USS Monterey (CVL-26, originally CV-26, later AVT-2),1943-1971 USS Monterey, an 11,000-ton Independence classsmall aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Begunas the light cruiser Dayton ...

The late Gerald R. Ford, a native of Grand Rapids, served as president from 1974-77. He attained the rank of lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II, serving on the USS Monterey (CVL 26).

Of those 1,177 lives lost on the USS Arizona, three of those men were from Monterey County. Those men were Michael Criscuolo, Tom Trovato and Jack Hazdovac.

USS Independence Features on an historic photo of USS Independence CVL 22 are captured in a three-dimensional (3D) low-resolution sonar image of the shipwreck in Monterey Bay National Marine ...

USS Monterey (CVL-26, originally CV-26, later AVT-2),1943-1971 USS Monterey, an 11,000-ton Independence classsmall aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Begunas the light cruiser Dayton ...