| Type | Pennant | Name | Shipbuilder | Location | Hull # | LDT | Price ($mm) | FY | Contract | Keel Laid | Launched | Delivered | C to D | K to L | L to D | K to D | Disposition |
| CV | 1 | Langley | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 11,050 | 1919 | 1910 | 18-Oct-11 | 24-Aug-12 | 7-Apr-13 | 311 | 226 | 537 | Built as Jupiter (AC 3), converted 1922, lost 1942 | |||
| CV | 2 | Lexington | Fore River Sbldg. | Quincy MA | 300 | 33,000 | 1917 | 1917 | 8-Jan-21 | 3-Oct-25 | 14-Dec-27 | 1729 | 802 | 2531 | Laid down as CC 1, sunk off Bali 1942 | ||
| CV | 3 | Saratoga | New York Ship | Camden NJ | 199 | 33,000 | 1917 | 1917 | 25-Sep-20 | 7-Apr-25 | 16-Nov-27 | 1655 | 953 | 2608 | Laid down as CC 3, sunk at Bikini 1946 | ||
| CV | 4 | Ranger | Newport News | Newport News VA | 353 | 14,500 | 1930 | 1-Nov-30 | 26-Sep-31 | 25-Feb-33 | 4-Jun-34 | 1311 | 518 | 464 | 982 | Scrapped 1947 | |
| CV | 5 | Yorktown | Newport News | Newport News VA | 359 | 19,800 | 1934 | 3-Aug-33 | 21-May-34 | 4-Apr-36 | 30-Sep-37 | 1519 | 684 | 544 | 1228 | Sunk at Midway 1942 | |
| CV | 6 | Enterprise | Newport News | Newport News VA | 360 | 19,800 | 1934 | 3-Aug-33 | 16-Jul-34 | 3-Oct-36 | 12-May-38 | 1743 | 810 | 586 | 1396 | Scrapped 1958 | |
| CV | 7 | Wasp | Bethlehem Steel | Quincy MA | 1460 | 14,700 | 1936 | 19-Sep-35 | 1-Apr-36 | 4-Apr-39 | 25-Apr-40 | 1680 | 1098 | 387 | 1485 | Sunk off Guadalcanal 1942 | |
| CV | 8 | Hornet | Newport News | Newport News VA | 385 | 19,900 | 1939 | 30-Mar-39 | 29-Sep-39 | 14-Dec-40 | 20-Oct-41 | 935 | 442 | 310 | 752 | Damaged at Santa Cruz and abandoned, taken in tow by Japanese but scuttled 1942 | |
| CV | 9 | Essex | Newport News | Newport News VA | 392 | 27,100 | 1940 | 3-Jul-40 | 28-Apr-41 | 31-Jul-42 | 31-Dec-42 | 911 | 459 | 153 | 612 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| CV | 10 | Yorktown | Newport News | Newport News VA | 393 | 27,100 | 1940 | 3-Jul-40 | 1-Dec-41 | 21-Jan-43 | 15-Apr-43 | 1016 | 416 | 84 | 500 | Memorial in Mount Pleasant SC 1973 | |
| CV | 11 | Intrepid | Newport News | Newport News VA | 394 | 27,100 | 1940 | 3-Jul-40 | 1-Dec-41 | 26-Apr-43 | 16-Aug-43 | 1139 | 511 | 112 | 623 | Memorial in New York NY 1982 | |
| CV | 12 | Hornet | Newport News | Newport News VA | 395 | 27,100 | 1940 | 3-Jul-40 | 3-Aug-42 | 30-Aug-43 | 29-Nov-43 | 1244 | 392 | 91 | 483 | Memorial in Alameda CA 1989 | |
| CV | 13 | Franklin | Newport News | Newport News VA | 396 | 27,100 | 1940 | 3-Jul-40 | 7-Dec-42 | 14-Oct-43 | 31-Jan-44 | 1307 | 311 | 109 | 420 | Scrapped 1966 | |
| CV | 14 | Ticonderoga | Newport News | Newport News VA | 397 | 27,100 | 1940 | 3-Jul-40 | 1-Feb-43 | 7-Feb-44 | 8-May-44 | 1405 | 371 | 91 | 462 | Scrapped 1974 | |
| CV | 15 | Randolph | Newport News | Newport News VA | 398 | 27,100 | 1940 | 3-Jul-40 | 10-May-43 | 29-Sep-44 | 9-Oct-44 | 1559 | 508 | 10 | 518 | Scrapped 1975 | |
| CV | 16 | Lexington | Bethlehem Steel | Quincy MA | 1508 | 27,100 | 1940 |