- 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.
Big 'E' is home of Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1).
- 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. Japan Aug'09. Sept'09 relieves Reagan. Feb'10 Hong Kong. March '10 returns home. 30June Sea trials.
Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Air Wing 11
Chosin (CG 65) USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10)
Pinckney (DDG 91)
Sampson (DDG 102)
Rentz (FFG 46)
- 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.
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. July'10 trraining at sea.
Carrier Strike Group One -- to relocate to San Diego
Vinson CVN-70 with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17
Bunker Hill (CG 52)
Lake Champlain (CG 57)
Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1
Jarrett (FFG 33)
- 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
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..
Carrier Strike Group 9
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln
Carrier Air Wing Two.
- 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
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. 10Julyu'09 returned.
Carrier Strike Group 7
USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74)
Carrier Air Wing 9
DesRon 21
- 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
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.
- 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 first flight operations.
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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