It took months for Steve Mortensen to assemble a model of a World War II destroyer escort. But the hours of toiling and sweating the details of the model to ensure it was an accurate ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

The Navy plans on naming its fourth Ford-class aircraft carrier after World War II hero Doris 'Dorie' Miller ... that it was the standard for naming ships. A ship should be named for either ...

Aircraft carriers are ... The Ranger was the only interwar-built ship that didn't engage the Japanese Navy during WWII, as she was reduced to a training carrier when she finally made it to the ...

Bush will become the fifth and sixth ships ... Ford-class carrier named after an enlisted sailor in World War II, is scheduled to begin construction next year. Modern U.S. Navy aircraft carriers ...

destroying or severely damaging over two dozen ships, including two aircraft carriers that were sunk. Therefore, Japan increased the kamikaze program. Primarily, kamikaze pilots flew one of WWII ...

the Navy’s current largest and newest aircraft carriers. Of the six Ford-class ships under construction or announced, four are now named for former Presidents. The Navy’s current aircraft ...

The USS Enterprise was America’s most decorated ship in WWII. An aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, shot down 911 enemy aircraft and sank 71 ships. It also damaged or destroyed another 192 ships ...