What You Need to Know: The top five WWII aircraft carriers—chosen for their strategic impact and bravery—include the iconic ...

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 ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

While the White House publicized the decision, the responsibility and authority to name ships lies squarely in the hands of ...

Aircraft carriers are the premiere warships used by blue water navies around the world, and it's been that way since World War II. After the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on ...

The Navy plans on naming its fourth Ford-class aircraft carrier after World War II hero Doris 'Dorie' Miller, an African-American sailor recognized for his heroism during the 1941 attack on Pearl ...

The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War ... she was one of the capital ships that was lost during WWII," Vulcan spokesman Robert Kraft said. Pictures from the seabed ...

The China-registered bulk carrier detained for anchoring illegally in Malaysia's waters Malaysia has detained a Chinese-registered vessel suspected of looting two British World War Two shipwrecks.

Fitch served in the U.S. Army for nearly five years and Congressman Don Davis said he was instrumental in the success of the Red Ball Express, which delivered crucial supplies to Allied troops in ...

On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...