List of aircraft carriers in service by configuration
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The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft carrier designs. This list excludes seaplane carriers or helicopter carriers.
Carrier configurations
There are three main configurations of aircraft carrier in service in the worlds navies:
- Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR)
- Short Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (STOBAR)
- Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL)
Navies with CATOBAR carriers
Navies with STOBAR carriers
- Chinese Navy
- Type 001 - Modified Kuznetsov class
- Type 002 - Modified Kuznetsov class
- Indian Navy
- Russian Navy