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

Modern U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have typically been named after U.S. presidents, though there have been a few notable exceptions -- the USS Enterprise, USS Nimitz and the USS John C.

The White House announced that the Navy chose to name the fifth and sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS ...

Summary and Key Points: The debate over the relevance of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in modern warfare has persisted ... of ...

While modern threats challenge their effectiveness, the Navy's ability to project ... Some analysts have argued that modern-day threats could more easily target carriers. For instance, the ...

The retired U.S. Navy vessel will head to Brownsville, Texas, on a two-week journey that will end with the aircraft carrier's ...

the carriers’ viability. For $3 billion the Navy could have ten more nimble littoral combat ships providing increased day-to-day presence. Furthermore, of the 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile ...

In adopting Miller’s name for its next carrier, the Navy is breaking from the modern tradition of naming aircraft carriers after commanders-in-chief; as Military.com points out, the christening ...

Two future Ford-class aircraft carriers will be named for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It's the US Navy convention to name nuclear-powered flattops after presidents, with some ...