This is a major milestone that brings the country's newest aircraft carrier another step closer to delivery and commissioning later this year. Hide Caption 16 of 31 Photos: U.S. aircraft carriers The USS Ranger (CV-61) arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1993. At that time, the Kitty Hawk was the oldest carrier in the U.S. Navy and the only conventional-power aircraft carrier still in commission. Hide Caption 29 of 31 Photos: U.S. aircraft carriers There have actually been two aircraft carriers named after the Revolutionary War's Battle of Saratoga. Hide Caption 31 of 31"Japan reimburses the United States for a large faction of those costs and that's good too ...

Source: CNN December 05, 2016 07:25 UTC