List of aircraft carriers by configuration
The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes helicopter carriers
Carrier configurations
There are three main configurations of aircraft carrier in service in the worlds navies:
- Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR)
- Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR)
- Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL)
Navies with CATOBAR carriers
- United States Navy
- Nimitz class
- Gerald R. Ford class *(equipped with EMALS)
- French Navy
Navies with STOBAR carriers
- Russian Navy
- Kuznetsov class
- Chinese Navy
- Indian Navy
- Modified Kiev class
- Vikrant class
- INS Vikrant – under construction
Navies with STOVL carriers
See also
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