The annual fireworks viewing party is back this Friday. This event gives you a front row seat to the Mayor's Big Bang ...

On May 8, 1942, the aircraft carrier Shōkaku launched her full air wing into the skies above the Coral Sea, her Type 21 radar ...

USS Pierre, the 19th vessel of its class, returned to Mobile, Ala., in early June after completing comprehensive testing of its major systems and equipment, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a June 23 ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has set sail from the U.S. on a journey that may eventually lead it toward the ...

A Kentucky man who was stranded in Jerusalem after fighting broke out between Israel and Iran last week has made it safely ...

The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having national historical significance.

The USS Lexington, known as “Lady Lex,” was a powerful aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in turning the tide against the Japanese Empire during World War II. Originally designed as a ...

Such is the story of the oldest remaining Essex-class aircraft carrier, the USS Lexington. Originally created to fight in World War II, the USS Lexington was nearing the end of its operational ...

The USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a Lexington-class carrier that was commissioned on November 16, 1927. She was the nation's third-ever aircraft carrier and one of the largest .

The USS Lexington (CV-2) was recently found in the waters of the Coral Sea just 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia. The aircraft carrier was scuttled following the Battle of Coral Sea in ...

Essex-Class (CV-16) USS Lexington: WWII Aircraft Carrier Hero Now a Floating Museum. For more than three decades, the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been home to one the longest serving Essex ...

At 10:40 a.m., the Devastator and Dauntless bombers of the Lexington swooped down upon the Japanese light carrier Shoho, which could carry thirty-five aircraft on its 205-meter-long flight deck.