Ship's Log
USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75: The 2002-03 Operation Iraqi Freedom...
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean for her first combat cruise — Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003. Browse the collection.
USS Coral Sea CVA-43: The 1971-72 WESTPAC Deployment
USS Coral Sea CVA-43 was on Yankee Station during Operation Linebacker, 1972 — the most intense air war of Vietnam. Browse the cruise collection.
USS Ranger CVA/CV-61: Thirty-Six Years on the Line
USS Ranger CVA/CV-61 served for 36 years — from 1957 to 1993 — flying combat missions in Vietnam, Cold War patrols, and Desert Storm before her final decommissioning.
Mid-Rats: The Navy's Midnight Meal and What It Means to...
Mid-rats — midnight rations — is the meal served to the night watch on every Navy ship. Every veteran who served at sea knows it. Here's what it meant.
USS Carl Vinson CVN-70: The 2010-11 Deployment and Operation Neptune...
USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 received the body of Osama bin Laden and committed it to the North Arabian Sea on May 2, 2011 — the final act of the decade-long manhunt.
USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63: The 1972 WESTPAC and Operation Linebacker
USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 flew combat missions on Yankee Station during Operation Linebacker in 1972 — one of the most operationally intense carrier deployments of the Vietnam War.