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USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest warship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal .
The USS Midway was the United States' longest-serving aircraft carrier of the 20th century, from 1945 to 1992. Approximately 200,000 sailors served aboard the carrier, known for several naval aviation breakthroughs as well as several humanitarian missions. It was the only carrier to serve the entire length of the Cold War and beyond.
The Midway class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977. [2] USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990. [3]
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
This category contains the Midway-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy ... USS Coral Sea (CV-43) F. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt; M. USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Midway (AG-41), which was named Oritani and then Tyree before being chartered as a general auxiliary in 1942, renamed to Panay in 1943, and returned to its owner in 1946; USS Midway (CVE-63), which was an escort carrier commissioned in 1943, renamed St. Lo one year later, and sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf shortly afterward
Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway and could help solve mysteries about the ...
Battle of Midway, a pivotal World War II battle fought around, on, and in the air above Midway Atoll (June 1942) Naval Air Facility Midway Island, a U.S. Naval Air Station in the Midway Atoll (1941–1993) USS Midway, the name of three different U.S. Navy ships: USS Midway, a cargo ship and troop transporter later renamed Panay (1942–1946)