Key Points and Summary - USS America, a conventionally powered Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, served from Vietnam through Desert Storm before retiring in 1996. -In 2005, she undertook a final mission: a 25-day at-sea live-fire evaluation off North Carolina.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, has arrived in the Caribbean as the war on drug traffickers being waged by Donald Trump ’s administration threatens to escalate.

The USS Gerald R. Ford joins warships in Latin America and the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up its drug war. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the US buildup is designed to drive him from power.

The America-class amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli leaves San Diego Bay on May 19. (Photo by Sara L. Eshleman/U.S. Navy) The Navy’s two newest amphibious assault ships, the USS America and USS Tripoli, are swapping home ports between San Diego and ...

General Dynamics NASSCO has won a potential $209.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide modernization, maintenance and repair support for the USS America (LHA 6) amphibious assault ship. The Department of Defense said Tuesday Naval Sea Systems ...

The USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, reinforcing the US military presence in Latin America for what the Pentagon claims is an operation to combat drug trafficking.

The presence of the Nimitz in the South China Sea comes amid tensions between China and the Philippines, an American ally, over Scarborough shoal. There coral reefs enclose a large lagoon about 135 nautical miles (250km) west of Manila Bay,

The USS Jason Dunham returned to Naval Station Mayport in Florida after 91 days at sea as part of the U.S. mission in the Caribbean.

President Trump is said to be weighing options that could dramatically escalate the use of the U.S. military in combating drug cartels in Venezuela. The U.S. already has nearly a dozen ships as well as 12,