National Interest on MSN3 个月
How Hard Is It to Sink an Aircraft Carrier? The Navy Took 4 Weeks To Do It
USS America: No Pilots Lost Over Vietnam The USS America had an excellent record during Vietnam. Amazingly, it lost zero ...
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USS Forrestal: Triumph and Tragedy of America's First 'Super' Aircraft Carrier
Thus, the Forrestal became a key strategic asset as the air war over Vietnam got hotter each year that the war continued. USS Forrestal was named after America’s first secretary of defense ...
BBC6 年
US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in historic Vietnam visit
Vietnam specifically exercises claims over the Paracel and Spratly islands. The USS Carl Vinson is a so-called "Nimitz-class" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and supports thousands of sailors and ...
MercoPress10 年
USS Constellation carrier towed to the scrapyard along the coast of South America
The 1,088-foot carrier has to be towed around the tip of South America because ... marketing director of the USS Midway Museum. “It came to embody the entire Vietnam Conflict, much of the ...
BBC1 年
USS Carl Vinson: The US woos an old enemy with a show of strength
The USS Carl Vinson's arrival in Danang this week is a visible gesture of commitment by Washington to the country with which it fought a terrible war just two generations ago. The US-Vietnam ...