Operation Hailstone, the two-day carrier assault launched 82 years ago this week, demolished Japan's largest overseas naval installation and sent more than 40 ships beneath the waves.

The Marine Corps’ recent exercises on the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) marks the first time that the fifth-generation fighter jet has operated from that vessel.

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance. The United States Navy ...