The next generation of aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) was ordered in 2008 and is slated to be delivered in 2016 as the force structure replacement for USS ENTERPRISE (EX-CVN ...

During a 1999 NATO exercise, the Dutch Walrus-class diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus achieved a remarkable feat by ...

The Nimitz-class supercarrier’s arrival in Southeast Asia demonstrates American-Philippine defensive cooperation.

Ford-Class vs. Nimitz-Class: Aircraft Carriers from Different Generations Since the invention of the aircraft carrier in the early twentieth century, the general design of the hallmark vessel has ...

All but one of those carriers belongs to the Nimitz-class, a design which until 2017 was the largest vessel ever built, with hulking displacement exceeding 113,000 tons loaded and a ship’s ...

Nimitz-class USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), however, went above and beyond, and since the beginning of the year it transferred 1 million gallons (4.55 million liters) of fuel to other Navy vessels.

All Nimitz-class carriers were built between 1968 and 2006 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. The Nimitz was the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to join the Navy, following the USS ...

“The Nimitz-class and Ford-class aircraft carriers, by design, can operate with F-35Cs, however, there are modifications to both carrier classes that are required in order to fully employ the ...

The Ford class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers may look similar to what came before, but it is superior in every measure of performance. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip Featured ...

The aircraft carrier Nimitz left Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, on Wednesday and has returned to sea after months of maintenance. Nimitz began a “planned incremental availability ...