Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

The United States has a long tradition of naming some of its aircraft carriers — massive warships that are crewed by thousands of sailors and carry dozens of planes — after former presidents.

Of course, the naming of warships, and especially aircraft carriers­, ­hasn’t been without controversy. The choice of name for the seventh Nimitz-class carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74 ...

The first true aircraft carriers entered service at the end of World War I, as the Royal Navy converted several of its excess warships into large, floating airfields. During the... We use cookies to ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

The country that actually has the most war ships in a navy isn't who you might think it is, and that country is continuing to add more vessels.

The United States has a long tradition of naming some of its aircraft carriers – massive warships that are crewed by thousands of sailors and carry dozens of planes – after former presidents.