The final ship of the Essex-class, and the last wooden-deck aircraft carrier to serve with the U.S. Navy, she was laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 15, 1942 ...

Historic WWII-era aircraft known as the "Warbirds" transit from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard USS Essex (LHD-2) ahead of a planned ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal-class "supercarrier," was the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed with an angled deck. -Commissioned in the late 1950s, it served in ...