It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like ...

as part of a new, permanent World War II exhibit. The 10,500-square foot exhibit on the second level of the carrier includes 50 artifacts collected over the past 15 years that have not been on ...

Laid down on December 1, 1941, and commissioned on August 16, 1943, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS ... in World War II and the Vietnam War before being berthed at Pier 86 in New York's ...