In February, the U.S. Navy recognized an initial team of “plank owners” behind the multi-billion-dollar effort required for dismantling and disposing of the former USS Enterprise. The future ...

The USS Ranger, the third of the class ... the Forrestal (CVN-59), Saratoga (CVN-60), Ranger (CV-61) and Independence (CV-62). Compared to its predecessors, the Forrestal carriers were roughly ...

The USS Langley (CV-1) remained in service for 29 years before it was sunk in 1942. Meanwhile, the USS Ranger (CV-4) only served for 12 years before it was decommissioned. That said, The creation ...

The USS Yorktown (CV-5), USS Ranger (CV-4), and the USS Wasp (CV-7), as well as aircraft escort ship USS Long Island (AVG-1), were nowhere near Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Additionally ...

It was 79 years ago when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser carrying nearly 1,200 sailors and Marines. The ship was sailing back to the Philippines after ...

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. Summary and Key Points ...

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USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), and USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) have all completed their Refueling Complex Overhauls (RCOH) at Newport News ...

A submersible has dived to the world’s deepest-known shipwreck. The vessel reached the USS Johnston, which lies 6.5km (4 miles) beneath the waves in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean.

The USS Grayback and its 80 crew members disappeared in 1944 when it was attacked by a Japanese aircraft. An underwater exploration project found the submarine off the coast of Okinawa ...