Midway-Class Carriers: Cold War Powerhouses with WWII Roots The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a workhorse of the United States Navy. First deployed by the Navy in September 1945, these boats ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ever built, and certainly one of the most decorated, the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs ... in time for ...

Laid down on December 1, 1941, and commissioned on August 16, 1943, the Essex-class ... USS Enterprise, Yorktown, and Hornet, all of which were at the tide-changing Battle of Midway.

Just months after Midway, new American Essex-class carriers — the most lethal afloat — would be launched. Before the war ended, 17 of the planned 24 carriers would see action. Midway was ...