The USS Midway Museum is opening the doors to a previously unseen, top-secret area of the ship where naval intelligence ...

The USS Midway is huge. She was the first of a new generation of carriers, referred to as battle carriers. She measures nearly 1,000 feet long. For 10 years, from 1945 to 1955, she was the largest ...

Designed as a “beefier battle carrier” with an armored flight deck, the Midway-class carriers including the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Coral Sea, initially aimed to carry 130 aircraft.

USS Midway Museum. The U.S. Navy had donated the C-2 to the Midway Museum in Aug. 2022, ... The twin-engine, high-wing aircraft flew passengers, cargo and mail to and from aircraft carriers at sea.

SAN DIEGO — The USS Midway Museum on Thursday announced a new addition to its historical collection of aircraft. A newly restored Navy C-2A Greyhound “Carrier Onboard Delivery,” first ...

While the Midway-class carriers were intended to sail faster than the preceding Essex-class ships, their top speed was only even reached by the USS Midway in 1945. Naval Encyclopedia detailed why.

In addition to surveying the Akagi, researchers also did an in-depth archaeological survey of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, also sunk at Midway, and the first viewing in 25 years of the USS ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — This Memorial Day weekend, the USS Midway Museum is honoring the service members who worked aboard the steam-powered aircraft carrier when it was part of the fleet.

In this photo provided by the Ocean Exploration Trust, the aircraft crane of the carrier USS Yorktown still stands at the aft end of the ship's island on Sept. 10, 2023. Ocean Exploration Trust / AP ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford is the latest in a line of iconic aircraft carriers from the U.S., but it would have never been created if not for these ships.