Old soldiers (and old sailors for that matter) may fade away, but modern warships meet a crueler fate: they head to the scrap yard and are "broken up" after their years of service. It begins with a ...

Robbins and his crew called the plan “Operation Pinwheel” because of the circular motion the planes would create when pushing the massive carrier in its desired direction.

The remains of the Navy’s last conventionally-powered aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is on its way from the Navy’s ...

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 ...

Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Fujian returned to a dry dock at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai from a sea trial on January 7.

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) left Philadelphia Thursday for its final voyage. The ship will sail down to Brownsville, Texas, where it will be dismantled.

and both CV-63 and CV-67 were ordered to be scrapped. What is noteworthy is that the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation had sought for years to have the Forrestal-class carrier preserved, but the U.S ...