List of longest naval ships

This is a list of longest naval ships.

List

Name Ships in class Type Length Displacement Status Operator
USS Enterprise 1 Aircraft carrier 342 m (1,123 ft) 93,500 as of 2013, undergoing decommissioning United States Navy
Gerald R. Ford class 1 Aircraft carrier 337 m (1,106 ft) 100,000 Planned to be commissioned in September 2016. There are expected to be ten ships of this class. United States Navy
Nimitz class 10 Aircraft carrier 333 m (1,092 ft) 102,000 First entered service 1975, last in 2009. All currently in service. United States Navy
Kitty Hawk class 3 Aircraft carrier 327 m (1,073 ft) 83,960 1 sunk as target. Decommissioned, expected to be scrapped United States Navy
Forrestal class 4 Aircraft carrier 325 m (1,066 ft) 80,000 Decommissioned United States Navy
USS John F. Kennedy 1 Aircraft carrier 320 m (1,052 ft) 83,960 Decommissioned United States Navy
Midway class 3 Aircraft carrier 306 m (1,003 ft) 64,000 1 preserved, 2 scrapped United States Navy
Admiral Kuznetsov class 2 Aircraft carrier 302 m (990 ft) 67,000 In service Russian Navy
Chinese Navy
Queen Elizabeth class - Aircraft carrier 284 m (931 ft) 70,000 Two carriers under construction Royal Navy
Kiev class 4 Aircraft carrier 283 m (928 ft) 45,400 1 scrapped, 2 out of service, 1 in service (INS Vikramaditya) Russian Navy
Indian Navy
Lexington class 2 Aircraft carrier 270 m (888 ft) 43,055 One sunk 1942, one destroyed in atomic bomb test United States Navy
Iowa class 4 Battleship 270 m (887 ft) 58,000 Four preserved United States Navy
Shinano 1 Aircraft carrier 266.1 m (872.9 ft) 71,890 Sunk in WWII Imperial Japanese Navy
Essex class 24 Aircraft carrier 265.8 m (872 ft) 36,380 In service from 1942. Four preserved United States Navy
Clemenceau class 2 Aircraft carrier 265 m (870 ft) 32,800 Commissioned from 1961. 1 in service, 1 scrapped French Navy
Brazilian Navy
Yamato class 2 Battleship 263 m (863 ft) 72,809 Both sunk in WWII Imperial Japanese Navy
Graf Zeppelin class 1 Aircraft carrier 262.5 m (861 ft) 33,550 Graf Zeppelin was canceled in 1943 while still under construction. Hull was sunk for target practice by USSR in 1947 Kriegsmarine
HMS Hood 1 Battlecruiser 262.1 m (860 ft) 45,200 Launched 1918 Sunk at Battle of the Denmark Strait 1941[1] Royal Navy
INS Vikrant 1 Aircraft carrier 262 m (860 ft) 40,000 Under construction. Due to be commissioned in 2018 Indian Navy
Charles de Gaulle 1 Aircraft carrier 261.5 m (858 ft) 42,000 In operation French Navy
Akagi 1 Aircraft carrier 260.7 m (855.2 ft) 41,300 Sunk Imperial Japanese Navy
Taihō 1 Aircraft carrier 260.6 m (855 ft) 37,270 Sunk 1944[2] Imperial Japanese Navy
Audacious class 2 Aircraft carrier 257.6 m (845 ft) 50,786 2 completed 1946 and 1950. Length and displacement for Ark Royal following 1967–1970 refit. Scrapped 1978 and 1980.[3][4] Royal Navy
Shokaku class 2 Aircraft carrier 257.5 m (844 ft 10 in) 32,105 Both sunk 1944.[5] Imperial Japanese Navy
America class 4 Amphibious assault ship 257 m (844 ft) 45,000 1 completed, 3 planned United States Navy
Wasp class 8 Amphibious assault ship 257 m (844 ft) 40,500 8 in service United States Navy
Kirov class 4 Battlecruiser 252 m (830 ft) 28,000 (full load) 2 of 5 in operation Russian Navy
Bismarck class 2 Battleship 251 m (823 ft 6 in) 50,900 Both sunk during WWII Kriegsmarine
Tarawa class 5 Amphibious assault ship 250 m (820 ft) 39,400 3 disposed of United States Navy
Vanguard 1 Battleship 248.2 m (814 ft 4 in) 51,420 Final Royal Navy battleship, scrapped 1960[6] Royal Navy
Izumo class 2 Helicopter destroyer 248 m (813 ft 8 in) 27,000 1 completed, 1 under construction Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Richelieu class 2 Battleship 247.85 m (813 ft 2 in) 47,548 Last French battleships, scrapped 1961 and 1967.[7][8] French Navy
Kaga 1 Aircraft carrier 247.65 m (812 ft 6 in) 38,200 Sunk Imperial Japanese Navy
Alaska class 2 Battlecruiser 246.4 m (808 ft 6 in) 34,253 6 planned, 2 completed (Alaska and Guam) with third ship (Hawaii) scrapped incomplete[9][10] United States Navy
Cavour 1 Aircraft carrier 244 m (800 ft 6 in) 30,000 In service Italian Navy
Juan Carlos-class 3 Landing helicopter dock 230.82 m (757.3 ft) 27,500 Three service, Juan Carlos 1 comissioned 2011, HMAS Canberra commissioned 2014, Adelaide in 2015. Royal Australian Navy, Spanish Navy

References

  1. Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 41.
  2. Chesneau 1998, p. 179.
  3. Blackman 1971, p. 331.
  4. Chesneau 1998, pp. 134–139.
  5. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 181.
  6. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 16.
  7. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 260.
  8. Whitley 2001, p. 53.
  9. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 122.
  10. Whitley 1999, p. 276.
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