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President of the United States "Where are the carriers?"

―This page answers your question, listing world carriers (including helicopter carriers) and Carrier-based A/Cs.

United States

• Nimiz-class CVN × 8 (2 are on maintenance)
• Gerald R. Ford-class CVN × 2 (1 is under construction)

Nimiz-class CVN

• USS Nimiz [CVN-68] - Kitsap-Bremerton, WA

Status: arrived at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton for a 16-month Drydocking planned maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) (7 Jan 2015)

CVW-11 (NH)

• USS Dwight D. Eisenhower [CVN-69] - Norfolk, VA

Status: Persian Gulf (17 Aug - 19 Sep 2016)

CVW-3 (AC)

• CVN-70 Carl Vinson

CVW-2 ( NE )

• CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt

CVW-17 ( NA )

• CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln

• CVN-73 George Washington

• CVN-74 John C. Stennis

CVW-9 ( NG )

• CVN-75 Harry S. Truman

CVW-7 ( AG )

• USS Ronald Reagan [CVN-76] - Yokosuka, Kanagawa (Japan)

Status: West Pacific (7 Sep - 20 Sep 2016)

CVW-5 (NF)

• CVN-77 George H.W. Bush

CVW-8 ( AJ )

Gerald R. Ford-class CVN

• Gerald R. Ford [CVN-78] - Newport News, Virginia

Status: waiting for commission

• John F. Kennedy [CVN-79] - Newport News, Virginia

Status: under construction, will be launched 2018 (planned)

• Enterprise [CVN-80]

Status: Planned

France

• Charles de Gaulle-class CVN × 1

• Charles de Gaulle [R91] - Toulon

Carrier Air Group/Groupe aérien embarqué (GAE)

Flottille 11F - Rafale M

Flottille 12F - Rafale M

Flottille 17F - Super-Étendar

Flottille 4F - E-2C

Russia

• Type 11435 (Kuznetsov-class) CV (heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser (TAVKR) in Russian classification) × 1

• Admiral Kuznetsov (full name : Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov)

Адмира́л Кузнецо́в (Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в/Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov)

Japan

Hyuga-class DDH × 2

Izumo-class DDH × 3 (1 is under construction)

Task Force 317

Task Group 317.8

Carrier × 2

• HMS Hermes [R12]

Centaur-class

• HMS Invincible [R05]

Invincible-class

Destroyer × 5 (2 sunk)

Type 42 × 5 (2 sunk)

• HMS Sheffield [D80] (sunk in May 10)

Type 42 (batch 1)

• HMS Coventry [D118] (sunk in May 25)

Type 42 (batch 1)

• HMS Glasgow [D88] (damaged in May 12)

Type 42 (batch 1)

• HMS Cardiff [D108]

Type 42 (batch 1)

• HMS Exeter [D89]

Type 42 (batch 2)