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US Navy Aircraft Carriers, 1940-1945
By Mike Sholo
Names and codes of the main USS CVs during the WWII.
   
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Category: Characters, Gameplay Basics
Languages: English
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Before the attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941) 
Essex Class 
CVL Independence Class (1943) 
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Before the attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941)



Hull no.
Name
Class
Commissioned

CV-1
Langley
Langley (lead ship)
20 March 1922
CV-2
Lexington
Lexington (lead ship)
14 December 1927
CV-3
Saratoga
Lexington
16 November 1927
CV-4
Ranger
Ranger (lead ship)
4 June 1934
CV-5
Yorktown
Yorktown (lead ship)
30 September 1937
CV-6
Enterprise
Yorktown
12 May 1927
CV-7
Wasp
Wasp (lead ship)
25 April 1940
CV-8
Hornet
Yorktown
20 October 1941


Essex Class


Hull no.
Name
Class
Commissioned

CV-9
Essex
Essex (lead ship)
31 December 1942
CV-10
Yorktown
Essex
15 April 1943
CV-11
Intrepid
Essex
16 August 1943
CV-12
Hornet
Essex
29 November 1943
CV-13
Franklin
Essex
31 January 1944
CV-14
Ticonderoga
Essex (extended bow)
8 May 1944
CV-15
Randolph
Essex (extended bow)
9 October 1944
CV-16
Lexington
Essex
17 February 1943
CV-17
Bunker Hill
Essex
25 May 1943
CV-18
Wasp
Essex
24 November 1943
CV-19
Hancock
Essex (extended bow)
15 April 1944
CV-20
Bennington
Essex
6 August 1944
CV-21
Boxer
Essex (extended bow)
16 April 1945
CV-31
Bon Homme Richard
Essex
26 November 1944

CVL Independence Class (1943)


Hull no.
Name
Class
Commissioned

CVL-22
Independence
Independence (lead ship)
14 January 1943
CVL-23
Princeton
Independence
25 February 1943
CVL-24
Belleau Wood
Independence
31 March 1943
CVL-25
Cowpens
Independence
28 May 1943
CVL-26
Monterey
Independence
17 June 1943
CVL-27
Langley
Independence
31 August 1943
CVL-28
Cabot
Independence
24 July 1943
CVL-29
Bataan
Independence
17 November 1943
CVL-30
San Jacinto
Independence
15 December 1943