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Carrier classes as aviation platforms

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USS Ranger (CV-61)

USS Ranger (CV-61) was a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, in service from 1957 to 1993, with nine combat deployments from Vietnam through Desert Storm.

USS Ronald Reagan

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, commissioned in 2003 and homeported at Yokosuka, Japan, from 2015 to 2024.

USS Saratoga (CV-3)

USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier converted from a battlecruiser hull, commissioned in 1927 and sunk at Bikini Atoll in 1946.

USS Saratoga (CV-60)

USS Saratoga (CV-60) was a United States Navy Forrestal-class supercarrier commissioned in 1956 that made 21 Mediterranean deployments and fought in the 1991 Gulf War.

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is a US Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier commissioned in 1986, named for the 26th President, that served in the Persian Gulf War.

USS United States (CVA-58)

USS United States (CVA-58) was a planned United States Navy flush-deck supercarrier for nuclear-armed bombers, canceled by Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson five days after its keel was laid in April 1949.

USS Yorktown (CV-10)

USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an American Essex-class aircraft carrier in service from 1943 to 1970 that earned 16 battle stars in World War II and Vietnam.

Yorktown-class aircraft carrier

The Yorktown class was a class of three United States Navy fleet aircraft carriers built in the 1930s: Yorktown, Enterprise, and Hornet. Only Enterprise survived the war.