having carried the name prior to CVN 80. The Cold War-era USS Enterprise (CVN 65) was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the US Navy, being operational from 1961-2017. CVN 81’s naming ...

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

The Clinton and Bush names are consistent with tradition, yet also somewhat unorthodox.

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS ... first carrier named after her father. Fifty-two years later, Caroline Kennedy was once again selected to be the sponsor of the future CVN ...

The ex-aircraft carrier John ... of the future CVN-79, christening the ship in December 2019 in a ceremony attended by over 20,000 people at Newport News shipyard. "Having a chance to get to know the ...

Norfolk Naval Shipyard welcomed USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Jan. 8 in advance of its Planned Incremental Availability ...