Aircraft carriers have been central to the U.S. Navy, and over the years they have only increased in importance since their introduction in World War 2. Each new generation has pushed the limits of ...

U.S. carrier islands are always on starboard, not port. uss Wasp (CV-7) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940, built as a smaller, more vulnerable counterpart to the Yorktown-class.

The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has officially deployed for operations in the Caribbean, signaling a strategic ...