U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command The Akagi aircraft carrier was sunk during the Battle of Midway, during which hundreds of Japanese and US sailors died The Petrel also worked with the US ...

Initially, the Akagi was meant to be an Amagi-class battlecruiser, but during its construction, it was refitted into an ...

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

Profile of the Prey: The Aircraft Carrier IJN Shinano The Shinano, whose keel was laid in May 1940, actually started off her ...

One of the greatest engineering feats in history, the modern U.S. nuclear carrier is a masterpiece of technology, and the flagship of the fleet. With RIMPAC, the world’s largest and most comprehensive ...

The US ordered its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East and a second vessel is en route with Middle East tensions at a fever pitch following Iran’s attack on Israel ...

The Gerald R. Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement class for Enterprise and Nimitz class aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. The Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport ...

the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively large, fast, very sea worthy vessels with excellent protection and large aircraft complements, they played an enormous part ...

China has developed land-based anti-ship missiles to force carriers to operate so far from targets that manned aircraft might become less useful than unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs ...

But 4 June 1942 would see the tide turn, with three US Navy (USN) aircraft carriers waiting in ambush for the IJN near a tiny atoll whose name would become immortalized in history: Midway.

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers on the Move – Theodore Roosevelt Back Home, Harry S. Truman in The North Sea: On one side of the world, a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier ...

Sailors muster with their departments on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman on Sept. 23. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Gomez/U.S. Navy) The aircraft carrier ...