One carrier was already tired before it had a fire, another saw its service life extended for the second time, while the ...

By law, the US Navy is required to operate 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, which has required that the decommissioning ...

U.S. Navy’s 2005 SINKEX (Sinking Exercise) on the decommissioned supercarrier USS America (CV-66). This remains one of the ...

A potent mixture of flammable materials, equipment pushed beyond its limits and human error could be behind a fire aboard the ...

Amid the US war with Iran, the Navy has decided to delay the decommissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which ...

The U.S. Navy has decided to extend the service life of its oldest serving aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, until next year.

The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier will remain in the fleet 10 months longer than expected, according to a Friday contract announcement from the service. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is now scheduled for ...

It took more than 30 hours for sailors to put out the fire aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford last week, sailors and ...

Aircraft carriers are some of the biggest seafaring vessels in the U.S. Navy's arsenal. They're so prodigiously huge — and require so much power — that refueling can take years in drydock. However, on ...