Where Were the Carriers? 07 March 2013 | |||||
"When word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it's no accident that the first question that comes to everyone's lips is: 'Where's the nearest carrier?'" President Bill Clinton March 12, 1993 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt
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Fleet Response Plan [FRP] Progression |
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| Carrier | Date | Evolution | ||
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| CVN-73 Washington | [news] |
07 Mar 2013 11 Oct 2012 08 Oct 2012 25 Sep 2012 21 Sep 2012 23 Aug 2012 20 Aug 2012 28 Jun 2012 |
in port at Yokosuka at sea, South China Sea Malaysia port call at sea, Pacific Guam port call at sea, 7th Fleet AOR departed from Fleet Activities Yokosuka Busan, ROK | |
| Deployed | ||||
| CVN-68 Nimitz | [news] |
07 Mar 2013 Jan 2013 12 Nov 2012 17 Oct 2012 16 Aug 2012 14 Aug 2012 03 Jul 2012 14 Dec 2011 17 Sep 2011 |
At Sea, Pacific Ocean Deploys WESTPAC Completed Joint Task Force Exercise Started 18-day Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) At Sea At Sea, Pacific Ocean Pearl Harbor port call, RIMPAC 2012 in port at Bremerton left Puget Sound NSY drydock | |
| CVN-74 Stennis | [news] |
07 Mar 2013 17 Oct 2012 29 Sep 2012 27 Aug 2012 16 Jul 2012 11 May 2012 11 May 2012 02 Mar 2012 19 Jan 2012 05 Jan 2012 29 Dec 2011 27 Dec 2011 27 Nov 2011 17 Oct 2011 04 Aug 2011 |
At Sea, 5th Fleet AOR relieves Enterprise At Sea, Pacific Ocean departed for 8 month [not 6] deployment will deploy 4 months early, to relieve Enterprise deploy again by year's end Bremerton homeport ended 7 month deployment entered 7th Fleet AOO North Arabian Sea transited Strait of Hormuz departed Persian Gulf 5th Fleet AOR, Persian Gulf/Indian Ocean at sea, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom depart for deployment | |
| CVN-69 Eisenhower | [news] |
05 Mar 2013 21 Feb 2013 12 Dec 2012 17 Oct 2012 13 Aug 2012 17 Jul 2012 17 Jul 2012 02 Jul 2012 05 Jan 2012 08 Oct 2011 06 Jul 2011 13 Jun 2011 28 Feb 2011 |
At Sea, Atlantic Ocean Deploys to support operations in 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility (AORs) Returns to homeport at Norfolk Supporting OEF, 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) At Sea, 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) Relieving Lincoln soon arrived 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) Mediterranean not a peep of news since Navy Week Norfolk Navy Week 2011 completes Flight Deck Certification completed nine-month Planned Incremental Availability PIA halfway review | |
| Surge Ready | ||||
| CVN-75 Truman | [news] |
06 Feb 2013 15 Jan 2013 24 Oct 2012 24 Oct 2012 24 Sep 2012 22 Aug 2012 28 Jul 2012 08 Jul 2012 16 Dec 2011 09 Nov 2011 18 Feb 2011 18 Feb 2011 |
Deployment to CENTCOM AOR delayed due to budget concerns Started Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) completed Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) successful Final Evaluation Problem (FEP) Departs Norfolk for combat systems ship qualification trials In port, Norfolk completed flight deck certification and carrier qualifications Completed 16-month docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) undergoing repairs at Norfolk NSY in Portsmouth, VA undergoing repairs at Norfolk NSY in Portsmouth, VA dry-docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) prep deployed | |
| CVN-77 George H.W. Bush | [news] |
01 Mar 2013 06 Feb 2013 01 Dec 2012 24 Aug 2012 11 Jun 2012 10 Dec 2011 25 Nov 2011 10 Nov 2011 02 Nov 2011 14 Jul 2011 14 Jun 2011 09 Jun 2011 16 May 2011 11 May 2011 23 Feb 2011 |
Completing training qualifications in port Sea trials, training, and carrier qualifications in Atlantic Ocean Completes 4-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) started 4-month PIA Atlantic Ocean training Norfolk, end of deployment Marseille, France, liberty port 5th Fleet AOR steel beach at sea departed Bahrain departed Naples entered Mediterranean entered 6th Fleet AOR departed Norfolk for maiden deployment COMPTUEX & JTFEX completed | |
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CVN-70 Vinson | [news] |
18 Feb 2013 11 Feb 2013 03 Feb 2013 03 Aug 2012 26 Jun 2012 15 May 2012 14 Jan 2012 09 Jan 2012 31 Dec 2011 29 Dec 2011 30 Nov 2011 09 Nov 2011 Jul 2011 01 May 2011 25 Feb 2011 17 Feb 2011 01 Dec 2010 12 Apr 2010 |
Completes weapons onload Conducting carrier qualifications Completed 7-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) Commenced 7-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) Homeport, San Diego Pearl Harbor, returning from WESTPAC supporting Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) arrived Arabian Sea at sea for WESTPAC Hong Kong port visit deployed for WESTPAC at San Diego homeport at San Diego homeport Usama bin Laden burial at sea Arabian Sea maritime security operations Arabian Sea maritime security operations deployed WESTPAC arrived new homeport NAS North Island | |
| Post-Deployed | ||||
| Maintenance | ||||
| CVN-76 Reagan | [news] |
? 2013 21 Feb 2013 10 Jan 2012 06 Jan 2012 21 Nov 2011 10 Nov 2011 06 Sep 2011 06 Sep 2011 16 Mar 2011 13 Feb 2011 15 Nov 2010 |
Completes Planned Incremental Availability Undergoing a docking planned incremental availability arrived Bremerton, for 1 yr Planned Incremental Availability departed for Bremerton homeport San Diego 3rd Fleet AOR operating in the 3rd Fleet area of operations port visit to Pearl Harbor relief efforts in Japan started 6-month WESTPAC completed a successful Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) | |
| CVN-71 Roosevelt | [news] |
2013 Mar 2013 21 May 2012 27 Oct 2011 28 Oct 2009 |
returns to the Fleet completes 3-year Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) crew move aboard (CMA) midpoint of 3-year Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) started 4-year Refueling Complex Overhaul at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA | |
| CVN-72 Lincoln | [news] |
2016 Dec 2012 16 Nov 2012 26 Oct 2012 07 Aug 2012 17 Jul 2012 17 Jul 2012 02 Jul 2012 21 May 2012 25 Jan 2012 22 Jan 2012 19 Jan 2012 10 Jan 2012 Dec 2011 18 Oct 2011 22 Feb 2011 11 Feb 2011 25 Sep 2010 27 Nov 2010 |
returns to the Fleet begins 25-month RCOH at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA In port for RCOH preparations At sea, evading Hurricane Sandy at Norfolk arrived Naval Station Norfolk Relieved by Ike soon arrived Antalya, Turkey At Sea, Operation Enduring Freedom operating in 5th Fleet AOR operating in Persian Gulf transited Strait of Hormuz arrived 5th Fleet AOR for "routine deployment" departed Thailand changes homeport to Norfolk VA arrived Everett WA homeport Underway, South China Sea completed OEF support Entered 7th Fleet AOR Underway, 5th Fleet AOR | |
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| PCU-78 Gerald Ford |
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