Two recent aircraft carriers—each named USS Enterprise—would have made memorable museum ships. For various reasons, neither could be saved.

Even though aircraft carriers have been around for decades, many can't help but marvel at the unimaginable vastness of the vessels. They are floating military cities that can park off the coast of ...

Key Points and Summary - USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier and a U.S. Navy icon. Commissioned in 1961, the “Big E” tracked John Glenn’s Friendship 7, enforced the ...

A small boat passes in front of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as it is anchored of the coast of Faliro, near Athens, Greece, on March 29, 2012. File photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP A ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile, Alabama, according to The National Interest. Constructed in 1958, the ...

The U.S. Navy will drop from 11 to 10 aircraft carriers for about a year once the USS Nimitz is decommissioned next year, as recent budget documents show a new carrier will be delayed from its ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, named after the 38th President of the United States, is the next generation of American nuclear aircraft carriers. It gives a whole new meaning behind the name "supercarrier." ...