The world’s aircraft carriers that public reporting places at sea or on deployment. Carriers in home port for maintenance are not listed as deployments. For full status of every carrier, see the carrier summary on the tracker .
Deploying Host or area Branch Forces and personnel Status Date Verified Sources South China Sea 🚢 Aircraft carrier Fujian (18): South China Sea, southeast of Hainan (as of Nov. 2 satellite imagery) Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 4, 2026 Nov 4, 2026 Taiwan News Taiwan Defence +1 more Philippine Sea 🚢 Aircraft carrier Liaoning (16): Philippine Sea (east of Luzon / east of Taiwan), as of early November Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 4, 2026 Nov 4, 2026 Taiwan News Taiwan Defence +2 more Norwegian Sea 🚢 Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09): High North / Norwegian waters; heading to Oslo for Atlantic Future Forum Nov. 11–12 Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 4, 2026 Nov 4, 2026 USNI News Atlantic Future Forum +4 more North Atlantic 🚢 Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69): Atlantic Ocean, after leaving Norfolk, Va., Nov. 4 Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 4, 2026 Nov 4, 2026 RANE Worldview U.S. Naval Update Map USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker +3 more North Atlantic 🚢 Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68): Western Atlantic, after leaving Norfolk, Va., Oct. 27 Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 2, 2026 Nov 2, 2026 USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker South China Sea 🚢 Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71): South China Sea (after Keen Sword 27) Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 2, 2026 Nov 2, 2026 USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker USNI News +11 more Arabian Sea 🚢 Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73): Arabian Sea Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 2, 2026 Nov 2, 2026 USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet (cusnc.navy.mil +6 more Arabian Sea 🚢 Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77): Arabian Sea Not disclosed Confirmed active Nov 2, 2026 Nov 2, 2026 USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker +3 more Philippine Sea 🚢 Aircraft carrier China: Carrier Liaoning (16), with destroyers Anshan, Wuxi and Huainan Not disclosed Confirmed active Oct 28, 2026 Oct 28, 2026 AEI/ISW Seoul Economic Daily +1 more
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