This list of aircraftcarriers of the UnitedStatesNavy includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, and CVN.
For the smaller escortaircraftcarriers (CVE), please see list of escortaircraftcarriers of the UnitedStatesNavy.
The active carriers of the US Navy as of June 1, 2004 are as follows:
In practice, aircraftcarriers (and their air wings) are typically deployed with two cruisers and two destroyers, plus a frigate or two, a logistics ship and a nuclear attack submarine, or with one cruiser and four destroyers, plus a frigate or two, a logistics ship and a nuclear attack submarine.
Much of the Navy's current fleet fits a template set by President Ronald Reagan during the Cold War, which in turn was based on a model of warfare drawn from the Naval battles of World War II modified to fit the new role played by nuclear weapons.
Navy sponsored studies have rejected the idea that any further aircraftcarrier be smaller than the current aircraftcarriers, or that they be non-nuclear powered.
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