ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed Material Maintenance Management Assessment (3MA), March 19–21. “Overall Abe did really well,” said Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Sean Roberts, air department 3M inspector from Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic. “We saw a lot of really good maintenance men and women out […]
Expedition led by Microsoft co-founder locates lost WWII carrier
The aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) was struck by multiple Japanese torpedoes and bombs on May 8, 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, but it wasn’t until a secondary explosion crippled the vessel that the ship’s commanding officer gave the call to abandon ship. More than 200 Lexington sailors were killed in the […]
Carrier John F. Kennedy’s structure passes 70 percent completion
The structural work for the Navy’s next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, is now 70 percent complete, according to a Feb. 22 Huntington Ingalls press release. Kennedy, like the most recently manufactured aircraft carriers, is being built in stages of large, completely outfitted sections at the Newport News Shipyard. Watch now: Read full […]