While the White House publicized the decision, the responsibility and authority to name ships lies squarely in the hands of ...

The Naval Aircraft Factory N3N was designed and built at roughly the same time as the Stearman PT-17, a more famous biplane ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its ...

The Navy vessels will be the first to bear the names of former presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush.

An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.

The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F ... who had served as a naval officer during World War II. After his motor torpedo boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, he famously helped ...