The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) collided with the bulk carrier Besiktas-M off the coast of ...
See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.
The future carriers Clinton and Bush are part of the ... that launches aircraft from the ship electronically, rather than using steam-powered equipment. President-elect Donald Trump previously ...
Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement ... designed to maximize the striking power of the embarked carrier air wing. The ship’s systems and configuration are optimized to maximize ...