Summary and What You Need to Know: USS Essex (CV-9), the lead ship of the Essex-class aircraft carriers, had a storied career that significantly impacted U.S. naval history. Laid down ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Yorktown (CV-10), an Essex-class aircraft carrier nicknamed “Fighting Lady,” earned 11 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation during World War II.

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

The USS Carl Vinson is conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, with the George Washington in Japan and ...

President Biden announced the names of the newest aircraft carriers that will join the U.S. Navy: USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush. The carriers, named after former President Bill ...

The nation’s next two aircraft carriers will feature ... The new, nuclear-powered carriers will be officially named the USS William J. Clinton and the USS George W. Bush when they enter service ...

The next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will be named after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, per an ...