The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes seaplane carriers or helicopter carriers.
Carrier configurations[edit]
There are three main configurations of aircraft carrier in service in the worlds navies:
- Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR)
- Short Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (STOBAR)
- Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL)
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- Chinese Navy
- Type 003 – under construction
- French Navy
- Indian navy
- INS Vishal – planned (in design phase)
- United States Navy
- Nimitz class
- Gerald R. Ford class *(equipped with EMALS)
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- Chinese Navy
- Indian Navy
- Modified Kiev class
- Vikrant class
- INS Vikrant – In Trials[1]
- IAC-2 (Planned)
- Russian Navy
- Kuznetsov class
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- Italian Navy
- Cavour
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Trieste – under construction
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
- Izumo class – to be converted to operate F-35B aircraft
- Royal Navy
- Spanish Navy
- United States Navy
See also[edit]
- List of amphibious warfare ships
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers in service
- Timeline for aircraft carrier service
- List of aircraft carriers by country
- Helicopter Carrier
References[edit]
- ^ "India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS VIKRANT(IAC1) Commissioned on 2nd September 2022". Defence News India. 2020-10-17. Archived from the original on 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2020-10-18.