Aircraft Carriers of the USN:
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS George Washington (CVN-73), USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), USS Enterprise (CVN-80), USS Doris Miller (CVN-81), USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82), USS George W. Bush (CVN-83).
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 transits into San Diego prior to mooring at Naval Air Station North Island. Nimitz is preparing for a 2009 regularly scheduled Western Pacific Deployment. 29 July 2009.
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class. One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched, and commissioned as CVAN-68, “aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear powered”, but she was later redesignated as CVN-68, “aircraft carrier, multi-mission, nuclear-powered”, on 30 June 1975, as part of a fleet-wide realignment that year. The ship was named after the Second World War Pacific fleet commander Chester W. Nimitz, USN, (1885–1966), who was the Navy’s third fleet admiral. It is the only Nimitz-class carrier whose official name is just the surname of the person it is named for. Nimitz had her homeport at Naval Station Norfolk until 1987, when she was relocated to Naval Station Bremerton in Washington (now part of Naval Base Kitsap). Following her Refueling and Complex Overhaul in 2001, her home port was changed to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego County, California. The home port of Nimitz was again moved to Naval Station Everett in Washington in 2012. In January 2015, Nimitz changed home port from Everett back to Naval Base Kitsap. With the inactivation of USS Enterprise in 2012 and decommissioning in 2017, Nimitz is now the oldest U.S. aircraft carrier in service, and the oldest serving aircraft carrier in the world. (Wikipedia)
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is underway during the Great Green Fleet demonstration portion of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise.
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Two U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II and a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23), together with a Grumman C-2A Greyhound of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30), conduct flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the Pacific Ocean. The F-35 Lightning II Pax River Integrated Test Force from VX-23 was conducting initial at-sea testing aboard Nimitz.
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Flight deck of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), June 2025.
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A port view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with a McDonnell FA-18A Hornet, Fighter Attack Squadron 303 (VFA-303) and Fighter Attack Squadron 305 (VFA-30), 1 August 1992.
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transiting through the Gulf of Oman. 22 May 2007.
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits the Persian Gulf 13 August 2013. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group was deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.
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A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 flies by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Gulf of Oman, 26 June 2013. The Nimitz Strike Group was deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.
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A port view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) underway off the coast of California during pre-cruise work ups, 22 August 1992.
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A starboard bow quarter view (front to back) of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), 16 November 2004.
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68), 12 October 1997.
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Two U.S. Navy LTV A-7E Corsair II from attack squadron VA-82 Marauders flying past the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on 1 November 1979. VA-82 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) for a deployment aboard the Nimitz to the Mediterranean Sea and the India Ocean from 10 September 1979 to 26 May 1980.
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) sails along side of he Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) after a replenishment at sea (RAS). 11 February 2006.
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U.S. Navy aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 perform a fly-by performance for sailors and their family members on a tiger cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the Pacific Ocean. 7 December 2017.
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Royal New Zealand navy Anzac-class frigate HMNZS Te Kaha (F77) in the Philippine Sea. 2 July 2017.
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams ahead of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Howard (DDG 83) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) during an air power demonstration. 1 December 2017.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) steams along side USS George Washington (CVN 73) while conducting turnover operations in the Indian Ocean. 22 July 2000.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The vessel was initially named simply as USS Eisenhower, much like the lead ship of the class, Nimitz, but the name was changed to its present form on 25 May 1970. The carrier, like all others of her class, was constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding Company in Virginia, with the same design as the lead ship, although the ship has been overhauled twice to bring her up to the standards of those constructed more recently. Since commissioning, Dwight D. Eisenhower has participated in deployments including the Gulf War in the 1990s, and more recently in support of U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. The carrier currently serves as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 2. (Wikipedia)
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) transits the Arabian Gulf. 11 October 2016.
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), in the Mediterranean Sea, 3 November 2023.
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) transits the Arabian Gulf. 26 August 2016.
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), the flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, conducts an ammunition onload with the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). 14 April 2016.
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), 21 October 2006.
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The flagship for Commander, Carrier Strike Group Eight (CCSG-8), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), anchors off the coast of Cyprus for a port visit. 25 October 2006.
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Overhead view of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), 9 November 2006.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) transits the Pacific Ocean on 31 May 2015. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), were in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations returning to homeport after a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleets.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the United States Navy’s third Nimitz-class supercarrier. She is named for Carl Vinson (1883–1981), a congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. Navy. The ship was launched during Vinson’s lifetime in 1980, undertook her maiden voyage in 1983, and underwent refueling and overhaul between 2005 and 2009. Carl Vinson is currently the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 1 with Carrier Air Wing Two serving as her air wing. Along with deployments in Operation Desert Strike, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Southern Watch, and Operation Enduring Freedom, Carl Vinson has been involved in a number of notable events. The body of Osama bin Laden was buried at sea in 2011 from the deck of Carl Vinson, and that same year, on Veterans Day, she played host to the first NCAA basketball game on an aircraft carrier, between North Carolina and Michigan State. (Wikipedia)
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) plows through the Indian Ocean as aircraft on its flight deck are prepared for flight operations on 15 March 2005. The Carl Vinson Strike Group was en route to the Persian Gulf to support for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) shown operating off the coast of Haiti. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Haiti in response to the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake disaster.
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U.S. Navy aircraft assigned Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) fly over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in the Persian Gulf on 1 May 1994. CVW-14 was assigned to the Carl Vinson for a deployment to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 17 February to 17 August 1994. The following aircraft are visible: a Grumman F-14D Tomcat from Fighter Squadron 11 (VF-11) “Red Rippers” and from VF-31 Tomcatters; a Lockheed S-3B Viking from Anti-Submarine Squadron 35 (VS-35) “Blue Wolves”; a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C(N) Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) “Fist of the Fleet” and from VFA-113 “Stingers”; a Grumman EA-6B Prowler from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139 (VAQ-139) “Cougars”; a Grumman E-2C Hawkeye from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113 (VAW-113) “Black Eagles”; a Grumman A-6E Intruder from Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) “Main Battery”.
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U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean 10 June 2013. The Carl Vinson was underway off the coast of southern California conducting unit-level training.
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Bell MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter transports cargo from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a vertical replenishment at sea in the Pacific Ocean, 19 December 2011. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 were under way on a western Pacific deployment.
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway in the Arabian Sea. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) moors in Port Klang, Malaysia, 29 December 2024.
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Sunda Strait. 15 April 2017.
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) recovers aircraft during flight operations. Vinson, flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, was deployed to U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of free and open Indo-Pacific. 19 November 2023.
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Philippine Sea near the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), 2 February 2024.
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean 25 January 2020.
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is the fourth Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered, aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is named in honour of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States and a proponent of naval power. She is the fourth ship named in honour of Theodore Roosevelt, three bearing his full name and a fourth with just his last name. Another three U.S. Navy ships have “Roosevelt” in their names in honour of members of the Roosevelt family. This carrier’s radio call sign is “Rough Rider”, the nickname of President Roosevelt’s volunteer cavalry unit during the Spanish–American War. She was launched in 1984, and saw her first action during the Gulf War in 1991. As of August 2024, she was deployed with Carrier Air Wing 11 and Carrier Strike Group 9. (Wikipedia)
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean. 9 November 2017.
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U.S. Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (BuNo. 168877), assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) “Stingers”, flies over the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). VFA-113 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) aboard the Theodore Roosevelt for a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. 26 October 2017.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Arabian Gulf. 14 Octoberf 2017.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) sails through the sunrise during a maneuvering exercise. 23 September 2014.
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U.S. Navy McDonnell F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Aircraft Test Squadron (VX) 23 takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), 16 November 2013, in the Atlantic Ocean. VX-23 was conducting tests of the Joint Precision Approach Landing System.
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Grumman EA-6B Prowler” from the “Rooks” of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Seven (VAQ-137) circles USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for its final approach. 4 December 2001.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) steams in the Atlantic Ocean. Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 were conducting a tailored ship’s training availability and final evaluation problem. 27 March 2008.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) underway in the Atlantic Ocean during a strait transit exercise on 30 January 2019.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is the third Navy ship to have been named after the former President Abraham Lincoln. Her home port is NAS North Island, San Diego, California; she is a member of the United States Pacific Fleet. She is administratively responsible to Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, and operationally serves as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3 and host to Carrier Air Wing Nine.[4] She was returned to the fleet on 12 May 2017, marking the successful completion of her Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) carried out at Newport News Shipyard. In August 2024, USS Abraham Lincoln and her strike group deployed to the Middle East as part of the U.S. response to the escalation of tensions between Iran and Israel. (Wikipedia)
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Boeing F-A-18F Super Hornet（VFA-41）of landing on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), 13 July 2022.
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A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USN Pawcatuck (T-AO-108) conducting underway replenishment operations with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), 9 October 1990.
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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) while in San Diego Bay taken from a helicopter. 2 August 2011.
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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) preparing for flight operations in the Gulf of Alaska as part of the joint training exercise, “Northern Edge” 19 April 2002.
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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) underway in the Western Pacific on 21 December 2004.
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Multinational task force led by USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). at RIMPAC, 4 August 2022
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
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USS George Washington (CVN 73) transits the East China Sea. George Washington is participating in Keen Sword 2010 with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship with that name, after George Washington, Founding Father, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States. The contract for George Washington was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding on 27 December 1982. Her keel was laid on 25 August 1986, she was christened on 21 July 1990 by First Lady Barbara Bush, and the vessel was commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk on 4 July 1992. In 2008, USS George Washington became the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier to be forward-deployed at naval base Yokosuka, Japan. The carrier underwent her four-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) beginning in August 2017. After refueling was completed additional repairs were found to be needed and the overhaul was extended. The ship was returned to service in May 2023. (Wikipedia)
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USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducts a vertical replenishment at sea in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. George Washington and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are underway for a routine summer patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. 8 July 2012.
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USS George Washington (CVN 73) and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) prepare for flight operations in the Arabian Gulf. The Norfolk, Va. based aircraft carrier embarked CVW-7 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 22 April 2004.
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USS George Washington (CVN 73) makes a speed run in the Atlantic Ocean while conducting carrier qualifications, 4 November 2001.
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U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships steam in formation while participating in a photo exercise with the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) at the culmination of ANNUALEX 2008.
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A U.S. Navy Grumman EA-18G Growler aircraft assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, right, and a McDonnell F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 take off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while alongside the guided missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) Aug. 20, 2013, while underway in the Philippine Sea.
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A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 leads two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft and a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 in a left echelon flight formation over the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Talisman Saber 2013 in the Coral Sea, 26 July 2013.
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Sailors assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, the Navy’s F-35C Fleet replacement squadron, pose on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during an aerial photo exercise. VFA-101 aircraft and pilots are conducting initial qualifications aboard George Washington in the Atlantic Ocean. The F-35C is expected to be Fleet operational in 2018.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) sails in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The aircraft carrier deployed two months prior to its scheduled deployment date to help combat the war on terrorism, 16 January 2002.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), named for Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi, is the seventh of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 9 December 1995. Her temporary home port is Norfolk, Virginia, for her scheduled refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), which began in 2019. After her overhaul is completed sometime in the 2020s, she is scheduled to return to Bremerton, Washington. (Wikipedia)
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) steams through the Philippine Sea. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, John C. Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment.
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, John C. Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment, 17 May 2016. Guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) is alongside firing a MK 45 5-inch gun during a sea-power demonstration.
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits the Pacific Ocean. John C. Stennis is underway conducting flight deck certifications, carrier qualifications and training for future operations after completing its planned incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. 5 September 2017.
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) receives stores while conducting a vertical replenishment at sea, during Rim of the Pacific 2016.
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), right, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). John C. Stennis is underway with the ships and squadrons of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 conducting a group sail training in preparation for its next scheduled deployment. 10 May 2018.
Aircraft Carriers of the USN USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), USS Enterprise (CVN-80), USS Doris Miller (CVN-81), USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82), USS George W. Bush (CVN-83). Listed on a separate page on this website.