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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) was the second of three Midway-class aircraft carriers. To her crew, she was known as "Swanky Franky," "Foo-De-Roo," or "Rosie," with the last nickname probably the most popular. Roosevelt spent most of her active deployed career operating in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the United States Sixth ...
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st President of the United States and former Director of Central Intelligence George H. W. Bush , who was a naval aviator during World War II .
Task Force 77 (1965) For decades, Task Force 77 was the aircraft carrier battle/strike force of the United States Seventh Fleet in the United States Navy (USN), a designation lasting from the final year of the Second World War until the disestablishment of the task force in 2000.
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 ...
The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS). In addition, various amphibious warfare ships (LHA, LHD, LPH, and to a lesser degree LPD and LSD classes) can operate as carriers; two of these were converted to mine countermeasures support ships (MCS) , one of which carried ...
New photos show extensive damage inflicted on the USS Harry S. Truman after it collided with a merchant ship near the Suez Canal in Egyptian waters. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was photographed ...
Grumman EA-6B Prowler BuNo. 158817/'NE' of VAQ-137, US Navy, on board the USS Ranger. Crashed and destroyed September 28, 1978: Night catapult launch off the USS Ranger on workups. Flew into the water about 7 miles from the carrier, after launch. Crashed into the Pacific Ocean 110 miles west of San Diego, California. Pilot and ECMO 2 killed on ...
People fish from their kayaks in San Diego Bay as the sun sets behind the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) while docked at Naval Base Coronado on August 11, 2024, in ...