Where are the Carriers? | |||||
"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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| Carrier | Date | Evolution | |
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| CVN-76 Reagan | [news] |
15 Jul 2017 21 Jun 2017 07 May 2017 10 Jan 2017 01 Jan 2017 15 Oct 2016 02 Oct 2016 16 Sep 2016 26 Jul 2016 05 Jun 2016 early 2016 30 Oct 2015 Summer 2015 20 Apr 2015 07 Jan 2015 6/26-8/01 2014 02 Jun 2014 midMar 2014 |
burial-at-sea ceremony in Coral Sea port call in Singapore underway for sea trials begin Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) maintenance Homeport at Yokosuka port call in Busan Philippine Sea Yokosuka for Mid-Patrol Break began 2016 patrol selective restricted availability (SRA) Arrives in Busan Reagan replaces Washington in Japan Completed 8-month Planned Incremental Availability Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) at Naval Base Coronado RIMPAC departed Santa Barbara Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
| Deployed | |||
| CVN-68 Nimitz | [news] |
31 Jul 2017 27 May 2017 05 Apr 2017 09 Dec 2016 11 Oct 2016 01 May 2016 14 Jan 2015 07 Jan 2015 21 May 2014 |
Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) WESTPAC deployment to Korean waters Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) completed Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP) successful six-day sea trials and completion of a 20-month PIA began crew move aboard arrived at Kitsap Bremerton for 16 mo large-scale maintenance period maintenance at Naval Base Everett homeport Naval Station Everett |
| CVN-77 George H.W. Bush | [news] |
15 Aug 2017 21 Jan 2017 early 2017 21 Dec 2016 03 Oct 2016 29 Apr 2016 07 Jan 2016 02 Apr 2015 14 Nov 2014 15 Jun 2014 14 Jun 2014 15 Feb 2014 |
6th Fleet AOR MED 17 deployment 13-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) complete completed composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) completed Tailored Ship's Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP) completed Board of Inspection and Survey INSURV Phase II 6-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) period in Norfolk carrier qualification (CQ) operations returned to homeport, Norfolk, VA arrived Persian Gulf ordered to Persian Gulf departed Norfolk |
| Pre-Deployment Workup | |||
| CVN-71 Roosevelt | [news] |
late 2017 09 Aug 2017 24 Jan 2017 16 Sep 2016 27 May 2016 13 Nov 2015 19 Apr 2015 06 Apr 2015 08 Oct 2014 08 Oct 2014 16 Jul 2014 26 Jun 2014 21 May 2014 |
WESTPAC deployment composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) completes PIA completed nearly 50% of scheduled PIA planned incremental availability [PIA] Departed 7th Fleet and Entered 3rd Fleet transited Strait of Hormuz to the Arabian Sea arrived U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) Final Evaluation Problem (FEP) Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) Ammo onload from USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Completes INSURV Combat System Ship Qualification Trial |
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CVN-70 Vinson | [news] 404 |
27 Jun 2017 29 Apr 2017 26 Apr 2017 18 Apr 2017 15 Apr 2017 10 Apr 2017 05 Jan 2017 21 Nov 2016 29 Sep 2016 01 May 2016 04 Jun 2015 22 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2015 31 Dec 2014 15 Oct 2014 07 Oct 2014 22 Aug 2014 13 Jun 2014 |
returned to San Diego from Western Pacific (WESTPAC) transiting Tsushima Strait Philippine Sea east Okinawa Indian Ocean transiting Sunda Strait reported ordered to Korean waters [fake news] Western Pacific deployment Completes COMPTUEX/JTFEX pierside in its homeport of San Diego finished three days of sea trials returned to San Daiego from WESTPAC hosted distinguished visitors from India and Sri Lanka departed the US 5th Fleet area of operations at sea WESTPAC / Arabian Gulf - Inherent Resolve support arrived 5th Fleet AOR completed a port visit to Singapore deployed from San Diego completed JTFEX - good to go |
| Maintenance | |||
| CVN-74 Stennis | [news] |
14 Aug 2017 29 Mar 2017 18 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2016 06 Oct 2016 20 Sep 2016 14 Aug 2016 05 Jun 2016 13 Mar 2016 07 Mar 2016 04 Mar 2016 15 Jan 2016 12 Dec 2014 Sep 2014 25 Apr 2014 |
planned incremental availability (PIA) complete planned incremental availability (PIA) Bremerton - Home for the Holidays Pearl Harbor Unit Level Training Assessment-Sustainment (ULTRA-S) completed a maintenance availability period, Bremerton returned home South China Sea arrived in Busan ROK for Exercise Key Resolve transited into the Philippine Sea through the Luzon Strait Great Green Fleet, South China Sea deploys for WESTPAC 16 completed flight deck certification return to fleet ? Departs dry dock at PSNS & IMF |
| CVN-75 Truman | [news] |
Oct 2017 12 Jul 2017 14 Mar 2017 13 Jul 2016 25 Jun 2016 16 Jun 2016 04 Jun 2016 04 Jan 2016 14 Dec 2015 17 Apr 2015 22 Dec 2014 12 Jun 2014 18 Apr 2014 03 Apr 2014 28 Mar 2014 21 Mar 2014 |
return to fleet Crew Certification Process (Crew Cert) Phase III Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) in port Norfolk departs Med for homeport bombed Daash, with AV-8B Harriers from USS Boxer in Arabian Gulf eastern Mediterranean Sea 5th Fleet area of operations for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) transited the Suez Canal in port, Norfolk Naval Station in maintenance, Portsmouth VA in port Norfolk completed nine-month deployment Port visit at Palma, Spain Completes operations in U.S. 5th Fleet AOR Completes OEF support |
| CVN-69 Eisenhower | [news] |
Mar 2018 05 Aug 2017 03 Apr 2017 21 Mar 2017 30 Dec 2016 27 Dec 2016 14 Oct 2016 03 Mar 2016 25 Feb 2016 ?? 2014 09 Dec 2014 |
return to fleet began six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) departed for a sustainment exercise at sea off Norfolk returned to Naval Station Norfolk departed 6th Fleet deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve at sea, Atlantic Ocean Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) Material Inspections (MI) return to fleet DPIA extended to 23 months to accommodate growth and new work |
| CVN-72 Lincoln | [news] |
13 Jul 2017 12 May 2017 07 Sep 2016 29 Feb 2016 Dec 2012 |
carrier incremental availability return to Fleet from Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) nearing end of 48 month mid-life overhaul Began Crew Move Aboard began 25-month RCOH at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA |
| CVN-73 Washington | [news] |
2021 ?? 04 Aug 2017 04 Oct 2016 2016 16 Nov 2015 05 Nov 2015 21 Oct 2015 Summer 2015 11 Nov 2014 08 Aug 2014 14 Jun 2014 |
Return to Fleet 48-month refuelling and complex overhaul (RCOH) deploying from Norfolk, Hurrican Matthew relief refuelling and complex overhaul (RCOH) - DELAYED !! SOUTHCOM Ex Southern Seas 2015 transited the Strait of Magellan UNITAS Pacific (PAC) Reagan replaces Washington in Japan at sea, off Okinawa Returns to Yokosuka after 3-month patrol of the 7th Fleet area of operations South China Sea |
| CVN-78 Gerald Ford | news |
2020-21 ? 22 Jul 2017 April 2017 April 2017 Feb 2017 16 Jan 2007 |
first deployment commission delivery Acceptance trials Builders trials named |
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| PCU-79 John F. Kennedy |
2020 Apr 2017 2017 29 May 2011 |
delivery 27% complete 20% complete named |
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| PCU-80 Enterprise | |||
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