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The U.S. Navy kept aircraft carriers in the Great Lakes during WWII to train new pilots for carrier landings without being ...
The Alaska-class ships were unique American warships from World War II, designed as massive “large cruisers” or ...
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The Incredible Story of the USS Washington

A marvel of engineering in its day, the USS Washington blended heavy armor with impressive speed. She was truly a “fast battleship” capable of keeping pace with carrier task forces. Her displacement ...
Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy The USS Intrepid American carrier planes attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk Lagoon on ...
Wikimedia Commons/NASA Apollo 8 Astronauts and the USS Yorktown Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m. on December 27, 1968, in the Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii. USS Yorktown waited ...
June 19th, 1944, marked a historic day for the US Navy's submarine force as two of Japan’s most powerful aircraft carriers, ...