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Global list of all flat tops in service

Color Key:

Bold = ship in commission
red = completed – sea trials
blue = launched – fitting out
green = under construction
gray = officially ordered

FLEET CARRIERS (CV/CVN/CVL):

USA

  1. USS Nimitz (CVN-68): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1975
  2. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1977
  3. USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1982
  4. USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1986
  5. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1989
  6. USS George Washington (CVN-73): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1992
  7. USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1995
  8. USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 1998
  9. USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 2003
  10. USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 2009
  11. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR – 2017
  12. USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR (scheduled to be commissioned in 2020)
  13. USS Enterprise (CVN-80): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR (scheduled to be commissioned in 2027)
  14. (CVN-81): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR (scheduled to be commissioned in 2030)
  15. (CVN-82): 100,000 tons – CATOBAR (scheduled to be commissioned in 2034)

UK

  1. HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08): 70,000 tons – STOVL – 2017
  2. HMS Prince of Wales (R09): 70,000 tons – STOVL (scheduled to be commissioned 2020)

CHINA

  1. Liaoning (CV-16): 65,000 tons – STOBAR – 2012 (ex-Soviet Varyag, orig. launched 1988)
  2. Type 001A (CV-17): 65,000 tons – STOBAR (estimated to be commissioned in 2020)
  3. Type 002 (CV-18): 85,000 tons – CATOBAR (estimated to be commissioned in 2022)

RUSSIA

  1. Admiral Kuznetsov (063): 65,000 tons – STOBAR – 1991

INDIA

  1. INS Vikramaditya (R33): 45,000 tons – STOBAR – 2013 (ex-Russian Admiral Gorshkov, orig. commissioned 1987)
  2. INS Vikrant (IAC-1): 40,000 tons – STOBAR (scheduled to be commissioned in 2023)

FRANCE

  1. FS Charles de Gaulle (R91): 42,000 tons – CATOBAR – 2001

ITALY

  1. ITS Cavour (550): 30,000 tons – STOVL – 2008

AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT CARRIERS (LHD/LHA/LPH):

USA

  1. USS Wasp (LHD-1): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 1989
  2. USS Essex (LHD-2): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 1992
  3. USS Kearsarge (LHD-3): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 1993
  4. USS Boxer (LHD-4): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 1995
  5. USS Bataan (LHD-5): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 1997
  6. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 1998
  7. USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 2001
  8. USS Makin Island (LHD-8): 41,000 tons – STOVL – 2009
  9. USS America (LHA-6): 45,000 tons – STOVL – 2014
  10. USS Tripoli (LHA-7): 45,000 tons – STOVL (scheduled to be commissioned in 2020)
  11. USS Bougainville (LHA-8): 45,000 tons – STOVL (scheduled to be commissioned in 2024)

CHINA

  1. Type 075: 40,000 tons – Helicopter (estimated to be commissioned in 2020)
  2. Type 075: 40,000 tons – Helicopter (estimated to be commissioned in ????)

ITALY

  1. ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi (551): 14,000 tons – Helicopter – 1985 (former STOVL CVL now serves as an interim LPH, retains STOVL capabilities)
  2. ITS Trieste: 32,000 tons – Helicopter (scheduled to be commissioned in 2022 to replace ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi)

AUSTRALIA

  1. HMAS Canberra (LHD 02): 27,000 tons – Helicopter – 2014
  2. HMAS Adelaide (LHD 01): 27,000 tons – Helicopter – 2015

SPAIN

  1. SPS Juan Carlos I (L61): 27,000 tons – STOVL – 2010 (multi-role ship serves as a LHD/CVL hybrid)

TURKEY

  1. TCG Anadolu (L-408): 27,000 tons – STOVL (multi-role ship will serve as a LHD/CVL hybrid, scheduled to be commissioned in 2021)

BRAZIL

  1. PHM Atlantico (A140): 21,600 tons – Helicopter – 2018 (ex-british HMS Ocean, orig. commissioned 1998)

FRANCE

  1. FS Mistral (L9013): 21,300 tons – Helicopter – 2006
  2. FS Tonnerre (L9014): 21,300 tons – Helicopter – 2006
  3. FS Dixmude (L9015): 21,300 tons – Helicopter – 2012

