and ushered in a new era of gigantic “supercarriers,” two or three times the size of most World War II fleet carriers. The largest of these eventually had nuclear-power plants of their own.

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

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

The tri-carrier war game in the Philippine Sea comes as seven Chinese warships reached the area earlier this week.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Carrier Battles WW2: Admiral of the Fleet A real-time WW2 naval warfare simulation game on tactical level, Admiral of Fleet features 20 scenarios ...

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 following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes of the U.S. Third Fleet, which in turn lost its light carrier Princeton.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman arrives at the NATO Marathi Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Crete, during a port visit on ...

The US has not suffered an attack on its own soil since Japanese attack planes hit Hawaii's Pearl Harbor in 1941, and this is largely due to its powerful Navy and aircraft carrier strike groups.