Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal-class "supercarrier," was the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed with an angled deck. -Commissioned in the late 1950s, it served in ...

The project’s termination marked the end of this particular supercarrier vision, but it paved the way for the more practical Forrestal-class carriers. Since the founding of the United States ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), introduced in the mid-1950s, was the third Forrestal-class supercarrier and the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed from the outset with an angled..

Over 100 veterans said their goodbyes to the USS Saratoga, a Forrestal-class carrier that protected the United States for nearly 50 years and saw action in Vietnam and in Operation Desert Storm.

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier departed the Navy's Philadelphia Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility on Jan. 16 under tow to its final destination: International Shipbreaking ...