The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

Nimitz-Class Carrier Extensions: Delays and Challenges for the U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy has been forced to rely on their Nimitz-class aircraft carriers for longer than expected. The Nimnitz-class ...

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

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

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) wrapped up its port visit to Thailand on Friday. Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) ...

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

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

The United States Navy has a tradition of naming many of its popular ships after U.S. presidents. Here are five that stand ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

A Mansfield native was recently commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy during a ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.

Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulled into Laem Chabang, Thailand, on Monday for a port visit after three weeks of ...