USS America-class ship, USS . The age of supercarriers like the USS Gerald R. Fordmay soon come to an end. Earlier this year, the acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly told Defense & Aerospace Report the Navy may not purchase any more of this class of carrier. China China has two aircraft carriers on deck. The first, the Liaoning, entered service in 2012. In 1998, a Chinese business man purchased the carrier from the Ukrainian government and announced he was going the ship into a floating casino. Instead, he promptly sold the vessel to the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Finally, after significant renovation, the