Statistics for Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy of World War II

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Class	Designation	Date Commissioned	Service Tenure	Fate	Answer	% Correct
Essex	CV-16	February 17, 1943	1943-1991	Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas	Lexington	94%
Lexington	CV-2	December 14, 1927	1927-1942	Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942	Lexington	94%
Yorktown	CV-5	September 30, 1937	1937-1942	Sunk by I-168 in the final stages of the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942	Yorktown	94%
Essex	CV-10	April 15, 1943	1943-1970	Museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina	Yorktown	94%
Langley	CV-1	April 7, 1913	1913-1942	Scuttled after IJN air attack on February 27, 1942	Langley	90%
Independence	CV-27	August 31, 1943	1943-1963	Transferred to France, scrapped in 1963	Langley	90%
Essex	CV-9	December 31, 1942	1942-1969	Scrapped in 1973	Essex	89%
Essex	CV-18	November 24, 1943	1943-1972	Scrapped in 1973	Wasp	87%
Wasp	CV-7	April 25, 1940	1940-1942	Sunk by I-19, September 15, 1942	Wasp	87%
Yorktown	CV-6	May 12, 1938	1938-1947	Finished scrapping in 1960	Enterprise	86%
Essex	CV-12	November 29, 1943	1943-1970	Museum Ship	Hornet	86%
Yorktown	CV-8	October 20, 1941	1941-1942	Scuttled after being crippled in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 27, 1942	Hornet	86%
Independence	CV-22	January 14, 1943	1943-1946	Scuttled off San Francisco in 1951 after being used as a target in Operation Crossroads	Independence	86%
Lexington	N/A	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Ranger	84%
Ranger	CV-4	June 4, 1934	1934-1946	Scrapped in 1947	Ranger	84%
Casablanca	CVE-55	July 8, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1947	Casablanca	81%
Bogue	CVE-9	September 26, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Bogue	79%
Midway	CV-41	September 10, 1945	1945-1992	Museum ship in San Diego, California	Midway	79%
Lexington	CV-3	November 16, 1927	1927-1946	Sunk in Operation Crossroads tests in 1946	Saratoga	78%
Long Island	CVE-1	June 2, 1941	1941-1946	Scrapped in 1977	Long Island	73%
Commencement Bay	CVE-105	November 27, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1972	Commencement Bay	71%
Saipan	CVL-48	July 14, 1946	1946-1970	Scrapped in 1976	Saipan	70%
Essex	CV-11	August 16, 1943	1943-1974	Museum ship in New York City, New York	Intrepid	62%
Sangamon	CVE -26	August 25, 1942	1942-1945	Scrapped in 1960	Sangamon	59%
Essex	CV-13	January 31, 1944	1944-1947	Scrapped in 1966	Franklin	56%
Essex	CV-14	May 8, 1944	1944-1973	Scrapped in 1974	Ticonderoga	54%
Essex	CV-17	May 25, 1943	1943-1947	Scrapped in 1974	Bunker Hill	52%
Midway	CV-43	October 1, 1947	1947-1990	Scrapped in 2000	Coral Sea	51%
Essex	CV-31	November 26, 1944	1944-1971	Scrapped in 1992	Bon Homme Richard	41%
Essex	CV-21	April 16, 1945	1945-1969	Scrapped in 1971	Boxer	40%
Midway	CV-42	October 27, 1945	1945-1977	Scrapped in 1978	Franklin Delano Roosevelt	40%
Essex	CV-19	April 15, 1944	1944-1976	Scrapped in 1976	Hancock	40%
Essex	CV-32	April 11, 1946	1946-1959	Scrapped in 1970	Leyte	40%
Independence	CV-23	February 25, 1943	1943-1944	Sunk in the Battle of Leye Gulf	Princeton	40%
Essex	CV-37	November 18, 1945	1945-1970	Scrapped in 1971	Princeton	40%
Lexington	N/A	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	United States	40%
Independence	CV-24	March 31, 1943	1943-1960	Transferred to France, scrapped in 1960	Belleau Wood	38%
Independence	CV-25	May 28, 1943	1943-1947	Scrapped in 1960	Cowpens	38%
Essex	CV-38	September 15, 1944	1944-1971	Scrapped in 1988	Shangri-La	38%
Essex	CV-36	January 28, 1945	1945-1963	Scrapped in 1974	Antietam	37%
Essex	CV-15	October 9, 1944	1944-1969	Scrapped in 1975	Randolph	37%
Independence	CV-30	November 15, 1943	1943-1947	Scrapped in 1971	San Jacinto	37%
Essex	CV-46	Cancelled	N/A	Scrapped in 1946	Iwo Jima	35%
Essex	CV-20	August 6, 1944	1944-1970	Scrapped in 1994	Bennington	33%
Casablanca	CVE-60	September 25, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Guadalcanal	33%
Essex	CV-47	May 11, 1946	1946-1958	Scrapped in 1971	Philippine Sea	33%
Casablanca	CVE-63	October 23, 1943	1943-1944	Sunk by the first ever Kamikaze raid in the Battle of Samar on October 25, 1944	St Lo	33%
Independence	CV-29	November 17, 1943	1943-1954	Scrapped in 1961	Bataan	32%
