Yeeaahh
but the record in war time here 4 during WWII TF 38 and 58 rattached to 3rd and 5th Fleet have 16 - 18 CVs, CVLs in 4 TG !!! with about 1000 birds
in more 7th Fleet had by ex to Leyte 18 CVLs with about 500 birds
In 1991 USN had 16 carriers : 2 Midway + 4 Forrestal + 4 Kitty Hawk/Kennedy + 1 Enterprise + 5 Nimitz the 600 ships navy in fact USN had IIRC 570
had actualy 285 for a 308 ships Navy waiting the 355
Desert Storm : 6 deployed these 4 plus USS Eisenhower, CVN-69, USS John Kennedy, CV-67 one other the first arrived in 08/1990 left few weeks before USS Independence, CV-62 all with 5 VA/VFAs except Midway 4 with
100 F-14
172 F-18
115 A-6E
24 A-7E
40 EA-6B
50 S-3
24 KA-6
525 !!!
Plus 8 Iwo Jima, Tarawa with about 50 AV-8B and 2 MEB aboard
5 carriers for Iraqi Freedom in 2003 with 335 fighters one VA in less for each A-6 was retired
Six ships of Battle Force Zulu (Task Force 154) steam in formation after the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm.At left, from top, are the guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55), the aircraft carriers USS Midway (CV-41) and USS Ranger (CV-61) and the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60). At right are the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), top, and the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) .