List of longest naval ships

This is a list of longest naval ships.

List

Name	Ships in class	Type	Length	Displacement	Status	Operator
USS Enterprise	1	Aircraft carrier	342 m (1,122 ft)	94,781	1 decommissioned	United States Navy
Gerald R. Ford class	1	Aircraft carrier	337 m (1,106 ft)	100,000	1 in service, 3 under construction, 10 planned	United States Navy
Nimitz class	10	Aircraft carrier	332.80 m (1,091.9 ft)	100,000	10 in service.	United States Navy
Kitty Hawk class	3	Aircraft carrier	332 m (1,089 ft)	84,914	1 sunk as target, 2 scrapped	United States Navy
Forrestal class	4	Aircraft carrier	326.10 m (1,069.9 ft)	82,402	4 scrapped	United States Navy
USS John F. Kennedy	1	Aircraft carrier	321 m (1,053 ft)	82,655	1 scrapped. Variant of Kitty Hawk class	United States Navy
Fujian	1	Aircraft carrier	316 m (1,037 ft)	80,000	1 undergoing sea trials	People's Liberation Army Navy
Shandong	1	Aircraft carrier	315 m (1,033 ft)	70,000	1 in service. Derived from Admiral Kuznetsov design	People's Liberation Army Navy
Midway class	3	Aircraft carrier	305 m (1,001 ft)	64,000	1 preserved, 2 scrapped	United States Navy
Kuznetsov class	2	Aircraft carrier	304.50 m (999.0 ft)	67,000	1 in service, 1 in refit	Soviet Navy   Russian Navy   People's Liberation Army Navy
HMS Caledonia	3	Training ship	291 m (955 ft)	56,551	Ocean liner converted to training ship. Caught fire in 1939 and subsequently scrapped	Royal Navy
USS Leviathan	3	Troop transport	290 m (950 ft)	63,000	Ocean liner converted to troop transport. Demilitarized in 1919 and returned to civilian use. Sister ship of the Caledonia	United States Navy
Admiral Gorshkov	1	Aircraft carrier	284 m (932 ft)	45,400	1 in service. Variant of Kiev class	Soviet Navy   Russian Navy   Indian Navy
Queen Elizabeth class	2	Aircraft carrier	284 m (932 ft)	80,600	2 in service	Royal Navy
SS Michelangelo	1	Ocean liner	276.20 m (906.2 ft)	45,800	Ocean liner converted to a barrack ship. Sold for scrap in 1991	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Kiev class	3	Aircraft carrier	273.10 m (896.0 ft)	43,220	2 preserved, 1 scrapped	Soviet Navy   Russian Navy
Lexington class	2	Aircraft carrier	270.70 m (888.1 ft)	43,055	1 sunk, 1 destroyed in atomic bomb test	United States Navy
Iowa class	4	Battleship	270.54 m (887.6 ft)	58,000	4 preserved	United States Navy
Shinano	1	Aircraft carrier	265.80 m (872.0 ft)	71,890	1 sunk. Converted battleship hull	Imperial Japanese Navy
Essex class	24	Aircraft carrier	265.80 m (872.0 ft)	36,380	4 preserved, 20 scrapped	United States Navy
Clemenceau class	2	Aircraft carrier	265 m (869 ft)	32,800	2 scrapped	French Navy   Brazilian Navy
Yamato class	2	Battleship	263 m (863 ft)	72,809	2 sunk	Imperial Japanese Navy
Graf Zeppelin class	2	Aircraft carrier	262.50 m (861.2 ft)	33,550	1 cancelled while under construction 1940 and scrapped 1 canceled in 1943 while still under construction. Hull was sunk for target practice by USSR in 1947	Kriegsmarine
HMS Hood	1	Battlecruiser	262.30 m (860 ft 7 in)	47,430	Sunk 1941 [1]	Royal Navy
INS Vikrant	1	Aircraft carrier	262 m (860 ft)	40,000	1 in service	Indian Navy
Charles de Gaulle	1	Aircraft carrier	261.50 m (857.9 ft)	42,000	1 in service	French Navy
Akagi	1	Aircraft carrier	260.70 m (855.3 ft)	41,300	1 sunk	Imperial Japanese Navy
Taihō	1	Aircraft carrier	260.60 m (855.0 ft)	37,270	1 sunk [2]	Imperial Japanese Navy
