On this day in aviation history, February 12, 1935, the United States Navy’s scouting airship and “flying aircraft carrier” USS Macon (ZRS-5) was lost in a storm of the California coast. Having once ...

Two recent aircraft carriers—each named USS Enterprise—would have made memorable museum ships. For various reasons, neither could be saved.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Thousands of sailors call ships home for months at a time, and some of these ships, such as the USS George H.W. Bush, are named after certain people or places. In this case, the ...

Twenty-five years ago this week a nuclear powered aircraft carrier was commissioned honoring Illinois' favorite son. The USS Abraham Lincoln began a world tour that continues to this day. The ship is ...

The USS Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in World War II, is now a museum and war memorial in Massachusetts.

The USS Jacob Jones was sunk by a German U-boat in late 1917, killing more than half of its crew. By Nicholas Slayton Published Feb 18, 2024 5:05 PM EST For the first time in 107 years, something from ...

MANITOWOC – The USS Cobia will head to dry dock in September. The Wisconsin Maritime Museum will celebrate this milestone with a 1940s-themed event, Swingin' in Dry Dock, later this month, according ...

In the Bay Area, nice ships are a dime a dozen. But there’s only one ship that was the presidential yacht for Franklin D. Roosevelt and owned by Elvis, then later impounded in one of the biggest drug ...

Riding a battleship isn't an everyday experience, so when a family member messaged me in early March about a chance to ride one into dry dock, I thought he was joking. I was already aware of the USS ...

Seven U.S. Navy vessels have been named the USS California since 1867. Perhaps the most famous is the fifth one, the Tennessee-class battleship given the identification number BB-44 (“Battleship #44”) ...

MOUNT PLESANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Friday morning, Patriots Point will welcome veterans who once called “the Fighting Lady” home, for an annual memorial service to honor and recognize those who paid the ...