Two recent aircraft carriers—each named USS Enterprise—would have made memorable museum ships. For various reasons, neither could be saved.

What You Need to Know: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. Commissioned in 1961, it revolutionized ...

A “tragic” 1969 fire aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was “caused by a huffer” (an aircraft starter unit) whose 590-degree ...

Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers are being named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...

The U.S. Navy is proposing a new plan for dismantling the decommissioned USS Enterprise that would not use the Hanford site next to Richland for its nuclear reactor compartments. Trench 94 in the ...

24 Aug 2022, 20:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk // Say hello to CVN-80, the third in a line of Navy Aircraft carriers to bear the name. Rest assured, it will have the goods to carry the family name. Captain ...

Today, there's far less ship-on-ship combat, but the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the most lethal, as it can project a ...

The White House announced that the Navy chose to name the fifth and sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83), after the two ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, named after the 38th President of the United States, is the next generation of American nuclear aircraft carriers. It gives a whole new meaning behind the name "supercarrier." ...