The U.S. may have fielded the largest aircraft carrier fleet in World War 2, but Japan was no slouch. Through conversions, it also amassed a pretty large fleet.
A look at every U.S. aircraft carrier sunk in WWII, from USS Langley to USS Bismarck Sea, the battles they fought, and the sacrifices of their crews.
Conceived at the end of World War II and commissioned just after it, the Midway-class—Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Coral Sea—were the U.S. Navy’s first “big deck” carriers with armored flight ...
The USS George Washington joined British and Japanese aircraft carriers in the North Philippine Sea for a show of force. By Nicholas Slayton Published Aug 10, 2025 6:09 PM EDT Ships from several ...