Statistics for World War 2 Aircraft Carriers

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  • This quiz has been taken 30 times
  • The average score is 52 of 114

Answer Stats

NavyShip ClassFateAnswer% Correct
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Scrapped at Kearny in 1973. Essex
93%
Royal Navy-Sunk by U-81 near Gibraltar on November 14, 1941.Ark Royal
86%
Royal NavyAudaciousDid not see WWII service. Scrapped at Cairnryan in 1978.Audacious
86%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see frontline WWII service. Loaned to France and renamed Arromanches in August 1946. Scrapped at Toulon in 1978.Colossus
86%
Royal NavyCourageousSunk by U-29 off Ireland on September 17, 1939.Courageous
86%
United States NavyYorktownScrapped at Kearny in 1958.Enterprise
86%
Royal NavyIllustriousScrapped in 1957.Illustrious
86%
Royal NavyImplacableScrapped at Inverkeithing in 1955.Implacable
86%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Preserved as a museum ship at Corpus Christi since June 15, 1992. Lexington
86%
United States NavyLexingtonScuttled after the Battle of the Coral Sea following an attack from Japanese bombers on May 8, 1942.Lexington
86%
Imperial Japanese NavyShōkakuSunk by a US submarine during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 19, 1944.Shōkaku
86%
United States NavyYorktownSunk by an IJN submarine after the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942.Yorktown
86%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Preserved as a museum ship at Charleston since October 13, 1975. Yorktown
86%
Imperial Japanese NavyZuihōSunk by US bombers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.Zuihō
86%
Imperial Japanese NavyChitoseSunk by US bombers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.Chitose
79%
Imperial Japanese NavyHiyōSunk by US bombers during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 20, 1944.Hiyō
79%
United States NavyIndependenceScuttled off the Farallon Islands on January 29, 1951 after being used in Operation Crossroads.Independence
79%
United States NavySaipanDid not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1976.Saipan
79%
Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūSunk by a US submarine in the East China Sea on December 19, 1944.Unryū
79%
KriegsmarineGraf ZeppelinNever finished. Scuttled at Stettin in April 25, 1945. Raised by USSR and sunk in the southern Baltic as a target ship on August 16, 1947.Graf Zeppelin
71%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Scuttled during the Battle of Midway after being damaged by US bombers on June 5, 1942.Hiryū
71%
Marine NationaleJoffreNever finished. Scrapped at 28% completion due to the Fall of France in June 1940.Joffre
71%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Sunk by US bombers during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942.Kaga
71%
Royal NavyMajesticDid not see WWII service. Sold to Australia and renamed Melbourne. Scrapped at China in 1985.Majestic
71%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Preserved as a museum ship at San Diego since June 7, 2004.Midway
71%
United States NavyLexingtonSunk as a target ship during Operation Crossroads on July 25, 1946.Saratoga
71%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Scuttled during the Battle of Midway after being damaged by US bombers on June 4, 1942.Sōryū
71%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Scrapped at Kearny in 1973. Wasp
71%
United States Navy-Scuttled during the Guadalcanal campaign after being hit by an IJN submarine on September 15, 1942.Wasp
71%
Imperial Japanese NavyShōkakuSunk by US bombers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.Zuikaku
71%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Scuttled during the Battle of Midway after being damaged by US bombers on June 5, 1942.Akagi
64%
Royal Navy-Sunk by Japanese bombers off Batticaloa, Sri Lanka on April 9, 1942.Hermes
64%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Preserved as a museum ship at Alameda since October 17, 1998.Hornet
64%
United States NavyYorktownSunk by IJN ships during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 27, 1942.Hornet
64%
Royal NavyImplacableScrapped at Faslane in 1956.Indefatigable
64%
United States Navy-Scrapped at Chester in 1947.Ranger
64%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Scrapped in 1973. Bunker Hill
57%
Royal Navy-Sunk by U-73 off the Balearic Islands during Operation Pedestal on August 11, 1942.Eagle
57%
Royal NavyAudaciousNever finished. Cancelled in January 1946.Eagle
57%
Royal NavyCourageousSunk by German battleships off Norway on June 8, 1940.Glorious
57%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Scrapped in Osaka from 1946 to 1947.Hōshō
57%
Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūSunk by an air raid in Kure Harbour on July 29, 1945.Amagi
50%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Scrapped at Chesapeake in 1966. Franklin
50%
Royal NavyIllustriousScrapped at Faslane in 1955.Indomitable
50%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Preserved as a museum ship at New York City since August, 1982. Intrepid
50%
Imperial Japanese NavyHiyōScrapped in Sasebo from 1946 to 1947.Jun’yō
50%
Imperial Japanese NavyZuihōSunk by US bombers during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7, 1942.Shōhō
50%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Scrapped in 1975. Ticonderoga
50%
Royal NavyIllustriousScrapped at Faslane in 1969.Victorious
50%
United States NavyIndependenceScrapped at San Francisco in 1961.Bataan
43%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Scrapped at Los Angeles in 1992.Bon Homme Richard
43%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Baltimore in 2000. Coral Sea
43%
Royal NavyIllustriousScrapped at Inverkeithing in 1953.Formidable
43%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Kearny in 1978. Franklin D. Roosevelt
43%
Royal NavyCourageousDecommissioned in April 1945. Scrapped at Troon in 1948.Furious
43%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Never finished. Scrapped on the slipway in 1949.Iwo Jima
43%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Sunk by a US submarine off Japan on November 29, 1944.Shinano
43%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Sunk by a US submarine during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 19, 1944.Taihō
43%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Philadelphia in 1974. Antietam
36%
United States NavyIndependenceTransferred to France in 1953 as Bois Belleau. Returned and scrapped in 1960.Belleau Wood
