List of aircraft carriers by configuration
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)
Navies with CATOBAR carriers
[edit]- 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)
Navies with STOBAR carriers
[edit]- Chinese Navy
- Indian Navy
- Modified Kiev class
- Vikrant class
- INS Vikrant – In Trials[1]
- IAC-2 (Planned)
- Russian Navy
- Kuznetsov class
Navies with STOVL carriers
[edit]- 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.