One of the U.S.’ most important Cold War-era aircraft carriers was the ... The contract for what would become the USS Saratoga was awarded to the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York ...

Between 1941 and 1945, the United States Navy commissioned several classes of aircraft carriers ... Today, it is a museum in New York City. The first of two carriers in WWII to be named Lexington ...

When Pilot Lieutenant Jim Lloyd launched from USS Saratoga on a ... Back on Saratoga, a rescue mission was quickly organized, with multiple aircraft searching for the downed pilot.

After a Category 4 typhoon rocked Guam last week, the United States ordered an aircraft carrier ... Today, it is a museum in New York City. The first of two carriers in WWII to be named Lexington ...

On the night of Oct. 10, 1985, Lt. Cmdr. Barry Steel, call sign Vert, was relaxing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. The ship was cruising in Alert 60, a readiness condition with weapons ...

For some time plans had been brewing to land the giant dirigible Los Angeles on the deck of the aircraft carrier Saratoga. So delicate and important was the experiment that news was guarded until ...

They’d soon be navigating the Pacific, launching planes off of aircraft carriers and battling Axis ... Photograph: Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out New York The allure of travel motivated ...

Fortunately for the Pacific Fleet, its aircraft carriers — USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Saratoga (CV-3), and USS Enterprise (CV-6) — weren't in port, so the Japanese fleet couldn't find them ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North ...

After nearly two decades of hanging out on the Intrepid aircraft carrier in the Hudson River ... and 59 seconds from Heathrow in London to JFK in New York City. Its four turbojet engines with ...

During a Vietnam War reconnaissance mission, Lieutenant Jim Lloyd took off from the USS Saratoga ... Back on the Saratoga, a high-stakes rescue mission was launched, with aircraft scouring the ...