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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 Kidder Breese SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Historical Data on U.S. Aircraft Carriers

• Order of Battle for Carriers and Carrier Based Squadrons in the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) and Vietnam (1964-1975)
• Order of Battle for Carriers and Carrier-based Squadrons during the Korean War
• Order of Battle for Carriers and Carrier-based Squadrons during the Korean War (download as .pdf file)
• Carrier Designations and Names
  • Attack carriers: CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, CVAN and CVN
  • Escort carriers: AVG, ACV and CVE
• Carrier Deployments, 1991-2005
• Evolution of Aircraft Carriers (out-of-print monograph downloadable as .pdf files)
• Order of Battle for Carriers and Carrier-based Squadrons during the Gulf War
• Order of Battle for Carriers during the Gulf War (download as .pdf file)
• Aircraft Carrier Bibliography
• Carrier Deployments by Year (1946 to 1990) (92 kb file)(download as a .pdf file)
  
• Carrier Port Visits during Deployments to Vietnam, 1964-1975

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