Essex	Cv-34	September 25, 1950	1950-1976	Sunk as an artificial reef in 2006	Oriskany	32%
Essex	CV-40	December 8, 1945	1945-1960	Scrapped in 1968	Tarawa	32%
Lexington	N/A	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Constellation	29%
Independence	CV-28	July 24, 1943	1943-1989	Transferred to Spain, Scrapped in 2002	Cabot	24%
Lexington	N/A	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Constitution	24%
Casablanca	CVE-58	August 31, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Corregidor	24%
Essex	Cv-33	March 2, 1946	1946-1970	Scrapped in 1974	Kearsarge	24%
Independence	CV-26	June 17, 1943	1943-1956	Scrapped in 1971	Monterey	24%
Casablanca	CVE-73	December 28, 1943	1943-1944	Sunk in the Battle off Samar, by either the battlecruiser IJN Kongo or battleship IJN Yamato on October 25, 1944	Gambier Bay	22%
Essex	CV-45	November 21, 1946	1946-1970	Scrapped in 1971	Valley Forge	22%
Casablanca	CVE-65	November 7, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1946	Wake Island	22%
Casablanca	CVE-95	May 20, 1944	1944-1945	Sunk by kamikazes during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 21, 1945	Bismarck Sea	21%
Casablanca	CVE-68	November 27, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1946	Kalinin Bay	21%
Casablanca	CVE-98	June 7, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1961	Kwajalein	21%
Essex	CV-39	June 3, 1945	1945-1966	Scrapped in 1972	Lake Champlain	21%
Commencement Bay	CVE-127	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Okinawa	21%
Commencement Bay	CVE-122	January 15, 1946	1946-1954	Scrapped in 1960	Palau	21%
Casablanca	CVE-78	February 3, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Savo Island	21%
Saipan	CVL-49	February 9, 1947	1947-1970	Scrapped in 1980	Wright	21%
Casablanca	CVE-70	December 9, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Fanshaw Bay	19%
Casablanca	CVE-97	June 1, 1944	1944-1947	Scrapped in 1960	Hollandia	19%
Casablanca	CVE-66	November 15, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1958	White Plains	19%
Casablanca	CVE-57	August 27, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Anzio	17%
Bogue	CVE-21	March 8, 1943	1943-1944	Sunk by U-549 on May 29, 1944	Block Island	17%
Commencement Bay	CVE-106	December 30 ,1944	1944-1954	Scrapped in 1960	Block Island	17%
Casablanca	CVE-100	June 18, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Bougainville	17%
Bogue	CVE-11	November 8, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1971	Card	17%
Bogue	CVE-13	December 10, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1971	Core	17%
Casablanca	CVE-61	October 5, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Manila Bay	17%
Casablanca	CVE-80	February 18, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Petrof Bay	17%
Commencement Bay	CVE-121	Completed but never commissioned	N/A	Scrapped in 1972	Rabaul	17%
Casablanca	CVE-81	February 25, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Rudyerd Bay	17%
Casablanca	CVE-82	March 2, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Saginaw Bay	17%
Casablanca	CVE-67	November 21, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1947	Solomons	17%
Sangamon	CVE-27	September 24, 1942	1942-1947	Scrapped in 1959	Suwannee	17%
Casablanca	CVE-90	April 12, 1944	1944-1964	Scrapped in 1966	Thetis Bay	17%
Commencement Bay	CVE-123	Completed but never commissioned	N/A	Scrapped in 1971	Tinian	17%
Casablanca	CVE-64	October 31, 1943	1943-1958	Scrapped in 1960	Tripoli	17%
Casablanca	CVE-99	June 13, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1947	Admiralty Islands	16%
Bogue	CVE-18	September 15, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1961	Altamaha	16%
Casablanca	CVE-102	June 30, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1947	Attu	16%
Casablanca	CVE-71	December 15, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Kitkun Bay	16%
Commencement Bay	CVE-108	May 12, 1945	1945-1969	Scrapped in 1971	Kula Gulf	16%
Casablanca	CVE-77	January 26, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Marcus Island	16%
Essex	Cv-35	Cancelled	N/A	Scrapped in 1949	Reprisal	16%
Sangamon	CVE-29	August 24, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Santee	16%
Casablanca	CVE-72	December 21, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1946	Tulagi	16%
Commencement Bay	CVE-111	April 9, 1945	1945-1970	Scrapped in 1971	Vella Gulf	16%
