This is a list of longest naval ships.
Name | Ships in class | Type | Length | Displacement | Status | Operator |
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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) | 102,000 | 10 in service. | United States Navy |
Kitty Hawk class | 3 | Aircraft carrier | 332 m (1,089 ft) | 84,914 | 1 sunk, 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 | Russian Navy |
HMS Caledonia | 1 | Ocean liner | 291 m (955 ft) | 56,551 | Ocean liner converted to training ship. Caught fire 1939 and subsequently scrapped | Royal Navy |
Admiral Gorshkov | 1 | Aircraft carrier | 284 m (932 ft) | 45,400 | 1 in service. Variant of Kiev class | Russian Navy |
Queen Elizabeth class | 2 | Aircraft carrier | 284 m (932 ft) | 65,000 | 2 in service | Royal Navy |
SS Michangelo (1965) | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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