Old soldiers (and old sailors for that matter) may fade away, but modern warships meet a crueler fate: they head to the scrap ...

The USS Langley was the US Navy’s first aircraft carrier ever, and thus joins the list for her historical significance. Converted into an aircraft carrier in 1920, from the USS Jupiter fleet ...

A United States aircraft carrier reached the South China Sea this week, following a westward transit via the Philippines, while all Chinese "flattops" remained pierside. This came as China ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails in formation in the Philippine Sea. On Monday, President Joe Biden announced two new nuclear-powered aircraft carriers ...

President Biden on Monday named Navy aircraft carriers after former Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. “I am proud to announce that the next two Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

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 ...

Although technically not called an "aircraft carrier," the Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest destroyer has begun sea trials following modifications to allow fighter jets to take off and land ...