(And Which Ones Does The US Navy Have?) ... some of the earliest aircraft carriers were used to transport war balloons and ...

First launching on June 13, 1940, it was the newest battleship in the US Navy by the time the US entered World War II. The ship measured 728 feet.

The US Navy banned alcohol consumption on naval vessels, bases and shipyards in 1914. As the US faced the impending threat of war, sailors needed an alternative morale boost: ice cream.