When the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group gets underway this year, 1,600 sailors will embark on the largest volunteer ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrived at Naval Base Guam on March 24 for a scheduled port visit. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan/U.S. Navy) The aircraft ...

The Navy proposes to homeport the USS John F. Kennedy at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, replacing a departing Nimitz-class carrier. Electrical upgrades at the base will begin in 2026 to support the ...

The White House announced Monday that the Navy will name the two latest Ford-class aircraft carriers after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The future USS William J. Clinton and ...

Clinton is on the Navy’s books to begin construction between 2028 and 2030. The most recent Ford-class carrier cost about $14 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service.

The United States' 11 carriers aren't the same class, as the fleet replaces older carriers as new ones are commissioned. Currently, the U.S. operates ten Nimitz-class carriers and one Gerald R.

The world's largest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, which entered service in 2017. It's the lead ship in the U.S. Navy's latest Gerald R. Ford class of nuclear aircraft carriers ...

China is serious about launching aircraft carriers to compete with the Ford-class designs. Their aircraft carriers are still not nuclear-powered, and overall are not as capable as the Ford-class ...

March 29, 2024: In the United States, new aircraft carrier USS Kennedy, CVN (nuclear-powered aircraft carrier) 79, the second of the new Ford-class carriers, is 18 months late, in part because the ...

The second Ford-class aircraft carrier hit a major milestone this week with shipbuilders completing over 79% of interior compartment spaces for the John F. Kennedy crew, officials said.

The first-in-class USS Gerald Ford carrier (foreground) operated alongside the Nimitz-class USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (at right) in October amid high tensions in the Middle East. Credit ...

The size of a small town, one carrier can be a tempting target. The Nimitz-class carriers, which make up most of the US carrier fleet at present, carry around 5,000 to 5,200 people. This crew is ...