 1943 decommissioned 16 January 1956, scrapped 1971
Nabob  Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 7 September 1943 Crewed by RCN, paid off 10 October 1944, scrapped December 1977
Nairana  Royal Navy Nairana escort carrier 14,280 12 December 1943 to Netherlands 23 March 1946, scrapped 1971
Ocean  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft carrier 13,200 8 August 1945 scrapped May 1962
Patia  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship sunk 1941
Patroller  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 22 October 1943 paid off 7 February 1947, scrapped February 1974
Pegasus  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship 7,080 10 December 1914 HMS Ark Royal to 1934, paid off June 1946
Perseus  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft maintenance carrier 13,200 16 December 1944 transferred to France 6 August 1946, renamed Arromanches
Pioneer  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft maintenance carrier 13,200 8 February 1945 scrapped September 1954
Premier  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 3 November 1943 paid off 21 May 1946, scrapped 1976
Pretoria Castle  Royal Navy merchant aircraft carrier 23,450 28 November 1939 paid off 26 January 1946
Princeton  USA Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 25 February 1943 sunk 24 October 1944
Puncher  Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 5 February 1944 Crewed by RCN, paid off 16 February 1946, scrapped 1973
Pursuer  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 11,400 14 June 1943 Returned to USN 12 February 1946, sold for scrap May 1946.
Queen  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 8,333 7 December 1943 paid off July 1947, scrapped 1972
Rajah  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 17 January 1944 paid off 7 February 1947, scrapped 1975
Randolph  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 27,100 29 June 1944 decommissioned 13 February 1969, scrapped 1975
Ranger  United States Navy aircraft carrier 14,500 4 June 1934 decommissioned 18 October 1946, scrapped 1947
Ranee  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 2 June 1943 paid off 22 January 1947, scrapped 1973
Rapana  Royal Navy Rapana merchant aircraft carrier 16,000 1 July 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Rotula
Ravager  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 14,630 25 April 1943 paid off February 1946, scrapped 1973
Reaper  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 21 February 1944 paid off 2 July 1946, scrapped 1967
Ruler  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 15,390 22 December 1943 paid off 29 January 1946, scrapped 31 May 1946
Ryūhō  Imperial Japanese Navy Ryūhō light aircraft carrier 13,360 31 March 1934 struck 30 November 1945, scrapped 1946
Ryūjō  Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier 10,600 9 May 1933 sunk 24 August 1942
San Jacinto  USA Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 15 November 1943 decommissioned 1 March 1947, scrapped 1972
Saratoga  United States Navy Lexington aircraft carrier 33,000 16 November 1927 sunk as a target 1946
Shangri-La  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 15 September 1944 decommissioned 30 July 1971, scrapped 1988
Shinano  Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier 64,800 19 November 1944 sunk 29 November 1944
Shin'yō  Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier 17,500 15 November 1943 sunk 17 November 1944
Shōhō  Imperial Japanese Navy Zuihō aircraft carrier 11,260 30 November 1941 sunk 8 May 1942
Shōkaku  Imperial Japanese Navy Shōkaku aircraft carrier 25,675 8 August 1941 sunk 19 June 1944
Sōryū  Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier 15,900 29 January 1937 sunk 4 June 1942
Searcher  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 14,400 3 April 1943 paid off 1945, scrapped 21 April 1976
Shah  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 11,400 27 September 1943 paid off 7 February 1946
Slinger  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 8,333 11 August 1943 paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1969/70
Smiter  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 20 January 1944 paid off 6 May 1946, scrapped 1967
Speaker  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 8,333 20 November 1943 paid off 25 September 1946, scrapped 1972
Springbank  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship sunk 27 September 1941
Stalker  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 14,400 21 December 1942 paid off 29 December 1945, sold into merchant service as Riouw
Striker  Royal Navy Bogue (Attacker) escort carrier 10,000 29 April 1943 paid off 12 February 1946, scrapped 1948
Taihō  Imperial Japanese Navy Taihō aircraft carrier 29,300 7 March 1944 Sunk 19 June 1944
Taiyō  Imperial Japanese Navy Taiyō escort carrier 18,116 2 September 1941 sunk 18 August 1944
Thane  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 19 November 1943 paid off October 1945, scrapped 1946
Ticonderoga  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 8 May 1944 decommissioned 1 September 1973, scrapped 1975
Tracker  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 14,400 31 January 1943 paid off 2 November 1946, scrapped 1964
Trouncer  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 31 January 1944 paid off 12 April 1946, scrapped 1973
Trumpeter  Royal Navy Bogue (Ruler) escort carrier 7,800 4 August 1943 paid off 19 June 1946, scrapped 1971
Unyō  Imperial Japanese Navy Taiyō escort carrier 17,830 31 August 1942 Sunk 15 September 1944
Unicorn  Royal Navy maintenance aircraft carrier 16,510 12 March 1943 paid off 17 November 1953
Unryū  Imperial Japanese Navy Unryū aircraft carrier 17,150 6 August 1944 sunk 19 December 1944
Venerable  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft carrier 13,200 17 January 1945 paid off April 1947
Vengeance  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft carrier 13,200 15 January 1945 paid off 1952
Victorious  Royal Navy Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 29 May 1941 scrapped 1969
Vindex  Royal Navy Nairana escort carrier 13,671 3 December 1943 paid off 1947, scrapped August 1971
Warrior  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft carrier 18,300 2 April 1945 paid off 1970, scrapped 1971
Wasp (I)  United States Navy aircraft carrier 14,700 25 April 1940 sunk 15 September 1942
Wasp (II)  United States Navy Essex aircraft carrier 30,800 24 November 1943 decommissioned 1 July 1972
Zuihō  Imperial Japanese Navy Zuihō aircraft carrier 11,260 27 December 1940 sunk 25 October 1944
Zuikaku  Imperial Japanese Navy Shōkaku aircraft carrier 29,800 25 September 1941 25 October 1944

References

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  5. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
  6. ↑ Wise
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  9. ↑ http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/carrier/grafzeppelin/index.html

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