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USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship with that name, after George Washington, Founding Father, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States.
During World War II, the United States Navy purchased two Great Lakes side-wheel paddle steamers and converted them into freshwater aircraft carrier training ships. Both vessels were designated with the hull classification symbol IX and lacked hangar decks, elevators or armaments.
United Kingdom / United States jet trainer T-45C: 189 [1] T-54 Marlin II: United States multi-engine trainer T-54A: 2 [3] 8 on order with option for an additional 54 [1] C-26 Metroliner: United States USNTPS trainer C-26A 1 [1] Flight officer training C-38 Courier: United States chase plane / radar target C-38A 2 [1] TH-57 Sea Ranger: United ...
New photos show the damage to a US Navy aircraft carrier sustained in a collision with a merchant ship last week. The warship USS Harry S. Truman docked at a US naval facility in Souda Bay, Greece ...
Interior Communications Electrician Fireman Michael Colonna, left, from Sterling Heights, Mich., and Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Anthony King, from Nacogdoches, Texas, checks for voltage on an aircraft carrier elevator bell buzzer circuit during a dock trial aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sailors man the rails as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan for the last time May 16, 2024.
YS-3A prototype S-3 escape system testing. In the mid-1960s, the United States Navy (USN) formulated the VSX (Heavier-than-air, Anti-submarine, Experimental) requirement, which sought a dedicated anti-submarine aircraft capable of flying off of its aircraft carriers as a replacement for its existing inventory of piston-engined Grumman S-2 Trackers.
An aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, shot down 911 enemy aircraft and sank 71 ships. It also damaged or destroyed another 192 ships and was vital in the Doolittle Raids. ... [United States Navy ...