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 ...

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The PLAN is the world's largest navy, which operated 234 warships as of June 2024. The U.S. Navy operated 219, 11 of which are aircraft carriers. The PLAN has three carriers as of January 2025 and ...

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.