This is a bar graph showing a timeline of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy displaying the ships' names and their hull numbers.
Notes
edit- The carriers are listed in order of hull number.[1][2][3]
- Ships with hull numbers 35, 44, 46, and 50 through 58 were cancelled or never commissioned and are not shown.[4]
- While the chart does include light carriers, it does not include amphibious assault ships nor escort carriers with the exception of the Langley which is included for historical context.
- In general, labels for ships of a single class are aligned vertically with the topmost ship in a column carrying the class name.
- In an attempt to show the full timeline of the actual existence of each ship, the final dates on each bar may variously be the date struck, sold, scrapped, scuttled, sunk as a reef, etc., as appropriate to show last time it existed as a floating object.
Timeline
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ "DANFS". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ Pocock, Michael. "MaritimeQuest - United States Navy Aircraft Carrier Index". www.maritimequest.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ Pike, John. "CVA 58 United States". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2018-02-04.