List of Naval Ship Classes in Service - Aircraft Carriers

Aircraft Carriers

Cavour class aircraft carrier

• 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, 3 × Oerlikon Contraves 25/80 mm AA gun
• Powerplant: 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500+ gas turbines, 2 shafts, 88.000 hp, 6 × Diesel generators (13.200 KW)
• Speed 28+ knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator: Marina Militare
• Commissioned: 2008
• Fate: In active service

Centaur class aircraft carrier

• Builders: United Kingdom
• Displacement: 28,700 tons
• Aircraft: 28 VSTOL aircraft and helicopters
• Armament: (Viraat) 2 x 40mm Bofors guns, 16 x Barak 1
• Propulsion: 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 76,000 shp
• Speed: 28 knots
• Ships in class: 4
• Operators: Indian Navy
• Commissioned: 1 September 1953
• Fate: 1 in Indian service

Chakri Naruebet class aircraft carrier

• Builders: Spain
• Displacement: 11,486 tons
• Aircraft: 6 AV-8 Harrier II aircraft and 4 S-70B Seahawk helicopter
• Armament: 2 Mistral SAM launchers, 2 12.7 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
• Fate: In active service

Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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

Clemenceau class aircraft carrier

• Builders: France
• Displacement: 32,800 tons
• Aircraft: 40
• Armament: 8 x 100 mm turrets (originally) ; replaced by 2 SACP Crotale EDIR systems, with 52 missiles (removed before delivery to Brazil), 5 x 12,7 mm machine guns.
• Powerplant: 6 x Indret boilers, 4 x steam turbines, 126,000 shp
• Speed: 32 knots
• Ships in class: 2
• Operator: Brazilian Navy
• Commissioned: 22 November 1961
• Fate: 1 in Brazilian service

USS Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

• Builders: United States (Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in Virginia)
• Displacement: 89,600 tons
• Aircraft: 85 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters
• Armament: 2 x Sea Sparrow launchers; 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 x Mk.49 launchers (42 x RAM SAM)
• Powerplant: 8 x A2W reactors (280,000 shp)
• Speed: 33.6 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator: United States Navy
• Commissioned: 25 November 1961
• Fate: In commission (slated to serve through 1st december 2012)

Giuseppe Garibaldi class aircraft carrier

• Builders: Italy
• Type: Aircraft carrier
• Displacement: 13,850 tons
• Aircraft: 16 AV-8B Harrier, 18 Agusta helicopter
• Armament: MBDA Otomat SSM, Albatros Mark II Aspide SAM, 3 Oto Melara 40mm / 70mm 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
• Fate: In active service

Invincible class VSTOL aircraft carrier

• Builders: United Kingdom (Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Swan Hunter)
• Displacement: 20,400 tons
• Aircraft: 20 VSTOL aircraft and helicopter
• Armament: 2 x 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS; 2 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
• Powerplant: 4 x gas turbines (97,000 hp)
• Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
• Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
• Ships in class: 3
• Operator: Royal Navy
• Commissioned: 11 July 1980
• Fate: 1 in service, 2 decommissioned

Admiral Kuznetsov class (Project 1143.5) aircraft carrier

• Builders: Soviet Union
• Displacement: 67,000 tons
• Aircraft: 17 fixed-wing aircraft and 24 helicopters
• Armament: 12 x P-700 Granit SSM; 192 x Tor SAM; 8 x CADS-1 CIWS; 8 x AK-630; 2 x RBU-12000
• Powerplant: 8 boilers, 4 steam turbines (200,000 shp)
• Speed: 32 knots
• Range: 3,850 nmi at 32 knots
• Ships in class: 2
• Operator: Russian Navy People's Liberation Army Navy
• Commissioned: 1995
• Fate: 2 in service

Nimitz (CVN 68) class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

• Builders: United States (Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Virginia)
• Displacement: 97,000 tons
• Aircraft: 85 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter
• Armament: 4 x Sea Sparrow SAM; 4 x Phalanx CIWS; 42 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile SAM
• Powerplant: 2 x A4W reactors, 4 x steam turbines (260,000 shp)
• Speed: 30+ knots
• Ships in class: 10
• Operator: United States Navy
• Commissioned: 3 May 1975
• Fate: 10 in service, last scheduled to serve through 2060

Príncipe de Asturias class aircraft carrier

• Builders: Spain (Empresa Nacional Bazán (now Navantia) in Ferrol)
• Displacement: 17,188 tons
• Aircraft: 12 AV-8B Harrier II Plus aircraft and 12 helicopter
• Armament: 4 20 mm CIWS, 12 Oerlikon L120 20 mm guns
• Powerplant: 2 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines in COGAG configuration
• Speed: 26 knots
• Ships in class: 1
• Operator: Spanish Navy
• Commissioned: 30 May 1988
• Fate: In active service