2007-10-04 07:36:03 · 8 answers · asked by juan c 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Kitty Hawk 63 29 Apr 1961 — Active
Enterprise 65 25 Nov 1961 — Active
John F. Kennedy 67 7 Sep 1968 — Active
Nimitz 68 3 May 1975 — Active
Dwight D. Eisenhower 69 18 Oct 1977 — Active
Carl Vinson 70 13 Mar 1982 — Active
Theodore Roosevelt 71 25 Oct 1986 — Active
Abraham Lincoln 72 11 Nov 1989 — Active
George Washington 73 4 July 1992 — Active
John C. Stennis 74 9 Dec 1995 — Active
Harry S. Truman 75 25 July 1998 — Active
Ronald Reagan 76 12 July 2003 — Active
2007-10-04 07:43:20 · answer #1 · answered by Steven S 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
12 Air Craft carries
the most in the world
2007-10-04 14:39:00 · answer #2 · answered by kg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe they have 13, one is always not in service. So that makes 12 active.
2007-10-04 14:39:11 · answer #3 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good list, Steve, but you're forgetting "the Big E" (CVN-65 Enterprise - 9/24/1960).
"Don't make the same mistake the Japs did and forget about the Big E."
2007-10-04 14:57:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
14 plus three training ships. The new width of the Panama
canal expansion was determined by the beam width of
the American aircraft carriers.
2007-10-04 14:39:38 · answer #5 · answered by Seryan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carriers? they're churning them out like baked bean tins right now. 13-14 I guess with more to follow and BIG.
2007-10-04 16:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry steve but the jfk is not active anymore it was decomissioned earlier this year
2007-10-04 15:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by HAROLD A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
JFK has been decommed, but otherwise, Steve's list is accurate.
2007-10-04 17:46:42 · answer #8 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