Peter Suciu
How Many Aircraft Carriers Does the US Have?
With 11 aircraft carriers in active service, the US Navy has more aircraft carriers than the navies of China, the UK, India, France, Italy, and Spain—combined!
The US Code, specifically 10 USC § 5062, mandates that the US Navy maintain at least 11 operational aircraft carriers in its fleet. Yet, the status and actual “availability” of the 10 Nimitz-class and one Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are not as cut-and-dry as they seem. Rarely are more than five or six deployed at a time.
The United States Navy’s oldest active supercarrier is now in the Atlantic after passing through the Strait of Magellan. The supercarrier is rounding South America as part of a homeport shift from Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington, to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
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