It was never to be, and that's likely for the best. The USS United States (CVA-58) was meant to be the lead ship of a new class of supercarriers developed after the Second World War. It remains ...

Ultimately, the USS United States was not to be. Although the keel for the first ship was laid, it was canceled five days later. Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson unilaterally canceled the ...

In the coming days, the United States ... made the ship extremely hard to sink; and Gibbs obsessively removed the flammable wood that ordinarily would have formed much of the ship's interior ...

Dubbed USS United States, the carrier was intended to operate ... be extended to observe navigation and flight operations. The ship’s air wings would include twelve to eighteen heavy bombers ...