The final ship of the Essex-class, and the last wooden-deck aircraft carrier to serve with the U.S. Navy, she was laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 15, ...
The U.S. fielded the Essex class of carriers during WWII, which displaced over 36,000 tons. That's a lot, but the ...
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the sea service’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS ...