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A post-war USS Midway (CV-41) cruises across the Pacific.
USS Midway (CV-41) was the lead ship of the Midway-class aircraft carriers and was by far the longest serving aircraft carrier in the United States Navy.
History[]
USS Midway was laid down on 27 October 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding as the first of the US Navy's supercarriers based on the earlier Essex-class aircraft carriers. USS Midway was named in memory of the Battle of Midway, the first major clash of the US and Japanese navies in World War II in 1943. She was originally part of the experimental aircraft carrier class known as the CVB-class, which ultimately materialised in the Midway-class. USS Midway was, however, not commissioned until 10 September 1945, eight days after the Surrender of Japan. Despite this, she remained in service for nearly fifty years, before being decommissioned on 11 April 1992. She was then preserved on 7 June 2004, in San Diego, California, as USS Midway Museum, and remains as a naval museum to this day.
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