America’s Nimitz-class carriers are truly historic vessels. In other words, they’re very old. The Nimitz herself is 50 years old. Indeed, this flat top—like all America’s carriers ...

The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) cut short an underway period and returned pierside Monday evening after experiencing issues with its seawater system, a Navy official confirmed Tuesday to USNI News. Bush ...

When fully loaded, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier displaces approximately 100,000 long tons. Two nuclear reactors pour four steam turbines and four shafts, which produce 260,000 shaft horsepower.

When weather conditions deteriorate, keeping ships on track for their mission in churning seas can challenge both ship bridge ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he ordered military airstrikes on a senior Islamic State attack planner and ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation, USS America, and the Kennedy, the vessels were the last group of carriers to be powered by fossil fuels, which were replaced by the ...

the Ford-class of aircraft carrier is the first new class in more than 40 years and begins the phased replacement of Nimitz-class carriers. Clinton — who did not serve in the military — was ...

U.S. carriers were in Thailand, Japan and the Eastern Pacific this week, while a carrier from France is set to visit the ...

SOUTH CHINA SEA - Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Landon Godeaux, of Lafayette, La., stands watch in the tower of ...