America’s Essex-class aircraft carriers were the backbone of U.S. naval power in World War II’s Pacific War and stayed relevant for decades. -Larger decks, stronger armor, bigger air wings, and ...

Before World War II, the U.S. Navy was still a battleship navy. Carriers were important, but they were not yet the defining symbol of American sea power. That changed in the early 1940s, when the Navy ...

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