Bogue	CVE-20	February 20, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Barnes	14%
Bogue	CVE-23	April 12, 1943	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1972	Breton	14%
Casablanca	CVE-88	April 9, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Cape Esperance	14%
Commencement Bay	CVE-109	March 5, 1945	1945-1946	Scrapped in 1971	Cape Gloucester	14%
Sangamon	CVE-28	September 19, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Chenango	14%
Bogue	CVE-12	June 15, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1961	Copahee	14%
Casablanca	CVE-75	January 11, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Hoggatt Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-76	January 18, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Kadashan Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-74	January 3, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Nehenta Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-79	February 11, 1944	1944-1946	Struck by Kamikazes, scuttled on January 4, 1945	Ommaney Bay	14%
Bogue	CVE-31	April 9, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1961	Prince William	14%
Casablanca	CVE-103	July 6, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1946	Roi	14%
Casablanca	CVE-83	March 9, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Sargent Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-84	March 15, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Shamrock Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-85	March 21, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Shipley Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-86	March 28, 1944	1944-1954	Scrapped in 1961	Sitkoh Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-87	April 4, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Steamer Bay	14%
Casablanca	CVE-92	May 3, 1944	1944-1959	Scrapped in 1961	Windham Bay	14%
Commencement Bay	CVE-115	July 16, 1945	1945-1955	Scrapped in 1961	Bairoko	13%
Bogue	CVE-25	April 28, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1971	Croatan	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-125	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Eniwetok	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-107	February 5, 1945	1946-1955	Scrapped in 1979	Gilbert Islands	13%
Casablanca	CVE-69	December 4, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Kasaan Bay	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-126	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Lingayen	13%
Casablanca	CVE-56	August 7, 1943	1943-1943	Sunk by I-175 on November 24, 1943	Liscome Bay	13%
Casablanca	CVE-94	May 14, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Lunga Point	13%
Casablanca	CVE-91	April 27, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1961	Makassar Strait	13%
Casablanca	CVE-93	May 9, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1947	Makin Island	13%
Casablanca	CVE-101	June 24, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Matanikau	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-120	December 4, 1945	1945-1955	Scrapped in 1960	Mindoro	13%
Casablanca	CVE-59	September 13, 1943	1943-1947	Scrapped in 1959	Mission Bay	13%
Casablanca	CVE-104	July 8, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Munda	13%
Bogue	CVE-16	August 20, 1942	1942-1946	Scrapped in 1961	Nassau	13%
Casablanca	CVE-62	October 14, 1943	1943-1946	Scrapped in 1959	Natoma Bay	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-113	June 18, 1945	1945-1946	Scrapped in 1962	Puget Sound	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-117	September 4, 1945	1945-1947	Scrapped in 1971	Saidor	13%
Casablanca	CVE-96	May 26, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1946	Salamaua	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-118	February 27, 1946	1946-1954	Scrapped in 1960	Sicily	13%
Casablanca	CVE-89	April 15, 1944	1944-1946	Scrapped in 1960	Takanis Bay	13%
Commencement Bay	CVE-116	November 14, 1945	1945-1957	Scrapped in 1972	Badoeng Strait	11%
Commencement Bay	CVE-124	Cancelled	N/A	N/A	Bastogne	11%
Commencement Bay	CVE-119	October 16, 1945	1945-1969	Scrapped in 1971	Point Cruz	11%
Commencement Bay	CVE-114	October 22, 1945	1945-1955	Scrapped in 1971	Rendova	11%
Commencement Bay	CVE-110	May 19, 1945	1945-1954	Scrapped in 1962	Salerno Bay	11%
Commencement Bay	CVE-112	May 14, 1945	1945-1956	Scrapped in 1971	Siboney	11%