The WWII-era Essex-class aircraft carriers were a pivotal development that served as a historic bridge to the modern carrier ...

It was a compromise in design, ... Despite the important role that these ‘baby’ escort aircraft carriers played in World War II, sadly not a single one of the 122 Allied CVEs survives today.

The US Navy's aircraft carriers are some of the most imposing vessels ever put to sea. But the carriers the Navy has now are the just latest on a long line ships that dominated during World War II ...

The Ultimate Aircraft Carrier The Navy envisioned the Midway -class as the ultimate World War II aircraft carrier design. Navy engineers worked in critical lessons learned from the Second World ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

USS Enterprise (CV-6), the most decorated naval vessel in World War II, played a vital role in the Pacific. At the decisive Battle of Midway, it sank enemy warships, including three carriers.

While there are 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, the design changed throughout the building process, which concluded in 2006 with the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). That ship is more advanced ...

In November 1941, a German U-boat sank HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. Ark Royal had been a thorn in the side of the German navy during the early years of World War II. Ark Royal is one ...

The aircraft carrier Akagi (“red castle”) was one of the most powerful warships of its time. It began construction as a battlecruiser in 1923, but the passage of the Washington Naval Treaty ...

Wreckage of sunken Japanese WWII ship found 00:30. Newly released close-up videos and images of three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the Battle of Midway are reviving haunting ...

The wreck of World War II aircraft carrier USS Wasp has been discovered in the Coral Sea more than 70 years after the ship was sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign.