making them ideal for escorting America’s new Essex-class aircraft carriers and engaging enemy fleets. The USS Illinois (BB-65) was one proposed Iowa-class battleship that might have altered the ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Franklin (CV-13), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, was one of the most decorated ships in U.S. Navy history. Commissioned in January 1944, it participated in ...

Essex-based Universal Site Supplies, which supplies construction and safety products to the industry, has completed a management buy-out with the support of Affinia.

USS Yorktown, at Patriots Point for a memorial ceremony. The Franklin was a CV-13 Essex Class warship stationed in the Pacific Theater. It received catastrophic damage but did not sink on the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Less than a year after returning from fighting Houthis in the Red Sea, the USS Gravely, stationed at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, is heading south. “The Navy’s still ...