EGYPT

  1. ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010): 21,300 tons – Helicopter – 2016
  2. ENS Anwar El Sadat (L1020): 21,300 tons – Helicopter – 2016

SOUTH KOREA

  1. ROKS Dokdo (LPH-6111): 18,800 tons – Helicopter – 2007
  2. ROKS Marado (LPH-6112): 18,800 tons – Helicopter (scheduled to be commissioned in 2020)

THAILAND

  1. HTMS Chakri Naruebet (CVH-911): 11,500 tons – Helicopter – 1997 (former STOVL CVL now only operates with helicopters. rarely in service due to lack of funding)

ASW HELICOPTER CARRIERS:

JAPAN

  1. JS Hyuga (DDH-181): 19,000 tons – Helicopter – 2009
  2. JS Ise (DDH-182): 19,000 tons – Helicopter – 2011
  3. JS Izumo (DDH-183): 27,000 tons – Helicopter – 2015
  4. JS Kaga (DDH-184): 27,000 tons – Helicopter -2017

the Helicopter/STOVL differentiation between amphibious assault ships is based merely upon what the ships regularly deploy with. it’s theoretically possible for STOVL fixed-wing aircraft to operate on any open deck, but the distinction is whether the ship is specifically designed to carry, operate, and maintain fixed-wing STOVL aircraft, and does so during standard operations.

not included are smaller amphib flat tops like italy’s san giorgios and japan’s osumis because, while they can certainly land and store helicopters on their open decks, they do not have dedicated hanger space to properly operate and maintain a fleet of aircraft.

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By: steely dan - 3rd July 2019 at 18:25

^ thanks for the update and the pic. she came together rather quickly. looking good.

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By: Glendora - 3rd July 2019 at 02:33

If steely dan still takes care of this excellent thread he could do a minor update:
Nave Trieste, the new flagship of the Italian Navy is blue = launched – fitting out.

https://youtu.be/hM-MjFYWguw

And the Ski-jump is already fitted. I hope you could see the image linked.

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By: steely dan - 22nd March 2017 at 17:58

Japan commissions JS Kaga:

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Commissions Second Helicopter Carrier

Japan’s newest surface combatant entered service on March 22.
By Franz-Stefan Gady
March 23, 2017

The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS Kaga at the Japan Marine United shipyard in Yokohama, on March 22.

The commissioning ceremony was attended by a host of dignitaries including Japan’s Vice Defense Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, who openly addressed ongoing China-Japan tensions in the East China Sea and Beijing’s military buildup in the South China Sea his remarks.

“China is attempting to make changes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea with bases and through acts that exert pressure and are steadily altering the status quo, raising security concerns among the international community,” Kobayashi said, according to The Japan Times.

source: http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/japan-maritime-self-defense-force-commissions-second-helicopter-carrier/

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By: Stonewall - 22nd February 2017 at 15:11

INS Viraat may be sold for scrap

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-oldest-warship-may-be-sold-for-scrap/articleshow/57261801.cms

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By: steely dan - 20th February 2017 at 16:32

You can scrap the Sao Paulo, the Brazilian Navy has officially announced she will be decomissioned: http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/desmobilizacao-do-nae-sao-paulo-a-12/

thanks for the heads up, she served a good long life.

and while it’ll be a bit sad to see her go, i can imagine that the costs of keeping such an elderly ship going just get really hard to continue justifying at a certain point.

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By: Stonewall - 20th February 2017 at 12:17

Wonder if the Skyhawks are going to be sold off? Were they all upgraded?

according some news they will keep 9 units flying from land.

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By: tankdriver67 - 16th February 2017 at 18:59

[QUOTE=Stonewall;2374465]You can scrap the Sao Paulo, the Brazilian Navy has officially announced she will be decomissioned: [url]http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/desmobilizacao

Will this finnaly force Argentina to can their Super Etendards and Trackers?

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By: tankdriver67 - 16th February 2017 at 00:03

Wonder if the Skyhawks are going to be sold off? Were they all upgraded?

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By: Stonewall - 15th February 2017 at 13:31

You can scrap the Sao Paulo, the Brazilian Navy has officially announced she will be decomissioned: http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/desmobilizacao-do-nae-sao-paulo-a-12/

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By: steely dan - 7th February 2017 at 20:53

i’ve added the italian navy’s new LHD ITS Trieste, now apparently under construction, to the list on page 1 of this thread.

