List of aircraft carriers by type

List of aircraft carriers by type

The list of aircraft carriers by type contains aircraft carriers organized by the specific type of aircraft carrier design.

See also:
*List of aircraft carriers
*List of aircraft carriers in service
*List of aircraft carriers by country
*Timeline for aircraft carrier service

Carrier types

There are three main types of aircraft carrier in service in the worlds navies:
*Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR)
*Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR)
*Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL)

Navies with CATOBAR carriers

*US Navy
**Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier
***USS "Kitty Hawk"
**Enterprise class aircraft carrier
***USS "Enterprise"
**Nimitz class aircraft carrier
***USS "Nimitz"
***USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower"
***USS "Carl Vinson"
***USS "Theodore Roosevelt"
***USS "Abraham Lincoln"
***USS "George Washington"
***USS "John C. Stennis"
***USS "Harry S Truman"'
***USS "Ronald Reagan"
***USS "George H.W. Bush"
*French Navy
**"Charles de Gaulle" class
***FS "Charles de Gaulle"
*Brazilian Navy
**"Clemenceau" class
***NAeL "São Paulo"

Navies with STOBAR carriers

*Russian Navy
**"Kuzetsov" class
***"Admiral Flota Svetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov"

Navies with STOVL carriers

*Royal Navy
**"Invincible" class
***HMS Illustrious
***HMS Ark Royal
*Italian Navy
**"Giuseppe Garibaldi" class
***"Giuseppe Garibaldi"
*Spanish Navy
**"Principe de Asturias" class
***SNS "Principe de Asturias"
*Indian Navy
**"Centaur" class
***INS Viraat
*Thai Navy
**"HTMS Chakri Naruebet"
*US Navy
**"Wasp" class
***USS "Wasp"
***USS "Essex"
***USS "Kearsarge"
***USS "Boxer"
***USS "Bataan"
***USS "Bonhomme Richard"
***USS "Iwo Jima"
**"Tarawa" class
***USS "Tarawa"
***USS "Nassau"
***USS "Peleliu"


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