The Nimitz and her namesake class of flat-top aircraft carriers have been a stable to America's naval fleet for fifty years, ...

The Navy vessels will be the first to bear the names of former presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush.

Back in 2005, the United States Navy wanted to test how ... the nearly 30 days it took to sink one mothballed supercarrier was proof-positive that carriers were the greatest naval weapons platform ...