USS Antietam (CG-54)
"Essex" class aircraft carrier

Used as balloon launch platform during Stratolab V manned balloon campaign for the navy in 1961.
Total number of launches done: 4

USS Boxer (LHD-4)
"Ticonderoga" class aircraft carrier

Used as balloon launch platform during the "HARDTACK" atomic test series in 1958.
Estimated number of launches done: 10

USS Palau (CVE-122)
"Commencement Bay" class aircraft carrier

Used as balloon launch platform during a campaign in 1949.
Estimated number of launches done: 12.

USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
"Ticonderoga" class aircraft carrier

Used as balloon launch platform during a campaign performed in the Caribbean in 1960.
Total number of launches done: 8

Other aircraft carriers that launched balloons to be included in StratoCat in the near future

  • USS Saipan (CVL-48)
  • USS Windham Bay (CVE-92)