Notably, CVN-65, the first nuclear-powered aircraft ... commissioning of USS Enterprise CV-6 in 1938 is where the “Big E” really came into her own. One of only three carriers built pre-war ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), commissioned in May 1938, was to become the most important American aircraft carrier to serve ...

The next generation of aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) was ordered in 2008 and is slated to be delivered in 2016 as the force structure replacement for USS ENTERPRISE (EX-CVN ...

The U.S. Navy has named its two newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers as the future USS Intrepid and USS ...

The new USS Gerald R. Ford, the first new aircraft carrier design from the US Navy in four decades, boasts a slew of improved features that separate it from the previous Nimitz class carriers.

Newsweek 's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. As of December 27, the locations of 11 vessels were publicly available via military disclosures or ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer, the future USS Intrepid (DDG 145) aboard the former aircraft carrier which shares its ...

With a longer hangar deck, it can carry bigger aircraft like the F-35B. Each ship costs $3.4 billion and has been commissioned since 2013. More from Military & Defense The USS America is the first ...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70 ... Vinson is expected to be docked over the new year with a departure likely closer to the end of the week. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike ...

YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Prefecture—The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived at the U.S. naval base here on Nov. 22 for its second deployment to the city. The ship is replacing the USS ...

After being involved in the Desert Fox as the main “airbase” for the bombing operations over Iraq, the USS Enterprise ... carrier had the Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) with its 72 aircraft ...

A United States aircraft carrier returned to the South China Sea this week, following a five-day visit to Malaysia, while a Chinese "flattop" conducted a new round of sea trials. USS Carl Vinson ...