| |  LPH-8 USS Valley Forge | |
| 1942-mar-18 | Laid down | Laid down CV-18 USS Wasp as USS Oriskany | |
| 1942-aug-07 | Ordered | Ordered CV-34 USS Oriskany | |
| 1943-jan-26 | Laid down | Laid down CV-19 USS Hancock | |
| 1943-mar-15 | Laid down | Laid down CV-36 USS Antietam | |
| 1943-mar-15 | Laid down | Laid down CV-39 USS Lake Champlain at Norfolk Naval Yard | |
| 1943-may-10 | Laid down | Laid down CV-15 USS Randolph | |
| 1943-aug-17 | Launched | Launched CV-18 USS Wasp | |
| 1943-nov-24 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-18 USS Wasp | |
| 1944-jan-24 | Launched | Launched CV-19 USS Hancock | |
| 1944-apr-15 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-19 USS Hancock | |
| 1944-may-01 | Laid down | Laid down CV-34 USS Oriskany | |
| 1944-jun-28 | Launched | Launched CV-15 USS Randolph | |
| 1944-aug-20 | Launched | Launched CV-36 USS Antietam | |
| 1944-oct-09 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-15 USS Randolph | |
| 1944-nov-02 | Launched | Launched CV-39 USS Lake Champlain from dry dock | |
| 1945-jan-28 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-36 USS Antietam | |
| 1945-jun-03 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-39 USS Lake Champlain | |
| 1945-sep-18 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-37 USS Princeton as CV-37 | |
| 1945-oct-13 | Launched | Launched CV-34 USS Oriskany Construction suspended 22 Aug 1946 | |
| 1946-nov-03 | Commissioned | Commissioned CVS-45 USS Valley Forge in Philadelphia, as CV-45 | |
| 1948-aug-14 | Homeport | Homeport CVS-45 USS Valley Forge transferred to NB San Diego | |
| 1950-jun-29 | Deployment | Deployment CVS-45 USS Valley Forge rapidly stored and departed Subic Bay with CAG-5 embarked, to stand off N Korea to join Task Group 77.4 (with HMS Triumph), following invasion of S Korea | |
| 1950-jul-04 | Aircraft | Aircraft CVS-45 USS Valley Forge lost Ships HO3S-1 SAR helicopter, which ditched after an engine failure, off Korean coast. | |
| 1950-sep-29 | Commissioned | Commissioned CV-34 USS Oriskany to an improved SCB-27 design | |
| 1951-jan-17 | Deployment | Deployment CV-36 USS Antietam brought out of decommission to join forces around Korea, returned Mar 1952. | |
| 1951-dec-15 | Refit | Refit CV-19 USS Hancock entered the SCB-27C conversion to jet operation programme at Puget Sound, and on 1 Oct 1952 she was re-designated CVA-19. | |
| 1952-mar-21 | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-36 USS Antietam docked in Yokosuka following her Korean deployment to prepare for return to USA. | |
| 1952-sep | Refit | Refit CV-36 USS Antietam refit for conversion as CVA-36 at New York Naval Shipyard until Dec 1952 | |
| 1952-sep-15 | Deployment | Deployment CV-34 USS Oriskany departed San Diego for Korean waters andFast Carrier Task Force 77. Returned May 1953. | |
| 1952-oct | | CVS-45 USS Valley Forge redesignated CVA-45 | |
| 1952-oct-01 | | CV-18 USS Wasp Reclassified as CVA | |
| 1953 | Refit | Refit CVS-45 USS Valley Forge after her 4th Korean deployment, transferred to Atlantic Fleet and became CVS-45, after refit at NS Norfolk. | |
| 1954-jan | | CV-37 USS Princeton reclassified CVS-37 | |
| 1955-jun-18 | Refit | Refit CV-15 USS Randolph Angled deck conversion, until Jan 1956 | |
| 1956-oct | Deployment | Deployment CV-36 USS Antietam departed Rotterdam to join US 6th Fleet in Mediterranean, operating S of Italy while shadowing the British and French Musketeer operations around Suez. | |
| 1956-oct | Deployment | Deployment CV-15 USS Randolph US 6th Fleet, operating in Eastern Mediterranean while evacuating US citizens from Alexandria and shadowing the British and French Musketeer operations | |
| 1956-nov-01 | | CV-18 USS Wasp Reclassified as CVS | |
| 1957-aug | Refit | Refit CV-39 USS Lake Champlain converted to anti-submarine carrier, as CVS-39 | |
