The Big E” completed 25 deployments during 51 years of service, according to Naval History and Heritage Command.

The delivery of the US Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is likely to be delayed beyond its July 2025 contract date. -Navy officials cited “critical path ...

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar early this morning as it headed home ...

Instead, the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, CVN-80, would also be named the USS Enterprise. The forthcoming Enterprise's construction began in August 2017, and it was meant to enter ...

Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

What there isn't any debate about is the "N" in CVN. That definitively refers to the nuclear reactor on the aircraft carrier. No, being a nuclear aircraft carrier doesn't mean the carrier is armed ...

"The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M at approximately 11:46 p.m. local time, Feb. 12, while operating in ...

Another aircraft carrier now home-based in Bremerton is the Nimitz-class USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76). "The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier would depart NAVBASE Kitsap-Bremerton in fiscal year (FY ...