As the Second World War slips further into the past, it's easy to forget that the legendary machines that fought and won it ...

America's first aircraft carrier started out as a cargo ship, had its own pigeon loft, and topped out at 17 mph. Things got ...

When the United States entered World War II, the Navy became one of the most important forces in the Allied war effort. Aircraft carriers helped change the nature of naval warfare, shifting power away ...

On June 8, 1940, just four days after the evacuation of Dunkirk, the United Kingdom's Royal Navy suffered its worst loss of World War II when its HMS Glorious aircraft carrier and two destroyer ...

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers cannot be preserved for safety, security, and cost reasons—meaning that these five ships will likely be the final carriers ever to be preserved as museum ships.