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In late 1944, during the fierce Battle of Leyte Gulf, USS Princeton was locked in combat, her Hellcats swarming the skies to repel waves of Japanese aircraft threatening the fleet. As the US ...
The Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy near the Middle East on Tuesday, AP reports.
The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy to the EUCOM area amid tensions. Earlier, US Navy ships launched strikes on Iranian missiles.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is slated to deploy next week to the 6th Fleet area of operations, moving a third carrier strike group closer to the conflict between Israel and Iran, a U.S ...
USS George Washington is the only U.S. aircraft carrier currently positioned in the western Pacific to help keep China in check.
The Nimitz aircraft carrier group was rerouted from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East, joining the USS Carl Vinson. The move comes amid airstrikes between Israel and Iran.
The USS Nimitz carrier strike group expedites Middle East deployment as the United States shifts military resources in response to the Israel-Iran conflict.
NORFOLK, Va. — Sailors on board the Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier had a busy eight months on deployment. That includes dealing with some high-profile incidents. “We didn ...
In the early hours of October 26, 1966, while stationed off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, the USS Oriskany was rocked by a catastrophic fire, triggered by an accidental ...
Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific. The ...
With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk, VA in 2026 ...