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Classes and unique ships
- IJN Akagi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Hiryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Sōryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Kaga [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Shōkaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Zuikaku [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Ryūjō [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Shōhō [r]: Add brief definition or description
- IJN Shinano [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy vessel, laid down as a battleship of the Yamato-class but converted to an aircraft carrier; sunk on 29 November 1944 by the submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311) while still being finished and transferring to a safer shipyard [e]
United Kingdom
- HMS Glorious [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Ark Royal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- HMS Hermes [r]: Add brief definition or description
United States
Major fleet carriers and only selected light carriers are listed here
- USS Langley (CV-1) [r]: First aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, but intended as an experiment rather than for operational use; provided auxiliary services early in WWII, was damaged by Japanese aircraft in February 1942, and scuttled [e]
- Lexington-class [r]: A two-ship class of aircraft carriers, the first built by the United States Navy for operations rather than experimentation; converted from cancelled battlecruiser hulls [e]
- USS Lexington (CV-2) [r]: First aircraft carrier built by the United States Navy and intended for fleet rather than experimental duty; sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 [e]
- USS Saratoga (CV-3) [r]: Lexington-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, converted from a battle cruiser hull in 1927, and serving throughout World War II; sunk in 1946 during nuclear weapon tests [e]
- USS Ranger (CV-4) [r]: Early purpose-built U.S. Navy aircraft carrier; too small (14,500 tons) for Pacific duty; supported "Neutrality Patrols" and early WWII Atlantic convoys, provided air cover to Operation Torch, raided Norway; returned to the US and was a training ship for the rest of the war [e]
- Yorktown-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Hornet (CV-5) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Essex-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Forrestal-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nimitz-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
Technology
- Catapult [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Conventional takeoff and landing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Carrier-capable [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Safety and survivability of naval vessels [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Short takeoff and vertical landing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tailhook [r]: Add brief definition or description
Tactics
- Carrier Strike Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Circular cruising formation [r]: Add brief definition or description
Carrier battles
- Battle of Pearl Harbor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Doolittle Raid [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Midway [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of the Coral Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of the Philippine Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Solomon Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation DESERT SHIELD [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation FLAMING DART [r]: Add brief definition or description
Aircraft
Modern
- E-2 Hawkeye [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F-18 Hornet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F-18 Super Hornet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F-35C Lightning II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sea Harrier [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MiG-29K [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Su-27K [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Amphibious Ready Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Amphibious warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- George H. W. Bush [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Expeditionary Strike Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hazard from Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- High-value asset [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John McCain [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint Tactical Information Distribution System [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Key West Agreement [r]: Add brief definition or description