KenV:....The only aircraft (that I'm aware of) that started out land based and was successfully converted to carrier operations...
Indeed the list is small, but for jets you can add the FJ Fury (series) derived from the F-86, Sea Vampire, Sea Venom, the Sea Vixen (more of a stretch), MiG 29, Su-25, Su-27 (ski jump/arrested), Sea Harrier (STOVL), and the French Zephyr training jet. I would not count it but a real stretch would be the F/A-18 derived from the F-17 Cobra. I am not including helo's (Sea Hawk, etc) and some one offs like the U-2, Bronco, C-130 etc....