Statistics for World War 2 Aircraft Carriers

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Navy	Ship Class	Fate	Answer	% Correct
Royal Navy	-	Sunk by U-81 near Gibraltar on November 14, 1941.	Ark Royal	88%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Scrapped at Kearny in 1973.	Essex	88%
United States Navy	Yorktown	Sunk by an IJN submarine after the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942.	Yorktown	88%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Preserved as a museum ship at Charleston since October 13, 1975.	Yorktown	88%
United States Navy	Yorktown	Scrapped at Kearny in 1958.	Enterprise	84%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Shōkaku	Sunk by a US submarine during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 19, 1944.	Shōkaku	84%
Royal Navy	Audacious/Eagle	Did not see WWII service. Commissioned as Eagle. Scrapped at Cairnryan in 1978.	Audacious	80%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did not see frontline WWII service. Loaned to France and renamed Arromanches in August 1946. Scrapped at Toulon in 1978.	Colossus	80%
Royal Navy	Illustrious	Scrapped in 1957.	Illustrious	80%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Sunk by US bombers during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942.	Kaga	80%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Preserved as a museum ship at Corpus Christi since June 15, 1992.	Lexington	80%
United States Navy	Lexington	Scuttled after the Battle of the Coral Sea following an attack from Japanese bombers on May 8, 1942.	Lexington	80%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Scuttled during the Battle of Midway after being damaged by US bombers on June 5, 1942.	Akagi	76%
Royal Navy	Courageous	Sunk by U-29 off Ireland on September 17, 1939.	Courageous	76%
Royal Navy	Implacable	Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1955.	Implacable	76%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Scuttled during the Battle of Midway after being damaged by US bombers on June 4, 1942.	Sōryū	76%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Zuihō	Sunk by US bombers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.	Zuihō	76%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Chitose	Sunk by US bombers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.	Chitose	72%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Scuttled during the Battle of Midway after being damaged by US bombers on June 5, 1942.	Hiryū	72%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Hiyō	Sunk by US bombers during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 20, 1944.	Hiyō	72%
United States Navy	Yorktown	Sunk by IJN ships during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 27, 1942.	Hornet	72%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Preserved as a museum ship at Alameda since October 17, 1998.	Hornet	72%
United States Navy	Independence	Scuttled off the Farallon Islands on January 29, 1951 after being used in Operation Crossroads.	Independence	72%
United States Navy	Saipan	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1976.	Saipan	72%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Unryū	Sunk by a US submarine in the East China Sea on December 19, 1944.	Unryū	72%
Kriegsmarine	Graf Zeppelin	Never 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	68%
Marine Nationale	Joffre	Never finished. Scrapped at 28% completion due to the Fall of France in June 1940.	Joffre	68%
Royal Navy	Majestic	Did not see WWII service. Sold to Australia and renamed Melbourne. Scrapped at China in 1985.	Majestic	68%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Shōkaku	Sunk by US bombers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.	Zuikaku	68%
United States Navy	Lexington	Sunk as a target ship during Operation Crossroads on July 25, 1946.	Saratoga	64%
United States Navy	-	Scuttled during the Guadalcanal campaign after being hit by an IJN submarine on September 15, 1942.	Wasp	64%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Scrapped at Kearny in 1973.	Wasp	64%
United States Navy	Midway	Did not see WWII service. Preserved as a museum ship at San Diego since June 7, 2004.	Midway	60%
Royal Navy	-	Sunk by Japanese bombers off Batticaloa, Sri Lanka on April 9, 1942.	Hermes	56%
United States Navy	-	Scrapped at Chester in 1947.	Ranger	56%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Scrapped in 1973.	Bunker Hill	52%
Royal Navy	-	Sunk by U-73 off the Balearic Islands during Operation Pedestal on August 11, 1942.	Eagle	52%
Royal Navy	Audacious	Never finished. Cancelled in January 1946.	Eagle	52%
Royal Navy	Courageous	Sunk by German battleships off Norway on June 8, 1940.	Glorious	52%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Sunk by a US submarine off Japan on November 29, 1944.	Shinano	52%
Royal Navy	Implacable	Scrapped at Faslane in 1956.	Indefatigable	48%
Royal Navy	Illustrious	Scrapped at Faslane in 1955.	Indomitable	48%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Hiyō	Scrapped in Sasebo from 1946 to 1947.	Jun’yō	48%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Unryū	Sunk by an air raid in Kure Harbour on July 29, 1945.	Amagi	44%
Royal Navy	Illustrious	Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1953.	Formidable	44%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Scrapped at Chesapeake in 1966.	Franklin	44%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Scrapped in Osaka from 1946 to 1947.	Hōshō	44%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Zuihō	Sunk by US bombers during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7, 1942.	Shōhō	44%
Royal Navy	Illustrious	Scrapped at Faslane in 1969.	Victorious	44%
Royal Navy	Courageous	Decommissioned in April 1945. Scrapped at Troon in 1948.	Furious	40%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Preserved as a museum ship at New York City since August, 1982.	Intrepid	40%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Sunk by a US submarine during the Battle of the Philippine Sea on June 19, 1944.	Taihō	40%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Scrapped in 1975.	Ticonderoga	40%
United States Navy	Independence	Scrapped at San Francisco in 1961.	Bataan	36%
Marine Nationale	-	Scrapped at Savona in 1967.	Béarn	36%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Scrapped at Los Angeles in 1992.	Bon Homme Richard	36%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Kearny in 1971.	Boxer	36%
