Sinking the USS Enterprise Would be Easier Than Scrapping Her: The USS Enterprise, CVN-65, was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Launched in 1958, it was the eighth vessel in the US Navy to ...

The Nimitz and its escorts — the guided-missile destroyers USS Gridley and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee — pulled into Apra ...

The Nimitz, now the oldest active aircraft ... the U.S. Navy and the first of ten carriers in the Nimitz class. Compared to the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN ...

Also on Monday, USS Nimitz, the oldest aircraft carrier in the fleet, departed its homeport in Bremerton, Wash., for a regularly scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific, the Navy said in a ...

Discover what happens to the US Navy's decommissioned ships, carriers, and submarines, from scrapping and recycling to museums and target vessels.

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in ...

The 1967 fire on the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier was one of the most devastating naval disasters in U.S. history. It occurred on July 29, 1967, while the aircraft carrier was stationed in the Gulf ...

With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk ...

“We always thought, we need to tell the story about women of the Navy, and the reason is because the USS Lexington is the first aircraft carrier in the Navy that had women serving aboard as part ...

The United States Navy could ... powered aircraft carriers deployed to the Middle East for the first time since last summer. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the USS Harry S.

Likewise, nuclear aircraft ... on how the Navy could ensure accountability for slipping ship delivery timelines and rising price tags. An artist’s concept of the future carrier Enterprise ...

The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, middle, sails in formation with other naval vessels in the Western Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2025. The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS ...