USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest warship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal. She operated for 47 years, during which time she saw action in the Vietnam War and served as the Persian Gulf flagship in 1991's Operation Desert Storm. Decommissioned in 1992, she is now a museum ship at the USS Midway Museum, in San Diego, California, and is the only remaining inactive U.S. aircraft carrier that is not an Essex-class aircraft carrier.
USS Midway steaming off the Firth of Clyde in September 1952.
Midway after commissioning in September 1945
Midway in 1965 after SCB-110
Midway en route to Southeast Asia in April 1972
Midway-class aircraft carrier
The Midway-class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977. USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.
USS Midway before SCB-110 upgrade
Franklin D. Roosevelt under way in 1969
Image: USS Midway (CV 41) leaving Yokosuka, Crew spelling Sayonara
Image: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) aerial photo in 1986