Like the other carriers on this list, the Yorktown-class aircraft carriers relied predominantly on their fleet of aircraft rather than their own physical armaments. Still, these vessels were armed ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

The Kennedy namesake will live on in the future Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. PCU Kennedy, the second-in-class ship, is scheduled to be commissioned in 2025, three years behind ...

The shield, which saved countless lives, was only possible because of America’s mighty aircraft carrier fleet. The U.S. Navy has 11 Nimitz and Bush-class carriers divided between the Pacific and ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ever built, and certainly one of the most decorated, the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively ...

President Joe Biden announced Monday that two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named after former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. "Each knows firsthand the ...

The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final journey to the scrapyard. The decommissioned vessel was the last conventionally powered flattop built by the US Navy. The Kennedy namesake will ...

Taking this as a rough estimate, for the cost of one Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, anywhere between sixty-nine and 373 ekranoplans could be built. This is where the aircraft carrier enthusiast ...

The White House announced Monday that the Navy will name the two latest Ford-class aircraft carriers after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The future USS William J. Clinton and ...

United States (US) President Joe Biden has formally announced that Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be named after former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.