Shōkaku class	2	Aircraft carrier	257.50 m (844 ft 10 in)	32,105	2 sunk [3]	Imperial Japanese Navy
America class	3	Amphibious assault ship	257 m (843 ft)	45,000	2 in service, 1 under construction	United States Navy
Wasp class	8	Amphibious assault ship	257 m (843 ft)	40,500	7 in service, 1 scrapped	United States Navy
Tarawa class	5	Amphibious assault ship	254 m (833 ft)	39,400	2 in reserve, 2 scrapped, 1 sunk	United States Navy
Kirov class	4	Battlecruiser	252 m (827 ft)	28,000	1 in service, 1 in refit, 2 scrapped	Soviet Navy   Russian Navy
Yorktown class	3	Aircraft carrier	251.38 m (824.7 ft)	25,500	2 sunk, 1 scrapped	United States Navy
Bismarck class	2	Battleship	251 m (823 ft)	52,600	Sunk in 1941 and 1944	Kriegsmarine
HMS Vanguard	1	Battleship	248.20 m (814.3 ft)	51,420	Scrapped 1960 [4]	Royal Navy
Izumo class	2	Helicopter destroyer	248 m (814 ft)	27,000	1 in service, 1 in refit	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Richelieu class	2	Battleship	247.85 m (813 ft 2 in)	47,548	2 scrapped [5] [6]	French Navy
Kaga	1	Aircraft carrier	247.65 m (812.5 ft)	38,200	1 sunk	Imperial Japanese Navy
Alaska class	2	Large cruiser	246.43 m (808.5 ft)	34,253	2 scrapped [7] [8]	United States Navy
Audacious class	2	Aircraft carrier	245 m (804 ft)	50,786	Scrapped in 1978 and 1980	Royal Navy
Trieste	1	Landing helicopter dock	245 m (804 ft)	38,000	1 completed	Italian Navy
Cavour	1	Aircraft carrier	244 m (801 ft)	30,000	1 in service	Italian Navy
Renown class	2	Battlecruiser	242 m (794 ft)	37,400	1 sunk, 1 scrapped	Royal Navy
Courageous class	3	Aircraft carrier	239.80 m (786 ft 9 in)	27,859	2 sunk, 1 scrapped 1948. Converted from 3 battlecruisers	Royal Navy
Littorio class	3	Battleship	237.76 m (780.1 ft)	45,236	1 sunk, 2 scrapped	Regia Marina
Type 075 class	3	Landing Helicopter Dock	237 m (778 ft)	40,000	3 completed, 8 planned	People's Liberation Army Navy
Scharnhorst class	2	Battleship	235 m (771 ft)	38,700	2 sunk	Kriegsmarine
USS Ranger	1	Aircraft carrier	234.40 m (769.0 ft)	17,859	1 scrapped	United States Navy
Anadolu class	1	Landing Helicopter Dock	232 m (761 ft)	27,079	1 completed, 2 planned. Derived from Juan Carlos I design	Turkish Navy
Juan Carlos I	1	Landing Helicopter Dock	230.82 m (757.3 ft)	26,000	1 in service	Spanish Navy
Canberra class	2	Landing helicopter dock	230.82 m (757.3 ft)	27,500	2 in Service. Derived from Juan Carlos I design	Royal Australian Navy

• Ships may differ within the class. Measures are taken from the largest ship of the class.

Citations

1. Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 41.
2. Chesneau 1998, p. 179.
3. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 181.
4. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 16.
5. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 260.
6. Whitley 2001, p. 53.
7. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 122.
8. Whitley 1999, p. 276.

References

• Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. ISBN   0-354-00096-9.
• Chesneau, Roger (1998). Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN   1-86019-875-9.
• Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-146-7.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-245-5.
• Whitley, M. J. (2001). Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN   0-304-359572.
• Whitley, M. J. (1999). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN   1-86019-8740.