Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance. The United States Navy ...
The U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), front, USS Mahan (DDG 72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG ...
November 3, 2025: Delays in building new Ford-class CVN nuclear-powered aircraft carriers mean that, within a year, the U.S. Navy will have only ten carriers rather than the usual eleven. The first ...