While aircraft carriers used in World War I and II were impressive and large vessels, they pale in comparison to what exists ...

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, 1942 ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the sea service’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS ...

In 1944 – 1946, he spent 2 years in the Navy, stationed aboard the Essex Aircraft Carrier, and rode as rear gunner on an SB2C during World War II. After the war, using the GI bill he attended ...