The USS Wasp (CV-7), a unique American aircraft carrier from the WWII era, was a compromised design doomed from the outset by ...

Admiral Andrew Cunningham led a daring assault with HMS Warspite and a formidable British fleet to challenge the Italian Royal Navy near their own shores, aiming for a decisive blow early in Italy’s ...

Enter the Aquila (Italian for “Eagle”). Converted from a transatlantic passenger liner, the SS Roma, Italy had its first aircraft carrier in 1941 and was completed by 1943—the year of the ...

Germany, Italy, and Japan had big plans for aircraft carriers to turn the tide of WWII, but they never made it into battle Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu under attack by US B-17E bombers during ...

By the time World War II started, Ark Royal's air wing numbered between 50 and 60 planes. Early action Italian bombs fell astern of HMS Ark Royal during the Battle of Cape Spartivento on November ...

5 Best Aircraft Carriers of World War II – USS Anzio (CVE-57). The Casablanca-class escort carrier could be described as “the little flattop that could,” as CVE-57 took part in naval ...