| 1958-jul | Deployment | Deployment CV-39 USS Lake Champlain Operation Blue Bat part of US 6th Fleet, when tasked with support for Lebanese stability operations in Eastern Mediterranean. HUP-2 of HU-2 (det 34) and HSS-1 of HS-3 were embarked. Operations continued until 23 Aug. | |
| 1958-sep-04 | Homeport | Homeport CV-39 USS Lake Champlain Quonset Point, RI | |
| 1959-mar-02 | | LPH-5 USS Princeton reclassified LPH-5 | |
| 1961-may-05 | Deployment | Deployment CV-39 USS Lake Champlain recovered Mercury capsule Freedom 7 and with it Commander Alan Shepard after its first sub-orbital flight, by HSS-1N Seabat of HS-5. | |
| 1961-jul-21 | Deployment | Deployment CV-15 USS Randolph recovery ship for Mercury 4 spaceflight Liberty Bell 7, in Carribean. | |
| 1962-feb-20 | Deployment | Deployment CV-15 USS Randolph primary recovery ship for Mercury 6 spaceflight Friendship 7 | |
| 1962-apr-09 | Deployment | Deployment LPH-5 USS Princeton Operation Shufly emabrked 24x HUS-1 (later UH-34D) of HMM-362 and launched them on 15 Apr to Soc Trang air base, SW of Saigon. | |
| 1963-may-08 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-36 USS Antietam | |
| 1963-aug-31 | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-34 USS Oriskany visited Subic Bay en route to Japanese waters. | |
| 1965-jan-19 | Deployment | Deployment CV-39 USS Lake Champlain recovered unmanned Gemini test capsule after a sub-orbital flight, by an embarked SH-3. | |
| 1965-apr-05 | Deployment | Deployment CV-34 USS Oriskany departed San Diego with CVW-16 embarked and escorted by USS King, headed for Vietnam. Returned in Dec 1965. | |
| 1965-aug-29 | Deployment | Deployment CV-39 USS Lake Champlain recovered Gemini 5 capsule and with it Charles Conrad and L Gordon Cooper, after its orbital flight, by embarked SH-3. | |
| 1966-may-02 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-39 USS Lake Champlain at Philadelphia Naval Yard | |
| 1966-oct-26 | Deployment | Deployment CV-34 USS Oriskany serious fire on board, Gulf of Tonkin. HC-1 Det G embarked. | |
| 1969-feb-13 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-15 USS Randolph at Boston Navy Yard | |
| 1969-jun-29 | Port Visit | Port Visit CV-18 USS Wasp visit Copenhagen, Denmark. SH-3D 156495 aboard | |
| 1969-dec-01 | Struck | Struck CV-39 USS Lake Champlain | |
| 1970-jan-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned LPH-5 USS Princeton | |
| 1971 | Struck | Struck LPH-5 USS Princeton | |
| 1971-may-14 | Deployment | Deployment CV-34 USS Oriskany Deployed to W Pacific and off Vietnam until Dec 1971, HS-6 embarked. | |
| 1971-oct | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped LPH-8 USS Valley Forge | |
| 1972-apr-28 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped CV-39 USS Lake Champlain sold for scrapping | |
| 1972-jun-28 | Deployment | Deployment CV-34 USS Oriskany collision with USS Nitro during RAS, c 150nm E of Da Nang | |
| 1972-jul-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-18 USS Wasp | |
| 1973-may-01 | Struck | Struck CV-36 USS Antietam | |
| 1973-jun-15 | Struck | Struck CV-15 USS Randolph | |
| 1974 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped CV-36 USS Antietam | |
| 1974-aug | Refit | Refit CV-34 USS Oriskany 8 month extended alongside period at Long Beach Naval Shipyard | |
| 1975-apr-29 | Deployment | Deployment CV-19 USS Hancock Operation Frequent Wind part of Task Force 76 during the evacuation of Saigon | |
| 1975-may | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped CV-15 USS Randolph sold for scrapping, in New Jersey | |
| 1976-jan-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-19 USS Hancock | |
| 1976-jan-31 | Struck | Struck CV-19 USS Hancock | |
| 1976-sep | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped CV-19 USS Hancock | |
| 1976-sep-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned CV-34 USS Oriskany | |
| 2006-may-17 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk CV-34 USS Oriskany sunk in Gulf of Mexico, known as Great Carrier Reef. | |
