As the aircraft carrier Taihō slipped beneath the waves, Vice-Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa initially chose to go down with his ship ...

On January 14, 1969, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise suffered one ... ready for her fourth deployment to Vietnam. At 0818, an explosion rocked the port quarter of the Enterprise’s flight ...

On May 26, 1954, more than 100 crewmembers of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington died in an explosion off Rhode Island.

Losing an aircraft carrier is a significant loss for any ... causing a second huge explosion. Soon, a fire engulfed much of the carrier, and the order to abandon ship was ultimately given.

although the Yemen-based group has continued its disinformation war against the U.S., most recently opening up a museum exhibit that included a diorama of an aircraft carrier explosion.

Ultimately, the explosion caused damage that would cost roughly $1 billion when adjusted for inflation in the modern era. As the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to ever sail the ...

The explosion and fire nearly killed Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III, the future senator and presidential candidate. Crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal looking through a bomb-buckled deck ...

The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having ...

Truman aircraft carrier in just over a week, a U.S. official told ABC News. The F/A-18 F fighter jet was attempting a nighttime landing onto the deck of the carrier when the crew was unable to ...

Aircraft carriers have played a pivotal role in naval ... during the Battle of Leyte Gulf when she was hit by a Japanese bomb. This explosion acted as the spark for more explosions on the ship ...

A Delta 757-200 undergoes maintenance at the carrier’s Atlanta TechOps facility ... injured early Tuesday morning in a reported tire explosion at Delta Air Lines’ Atlanta maintenance ...