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By: steely dan - 10th November 2016 at 18:19

LHA-8 now has a name:

SECNAV Names Next Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bougainville
By Joseph R. Fonseca November 10, 2016

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced November 9 that the name of the next America-class amphibious assault ship will be USS Bougainville (LHA 8).

The naming ceremony took place at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

LHA-8 will be the second ship to be named after Bougainville, an island in the northern Solomons, which was the location of a World War II campaign in 1943-1944 during which allies secured a strategic airfield from Japan. Success at Bougainville isolated all Japanese forces left in the Solomons.

The first Bougainville was an escort carrier that was launched in 1944, a year after the Bougainville campaign began. It was decommissioned for the first time in 1946. It was then brought back into service for five years before earning two battle stars for its service in World War II and being struck from the naval register in 1960.

source: http://www.marinelink.com/news/bougainville-amphibious418081

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By: steely dan - 9th December 2015 at 15:30

^ LOL!

whoops, thanks for catching that 4 year old typo.

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By: djkeos - 8th December 2015 at 23:36

Still a typo on page 1: SPS Jaun Carlos I (L61). This has to be: SPS Juan Carlos I (L61):

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By: aditya - 5th December 2015 at 17:02

Alizes could fly off ins vikrant without catapult!

Technically speaking, wouldn’t it be possible to fly a super tucano off a harrier carrier? That could prove to be a value proposition…

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By: steely dan - 4th December 2015 at 21:06

Royal Australian Navy commissions HMAS Adelaide
4 December 2015

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has commissioned HMAS Adelaide, the second of two landing helicopter docks (LHDs), in Garden Island, Sydney.

The air-land-sea amphibious vessel, along with sister ship HMAS Canberra, enhances the strength of the navy to defend the nation.

source: http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsroyal-australian-navy-commissions-hmas-adelaide-4745291

the page 1 list has been updated accordingly.

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By: PLA-MKII - 29th August 2015 at 17:19

Technically speaking, wouldn’t it be possible to fly a super tucano off a harrier carrier? That could prove to be a value proposition…

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By: steely dan - 28th August 2015 at 20:59

some minor updates to page 1:

– the 2nd japenese Izumo class “destroyer” has been launched and now has an official name “JS Kaga”.

– the new turkish LHD has been added to the list now that it has been officially ordered.

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By: Jinan - 3rd April 2015 at 22:05

I think the lesson shown here is, if you absolutely must place a CIWS right at the very bow of a ship, goalkeeper looks cooler than phalanx.

LOL. Clearly, as a Dutchman, I have to agree that Goalkeeper IS cooler than Phalanx. Then again, if I were Italian…. (it’s just that it doesn’t have it’s radar director on the mount …. but the Strales version of the 76mm is real cool)
http://www.finmeccanica.com/documents/10437/16607485/original_IAN_3890_g.jpghttp://oi50.tinypic.com/rj070y.jpg Although this is still my favorite: http://www.ontargetalignment.com/newsImages/27022012_040620_6246_221229163_d2232c0848_b.jpg

Another cool if butt-ugly CIWS
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/RP1/hosted/35mm_ciws_1991_1.png~original

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By: steely dan - 3rd April 2015 at 15:44

http://www.gillespie.ndo.co.uk/Navy/Pictures/Carriers/Invin.jpghttp://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/18732/0x0/2a785ff1f97c9b1430675d4642c2abd5.jpg

I think the lesson shown here is, if you absolutely must place a CIWS right at the very bow of a ship, goalkeeper looks cooler than phalanx.

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By: Jinan - 3rd April 2015 at 12:15

That lone C-Wiz at the bow is what is officially stopping this beaut from being an aircraft carrier :highly_amused:

Really?

http://www.gillespie.ndo.co.uk/Navy/Pictures/Carriers/Invin.jpghttp://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/18732/0x0/2a785ff1f97c9b1430675d4642c2abd5.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/USS_Essex_at_sea.jpg

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HWQazf-OfJM/maxresdefault.jpg

Kindly also not the difference in deck markings. And the fact that Japan has ordered F-35A (not B’s).

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