United States Navy	-	Scuttled off Java following attack from Japanese bombers on February 27, 1942.	Langley	36%
United States Navy	Independence	Transferred to France in 1951 as La Fayette. Returned and scrapped at Baltimore in 1964.	Langley	36%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Scrapped at Taiwan in 1988.	Shangri-La	36%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Chitose	Sunk by US bombers, cruisers and destroyers during the Battle off Cape Engaño [Leyte Gulf] on October 25, 1944.	Chiyoda	32%
United States Navy	Midway	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Baltimore in 2000.	Coral Sea	32%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Chesapeake in 1970.	Leyte	32%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Sunk by US bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on August 24, 1942.	Ryūjō	32%
Royal Navy	-	Scrapped at Troon in 1959.	Unicorn	32%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Philadelphia in 1974.	Antietam	28%
Regia Marina	-	Never finished. Scuttled by Italian frogmen on April 19, 1945. Raised in 1946 and scrapped at La Spezia in 1952.	Aquila	28%
Royal Navy	-	Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1946.	Argus	28%
United States Navy	Independence	Transferred to France in 1953 as Bois Belleau. Returned and scrapped in 1960.	Belleau Wood	28%
United States Navy	Midway	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Kearny in 1978.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	28%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Scrapped at Los Angeles in 1976.	Hancock	28%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Never finished. Scrapped on the slipway in 1949.	Iwo Jima	28%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Unryū	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped in Osaka from 1946 to 1947.	Katsuragi	28%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1974.	Kearsarge	28%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Portland in 1971.	Philippine Sea	28%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Portland in 1972.	Princeton	28%
United States Navy	Independence	Scuttled following an air attack during the Battle of Sibuyan Sea [Leyte Gulf] on October 24, 1944.	Princeton	28%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Scrapped in 1946.	Ryūhō	28%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did 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	28%
United States Navy	Essex (Short Hull)	Scrapped at India in 1994.	Bennington	24%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did not see frontline WWII service. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1961.	Glory	24%
Royal Navy	Majestic	Did 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	24%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola on May 17, 2006.	Oriskany	24%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did not see WWII service. Modified into an aircraft maintenance carrier while under construction. Scrapped at Port Glasgow in 1958.	Perseus	24%
Kriegsmarine	Graf Zeppelin	Never finished. Scrapped on the slipway in 1940.	Peter Strasser	24%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Scrapped at Kearny in 1975.	Randolph	24%
United States Navy	Independence	Scrapped at Los Angeles in 1971.	San Jacinto	24%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Baltimore in 1968.	Tarawa	24%
United States Navy	Saipan	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1980.	Wright	24%
United States Navy	Independence	Transferred to Spain in 1967, renamed Délado. Scrapped at Brownsville in 2000.	Cabot	20%
United States Navy	Independence	Scrapped at Portland in 1960.	Cowpens	20%
Royal Navy	Majestic	Did not see WWII service. Loaned to Canada until 1965, then returned and scrapped at Faslane in 1965.	Magnificent	20%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Never finished. Scrapped at Baltimore in 1949.	Reprisal	20%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did 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	20%
Royal Navy	Audacious	Never finished. Cancelled on October 15, 1946.	Africa	16%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Unryū	Never finished. Construction stopped on November 1, 1944 at 60%. Scrapped from December 1946 to April 1947.	Aso	16%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped in 1972.	Lake Champlain	16%
United States Navy	Independence	Scrapped at Philadelphia in 1971.	Monterey	16%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did not see frontline WWII service. Modified into an aircraft maintenance carrier while under construction. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1954.	Pioneer	16%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did not see WWII service. Converted into a heavy repair ship between 1956 and 1965. Scrapped in Spain in 1981.	Triumph	16%
United States Navy	Essex (Long Hull)	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Los Angeles in 1971.	Valley Forge	16%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Unryū	Never finished. Construction stopped on April 1, 1945 at 84%. Scrapped from September 1946 to December 1947.	Kasagi	12%
Royal Navy	Majestic	Never finished. Scrapped at Scotland in 1968.	Leviathan	12%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did not see frontline WWII service. Scrapped at Faslane in 1962.	Ocean	12%
Royal Navy	Majestic	Did not see WWII service. Sold to Canada and renamed Bonaventure. Scrapped at Taiwan in 1971.	Powerful	12%
Royal Navy	Majestic	Did not see WWII service. Sold to Australia and renamed Sydney. Scrapped at Seoul in 1975.	Terrible	12%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did not see WWII service. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1962.	Theseus	12%
Royal Navy	Colossus	Did 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	12%
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	8%
Imperial Japanese Navy	-	Never finished. Originally intended as a heavy cruiser. Scrapped at Sasebo from 1946 to 1947.	Ibuki	8%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Unryū	Never finished. Construction stopped on November 9, 1944 at 60%. Scrapped from July 1946 to March 1947.	Ikoma	8%
Royal Navy	Audacious/Eagle	Did not see WWII service. Commissioned as Ark Royal. Scrapped at Cairnryan in 1980.	Irresistible	8%
Imperial Japanese Navy	Unryū	Never started. Cancelled on May 5, 1944.	Kurama/Kaimon	8%
Marine Nationale	Joffre	Never started due to the Fall of France on June 25, 1940.	Painlevé	8%