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 |
- Ships may differ within the class. Measures are taken from the largest ship of the class.
References
- ↑ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 41.
- ↑ Chesneau 1998, p. 179.
- ↑ Blackman 1971, p. 331.
- ↑ Chesneau 1998, pp. 134–139.
- ↑ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 181.
- ↑ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 16.
- ↑ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 260.
- ↑ Whitley 2001, p. 53.
- ↑ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 122.
- ↑ Whitley 1999, p. 276.
- Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
- Chesneau, Roger (1998). Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN 1-86019-875-9.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Whitley, M. J. (2001). Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-359572.
- Whitley, M. J. (1999). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Brockhampton Press. ISBN 1-86019-8740.
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