Some of the most iconic carrier-borne aircraft took to the skies during World War II, including the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, of which there were over 7,000 units produced. (Also see the legendary ...

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

The USS Enterprise was America’s most decorated ship in WWII. An aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, shot down 911 enemy aircraft and sank 71 ships. It also damaged or destroyed another 192 ships ...

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman arrives at the NATO Marathi Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Crete, during a port visit on ...

The aircraft carrier and its strike group also engage in maritime security operations to interdict threats to merchant shipping and prevent the use of the seas for terrorism and piracy.

The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy embarked on ... who had served as a naval officer during World War II. After his motor torpedo boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer ...

The US has not suffered an attack on its own soil since Japanese attack planes hit Hawaii's Pearl Harbor in 1941, and this is largely due to its powerful Navy and aircraft carrier strike groups.

The ex-aircraft carrier John F ... the vessels were the last group of carriers to be powered by fossil fuels, which were replaced by the Navy's Nimitz-class nuclear-powered flattops. The name honored ...

The USS Doris Miller, the fourth planned Ford-class carrier named after an enlisted sailor in World War II, is scheduled to begin construction next year. Modern U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have ...