36%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Kearny in 1971. Boxer
36%
Imperial Japanese NavyChitoseSunk by US bombers, cruisers and destroyers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.Chiyoda
36%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Scrapped at Los Angeles in 1976. Hancock
36%
Royal NavyMajesticDid not see WWII service. Sold to India and renamed Vikrant. Decommissioned in 1997 and preserved as a museum ship from 2001 to 2012. Scrapped at Mumbai from 2014 to 2015.Hercules
36%
United States NavyIndependenceTransferred to France in 1951 as La Fayette. Returned and scrapped at Baltimore in 1964.Langley
36%
United States Navy-Scuttled off Java following attack from Japanese bombers on February 27, 1942.Langley
36%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Chesapeake in 1970. Leyte
36%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see WWII service. Modified into an aircraft maintenance carrier while under construction. Scrapped at Port Glasgow in 1958.Perseus
36%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Portland in 1971. Philippine Sea
36%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Scrapped at Taiwan in 1988. Shangri-La
36%
Royal Navy-Scrapped at Troon in 1959.Unicorn
36%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see frontline WWII service. Loaned to Australia from 1952 to 1955, then sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed Minas Gerais. Scrapped at Alang in 2004.Vengeance
36%
Regia Marina-Never finished. Scuttled by Italian frogmen on April 19, 1945. Raised in 1946 and scrapped at La Spezia in 1952.Aquila
29%
Royal Navy-Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1946.Argus
29%
Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūNever finished. Construction stopped on November 1, 1944 at 60%. Scrapped from December 1946 to April 1947.Aso
29%
Marine Nationale-Scrapped at Savona in 1967.Béarn
29%
United States NavyIndependenceScrapped at Portland in 1960.Cowpens
29%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see frontline WWII service. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1961.Glory
29%
Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūDid not see WWII service. Scrapped in Osaka from 1946 to 1947.Katsuragi
29%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1974. Kearsarge
29%
Royal NavyMajesticDid not see WWII service. Loaned to Canada until 1965, then returned and scrapped at Faslane in 1965.Magnificent
29%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Scrapped at Kearny in 1975. Randolph
29%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Scrapped in 1946.Ryūhō
29%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Sunk by US bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on August 24, 1942.Ryūjō
29%
United States NavyIndependenceScrapped at Los Angeles in 1971.San Jacinto
29%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Baltimore in 1968. Tarawa
29%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see frontline WWII service. Sold to Netherlands and renamed Karel Doorman on August 1, 1948, and then to Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo on October 15, 1968. Scrapped at Alang in 2000.Venerable
29%
United States NavySaipanDid not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1980.Wright
29%
United States NavyEssex (Short Hull)Scrapped at India in 1994. Bennington
21%
United States NavyIndependenceTransferred to Spain in 1967, renamed Délado. Scrapped at Brownsville in 2000.Cabot
21%
Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūNever finished. Construction stopped on April 1, 1945 at 84%. Scrapped from September 1946 to December 1947.Kasagi
21%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1972. Lake Champlain
21%
United States NavyIndependenceScrapped at Philadelphia in 1971.Monterey
21%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola on May 17, 2006.Oriskany
21%
KriegsmarineGraf ZeppelinNever finished. Scrapped on the slipway in 1940.Peter Strasser
21%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see frontline WWII service. Modified into an aircraft maintenance carrier while under construction. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1954.Pioneer
21%
United States NavyIndependenceScuttled following an air attack during the Battle of Sibuyan Sea [Leyte Gulf] on October 24, 1944.Princeton
21%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Portland in 1972. Princeton
21%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Never finished. Scrapped at Baltimore in 1949. Reprisal
21%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see WWII service. Converted into a heavy repair ship between 1956 and 1965. Scrapped in Spain in 1981.Triumph
21%
United States NavyEssex (Long Hull)Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Los Angeles in 1971. Valley Forge
21%
Royal NavyAudaciousNever finished. Cancelled on October 15, 1946.Africa
14%
Imperial Japanese Navy-Never finished. Originally intended as a heavy cruiser. Scrapped at Sasebo from 1946 to 1947.Ibuki
14%
Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūNever finished. Construction stopped on November 9, 1944 at 60%. Scrapped from July 1946 to March 1947.Ikoma
14%
Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūNever started. Cancelled on May 5, 1944.Kurama/Kaimon
14%
Royal NavyMajesticNever finished. Scrapped at Scotland in 1968.Leviathan
14%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see frontline WWII service. Scrapped at Faslane in 1962.Ocean
14%
Royal NavyMajesticDid not see WWII service. Sold to Canada and renamed Bonaventure. Scrapped at Taiwan in 1971.Powerful
14%
Royal NavyMajesticDid not see WWII service. Sold to Australia and renamed Sydney. Scrapped at Seoul in 1975.Terrible
14%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see WWII service. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1962.Theseus
14%
Royal NavyColossusDid not see frontline WWII service. Loaned to Canada from 1946 to 1948, then sold to Argentina in 1958 and renamed Independencia. Scrapped in 1971.Warrior
14%
Marine Nationale-Scuttled at Toulon on November 27, 1942. Raised by Italy in 1943, sunk again by US bombers on August 18, 1944. Sold for scrap in 1950.Commandant Teste
7%
Royal NavyAudaciousDid not see WWII service. Scrapped at Cairnryan in 1980.Irresistible
7%
Marine NationaleJoffreNever started due to the Fall of France on June 25, 1940.Painlevé
7%

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