- KITTY HAWK CV -63 The "Battle Cat" returned from forward deployed at Sasabo, Japan. January'08 home port. 28May'08 deploys from Japan after ten years. Replaced by George Washington. Decomm 12May'09, age 48
CV- 63 Kittyhawk
- ENTERPRISE CVN-65 Returned 20Dec'07 from deployment. Yard maintance. Aug'09 recertification. April'10 Post maintence cruise. Blue water certified 21Oct'10. Deployed 13Jan'11. Lisbon Jan 31. In Gulf. 15July'11 Returned Norfolk.
Gulf Feb 17. Training Jan'12 for last deployment. Afterwards to decommission late 2012.
Big 'E' is home of Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1).
Vicksburg (CG 69),
Porter (DDG 78)
James E. Williams (DDG 95)
Nitze (DDG 94)
- NIMITZ CVN-68 San Diego Sept'07 heading home from deployment.
24Jan'08 deploys to replace Kitty Hawk while in maintenance. 3Mar So Korea. Exercise with Essex. June'08 return. 1Jun'09 Quals. 31July'09 deploys. Aug'09 Japan.. Sept'09 relieves Reagan. Feb'10 Hong Kong. March '10 returns San Diago. 30June Sea trials. Aug training with Lincoln.
7Dec'10 to Bremerton for 1-year maintenance. New home port Bremerton, Dec'11.
Nimitz (CVN 68)
- EISENHOWER CVN-69 Norfolk. Deployed 21Feb09. Behran May'09. Returns July 31'09. Certifications Oct'09. Deploy 3Jan 2010. Relieved 2July by Truman. 28July'10 returned to Norfolk. Oct begins 6-mo yard period. Extended to June. Ends yard period. June'11 Completes sea trials
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) Carrier Air Wing 7
Hue City (CG-66)
McFaul (DDG-74)
Carney (DDG-64)
Farragut (DDG-99)
- VINSON CVN-70 "Gold Eagle", Bremerton, WA.
15Nov'05 into drydock Norfolk for 3-year refuel and midlife overhaul. Aug'08 Crew back. 7July'09 begins second half of her lifetime. Dec'09 Post yard trials. Jan'10 to South on to SanDiego. Haiti aid. Apr'10 arrive San Diego, new home port. July'10 training at sea. 30Nov'10 deployment. 13Jan'11 Korea. Buries Bin Laden at sea. May passing trough Med on way home. 15June '11 home. 1Dec deploys as CSG 1.
Vinson CVN-70 with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17
Bunker Hill (CG 52) Charlotte (SSN-766)?
Halsey (DDG 97)
- ROOSEVELT CVN-71 , Norfolk. 24May'08 complete quals. 8Sept'08 deploy. 4Oct CapeTown, S.Afr.
Off Afghanistan. 18Apr'09 Returned. 31Aug'09 enter drydock Norfolk for 4-year refuel and midlife overhaul til Feb'13. May'11 completed drydock portion.
Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
- LINCOLN CVN-72 Everett, Wash. CSG 9. May'08 in Gulf. Sep'08 at Pearl returning home. Oct 9 arrived SanDiego. Dec Training, home Everett, Wash. Yard period. Feb'10 Flight Deck Tests. Pre-deploy insp.
Aug training with Nimitz. 7Sep deploy. 19Sep exercise off Hawaii. 25Nov in Gulf area. 17Feb'11 Singapore. 24Mar'11 returns Everett.
Sep'11 exercise.Dec deployed. Jan'12 ThialandWill return to a new home port, Norfolk.
Carrier Strike Group 9
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln
Carrier Air Wing Two.
Lincoln (CVN-72) Cape St George (CG-71)
Momsen (DDG 92) Sterett DDG-104
- WASHINGTON CVN-73 Forward deployed Yokosuka, Japan, replacing Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Fire 22May'08. Depart for Japan 21Aug'08. Arrive Yokosuka 25Sept.;
2Oct'08 exercises. May'09 exercises. July'09 Fremantle, Australia. Hong Kong Oct'09. Korea July'10. Nov'10 to Yellow Sea. June'11 summer patrol.
George Washington (CVN-73) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17
Farragut (DDG 99)
Kauffman (FFG 59)
CG -63 Cowpens - Yokosuka, Japan
DDG-56 John S. McCain
DDG-62 Fitzgerald
DDG-89 Mustin
DDG 63 Stethem
- STENNIS CVN-74 Bremerton, WA. Mar'08 return from trials. May training. June FltExercise. Oct test Growler EA-18G.
13Jan'09 Depart for WestPac. April'09 Thailand. 10July'09 returned. Apr'10 Maintentance period. 03Mar'11 complete sea trials. 3Jun'11 ready to deploy. 25July to San Diego. 28July'11 deploy.
Carrier Strike Group 3
JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74)
Carrier Air Wing 9
Mobile Bay (CG-53)
Pinckney (DDG-91)
Kidd (DDG-100)
Dewey (DDG-105)
Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)
- TRUMAN CVN-75 Norfolk. Nov'07 Deploy. May'08 returning through Med.
Feb'09 Qualifications. May'09 work-up cycle. July Qualifications. Sept'09 Exercises. Feb'10 Exercises. 21May'10 deploys. 2July relieves Ike. 21Dec2010 returns Norfolk.
Harry S. Truman - CVN-75
Air Wing Three - 80 planes
Normandy (CG 60)
Ross (DDG 71)
Occar Austin (DDG 79)
Winston Churchill (DDG 81)
Milius (DDG-69)
FGS Hessen (F221) - German Frigate
(SSN )
USNS (T-AOE )
- REAGAN CVN-76 San Diego. 28May'09 Deploys. 24June Singapore. 6July relieves Eisenhower. Sep'09 relieved by Nimitz. visit Thailand. 15Oct'09 Heads home. May'10 completes post maintenance. July'10 Hawaii for RimPac. 7Mar'11 deploys to WestPac. 12Mar'11 redirected to give aid from earthquake/tidal wave in Japan. May '11 arrive Gulf area.
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14
Chancellorsville (CG 62)
Preble (DDG 88) DESRON 7.
- George H.W. BUSH CVN-77 Commissioned Jan. 10, 2009. 16Feb completed builder's trials. 9Apr'09 completed acceptance trials.11May'09 Navy takes delivery. 19May'10 first flight operations. 22Feb-11Mar'11 JTFEX. 11May'11 Deploys.
Bush (CVN-77) with CVW-8
Gettysburg (CG-64)
Anzio (CG 68)
Truxtun (DDG 103)
Mitscher (DDG 57)
ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbon (F 102)
FS Primauguet (D 644)
The fleet reorganized in 2004 separating the Battle Fleet into independent
Carrier Strike Groups and Expeditionary Strike Groups. The new ESG has greater
independence of operation and consists of
an Amphibious Ready Group with the addition of a supporting cruiser, destroyers and submarine. Six carrier strike groups can be deployed within 30 days; two more CSG can reinforce or rotate within three months.
Military Sealift Command operates more than 110 noncombatant, civilian-crewed ships that replenish Navy ships at sea, chart ocean bottoms, conduct undersea surveillance, strategically pre-position combat cargo at sea around the world, and move 95 percent of military equipment and supplies used by deployed U.S. forces.
* USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8), fast combat support ship, 754 feet, provides food, fuel, supplies and ammunition to a carrier strike group with 160 civilian crew and 60 sailors.
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