What You Need to Know: The USS United States (CVA-58) was a highly ambitious post-WWII U.S. Navy supercarrier program designed to carry large bombers capable of delivering nuclear payloads ...

Track SS United States route, current location off Florida, Gulf USS United States left Philadelphia Feb. 14, traveled down the Delaware River to Delaware Bay and out to the Atlantic.

Summary and 4 Points You Need to Know: The USS United States was a proposed supercarrier designed in the late 1940s to accommodate larger aircraft capable of delivering nuclear bombs. -It featured ...

In July 1948, Defense Secretary James Forrestal approved plans for five such carriers, the first-named USS United States with hull number CVA-58.

USS Oriskany could be getting some company. Escambia considers sinking USS United States Pensacola is coming up on the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Oriskany.