List of aircraft carrier classes in service

For broader coverage of this topic, see List of naval ship classes in service and List of aircraft carriers in service.

The list of aircraft carrier classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. ^[1]

Kuznetsov-class (Project 1143.5) aircraft carrier

See also: Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

Admiral Kuznetsov

• Builders:   Soviet Union (Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv, present-day Ukraine)
• Displacement: 57,700 tons
• Aircraft: 17 fixed-wing aircraft and 24 helicopters
• Armament: 12 × P-700 Granit SSM; 192 × Tor SAM; 8 × CADS-1 CIWS; 8 × AK-630; 2 × RBU-12000
• Powerplant: 8 boilers, 4 steam turbines (200,000 shp)
• Speed: 32 knots
• Range: 3,850 nmi at 32 knots
• Ships in class: 3
• Operator:   Russian Navy,   People's Liberation Army Navy
• Commissioned: 1995
• Status: 2 in service in China, 1 more in long-term refit in Russia

Cavour-class aircraft carrier

See also: Italian aircraft carrier Cavour

Conte di Cavour

• Builders:   Italy
• Type: Aircraft carrier
• Displacement: 27,910 tons
• Aircraft: 8 AV-8B Harrier II Plus, 12 EH101 helicopters
• Armament: 4 × A43 SYLVER VLS for 32 Aster 15 SAM, 2 × Otobreda 76 mm gun Davide Strales, 3 × Oerlikon Contraves 25/80 mm Anti-asymmetric attack warfare gun
• Powerplant: 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500+ gas turbines, 2 shafts, 88.000 KW, 6 × Diesel generators (13.200 KW)
• Speed 29+ knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator:   Marina Militare
• Commissioned: 2008
• Status: In service

Chakri Naruebet-class aircraft carrier

See also: HTMS Chakri Naruebet

Chakri Naruebet

• Builders:   Spain
• Displacement: 11,486 tons
• Aircraft: 6 AV-8 Harrier II aircraft and 4 S-70B Seahawk helicopter
• Armament: 2 × hex Sadral Mistral SAM launchers, 2x12.7 mm MG
• Powerplant: 2 diesels, 2 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 44,250 hp
• Speed: 26 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator:   Royal Thai Navy
• Commissioned: 10 August 1997
• Status: In service

Charles de Gaulle-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

See also: French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

• Builders:   France (DCN at Brest, Bretagne)
• Displacement: 40,500 tons
• Aircraft: 30 fixed-wing aircraft (Super Étendard, Rafale M) and helicopter
• Armament: 4 × SYLVER launchers (32 × Aster 15 SAM); 12 × Mistral SAM; 8 × 20 mm guns
• Powerplant: 2 × pressurized water reactors
• Speed: 27 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator:   Marine Nationale
• Commissioned: 18 May 2001
• Status: In service

Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

See also: Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier

Gerald R. Ford

• Builders:   United States
• Displacement: 100,000 tons
• Aircraft: 75+
• Armament: 2 × RIM-162 ESSM launchers, 2 × RIM-116 RAM, 3 × Phalanx CIWS, 4 × M2 .50 Cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns
• Powerplant: Two A1B nuclear reactors
• Speed: 30 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator:   United States Navy
• Commissioned: 22 Jul 2017
• Status: 1 in service, 2 under construction

Giuseppe Garibaldi-class aircraft carrier

See also: Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Builders:   Italy
• Type: Aircraft carrier
• Displacement: 13,850 tons
• Aircraft: 16 AV-8B Harrier and Agusta helicopter
• Armament: MBDA Otomat SSM, Albatros Mark II Aspide SAM, 3 × Oto Melara 40 mm/70 mm twin guns, 2 triple-tube torpedo launchers
• Powerplant: 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 81,000 hp
• Speed: 30 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator:   Marina Militare
• Commissioned: 1985
• Status: In service

Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

See also: INS Vikrant (2013)

Vikrant

• Builders:   India (Cochin Shipyard Limited)
• Displacement: 45,000 tons
• Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters
• Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS, 4 × Otobreda 76 mm
• Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine, 2 × Elecon COGAG gearbox
• Speed: in excess of 30 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operators:   Indian Navy
• Commissioned: 2 September 2022
• Status: In service

Vikramaditya (modified Kiev)-class aircraft carrier

See also: INS Vikramaditya (R33)

Vikramaditya

• Builders:   Russia (Soviet "Baku" as Kiev-class aircraft carrier /   Russia Sevmash in Severodvinsk)
• Displacement: 45,400 tons
• Aircraft: 30 × fighters and 6 × helicopters
• Armament: Barak 8 SAM, AK-630 CIWS
• Propulsion: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp
• Speed: in excess of 30 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operators:   Indian Navy
• Commissioned: 16 December 2013
• Status: In service

Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

See also: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

Nimitz

• Builders:   United States (Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Virginia)
• Displacement: 97,000 tons
• Aircraft: 85 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter
• Armament: 4 × Sea Sparrow SAM; 4 × Phalanx CIWS; 42 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile SAM
• Powerplant: 2 × A4W reactors, 4 × steam turbines (260,000 shp)
• Speed: 30+ knots
• Ships in class: 10
• Operator:   United States Navy
• Commissioned: 3 May 1975
• Status: 10 in service

Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier

See also: Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier

Queen Elizabeth

• Builders:   United Kingdom (Aircraft Carrier Alliance)
• Displacement: 70,600 tons
• Aircraft: up to 40 aircraft (50 full load)
• Armament: At least 3 × Phalanx CIWS; 30-mm DS30M Mk 2 guns; Miniguns
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbine engine;4 × Wärtsilä 38 marine diesel engines (4 × 16V38 11.6 MW or 15,600 hp)
• Speed: 26 knots
• Ships in class: 2
• Operator:   Royal Navy
• Commissioned: 7 December 2017
• Status: 2 in service

References

1. Brimelow, Benjamin. "These are the 20 aircraft carriers in service today". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-06-03.