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Where are America’s aircraft carriers now?

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.
One of the youngest Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarines will be inactivated after waiting more than a decade for an overhaul, the Navy announced on Friday. Now, after 11 years, the Navy ...
Sailors who have been aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford over the last nine months are mere days away from breaking the record for the longest deployment in the United States' post-Cold ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Newport News is building momentum, and while growing, it’s building with purpose. Mayor Phillip Jones delivered that message during his state of the city address Monday ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Newport News Fire Department responded to a structural collapse at the former site of Camp Morrison Monday afternoon, according to the Newport News Fire Department. On ...
USS Gerald R. Ford to return home after record 10-month deployment, ending Middle East operations tied to Iran and Venezuela, ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News police are investigating after a man accidentally shot himself at a 7-Eleven on Oyster Point Road Tuesday morning. Officers responded around 6:43 a.m. to the 7-Eleven ...
The Navy is canceling a long-delayed overhaul of the USS Boise after costs ballooned to nearly $3 billion, with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan saying the submarine no longer made financial or ...