See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

The USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier ... Constellation's entry into the U.S. Navy's inventory.

on February 17, 1943. Originally designated Cabot, her name was changed to commemorate the recently-lost USS Lexington (CV-2) – sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. CV-16 was the ...