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 | |
| Forward Deployed | |||
| CVN-76 Reagan | [news] |
04 May 2019 17 Dec 2018 28 May 2018 01 May 2018 30 Jan 2018 14 Nov 2017 11 Nov 2017 19 Oct 2017 16 Oct 2017 15 Jul 2017 21 Jun 2017 07 May 2017 10 Jan 2017 01 Jan 2017 |
homeport in Yokosuka homeport in Yokosuka Under way off Japan SRA Selected Restricted Availability complete SRA Selected Restricted Availability 3 carriers in Sea of Japan - end 3 carriers in Sea of Japan - begin Sea of Japan with ROK Navy cruising off Nagasaki prefecture burial-at-sea ceremony in Coral Sea port call in Singapore underway for sea trials begin Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) maintenance Homeport at Yokosuka |
| Deployed | |||
| CVN-72 Lincoln | [news] |
16 May 2019 09 May 2019 15 Jan 2019 07 Dec 2018 16 Oct 2018 27 Aug 2018 28 Mar 2018 13 Jul 2017 12 May 2017 07 Sep 2016 29 Feb 2016 Dec 2012 |
on station in northern Arabian Sea transited Suez Canal Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) Pierside Shipyard Availability Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 arrived underway replenishment (UNREP) and ammunition onload 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 |
| Pre-Deployment Workup | |||
| CVN-69 Eisenhower | [news] |
22 Apr 2019 28 Mar 2019 27 Mar 2019 early 2019 14 Nov 2018 Mar 2018 05 Aug 2017 03 Apr 2017 21 Mar 2017 |
completed flight deck certifications Return to Sea Following Planned Incremental Availability completed its five-day fast cruise tied up in maintenance at Norfolk NSY return to Naval Station Norfolk return to fleet deadline missed began "six-month" Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) departed for a sustainment exercise at sea off Norfolk |
| CVN-71 Roosevelt | [news] |
13 May 2019 31 Dec 2018 20 Dec 2018 20 Jul 2018 03 May 2018 06 Apr 2018 18 Feb 2017 14 Nov 2017 11 Nov 2017 05 Oct 2017 09 Aug 2017 24 Jan 2017 |
Exercise Northern Edge 2019 (NE19) Gulf of Alaska In port in San Diego Eastern Pacific conducting routine operations began six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) returned from WESTPAC to port in San Diego South China Sea - Singapore PASSEX underway in Arabian Gulf 3 carriers in Sea of Japan - end 3 carriers in Sea of Japan - begin WESTPAC deployment composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) completes PIA |
| Post-Deployment | |||
| CVN-75 Truman | [news] |
30 Apr 2019 16 Apr 2019 16 Dec 2018 11 Apr 2018 22 Feb 2018 16 Oct 2017 12 Jul 2017 14 Mar 2017 |
VP Pence visits, grants reprieve Sustainment Exercise (SUSTEX) w/ CSG 8 ships and squadrons returned to Norfolk from MED18 departed Norfolk for MED18 Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) Tailored Shipboard Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP) Crew Certification Process (Crew Cert) Phase III Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) |
| Maintenance | |||
| CVN-68 Nimitz | [news] |
Jun 2019 15 Feb 2018 14 Nov 2017 11 Nov 2017 05 Nov 2017 26 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2017 26 Sep 2017 31 Jul 2017 27 May 2017 05 Apr 2017 |
end Docking-Planned Incremental Availability - Puget Sound 15-month Docking-Planned Incremental Availability - Puget Sound 3 carriers in Sea of Japan - end 3 carriers in Sea of Japan - begin no sooner than, arrive ROK waters [12,000 km @ 30 knots] underway to WESTPAC Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) Liberty in UAE Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) WESTPAC deployment to Korean waters Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) |
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CVN-70 Vinson | [news] |
Jul 2020 Mar 2019 20 Jan 2019 20 Sep 2018 28 Jul 2018 19 Jun 2018 02 Apr 2018 18 Mar 2018 20 Feb 2018 04 Jan 2018 18 Sep 2017 27 Jun 2017 29 Apr 2017 26 Apr 2017 18 Apr 2017 15 Apr 2017 10 Apr 2017 05 Jan 2017 |
1-year dry-dock maintenance complete 1-year dry-dock maintenance start arrived new Bremerton homeport in homeport San Diego off Hawaiian Coast for RIMPAC Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at sea, Western Pacific completed JMSDF drills departed Manila, Philippines departed San Diego in homeport San Diego 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 |
| CVN-77 George H.W. Bush | [news] |
Feb 2020 2019 Aug 2018 18 May 2018 09 Mar 2018 05 Oct 2017 22 Aug 2017 15 Aug 2017 21 Jan 2017 early 2017 |
complete Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) dry-dock start Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) dry-dock MV-22 Osprey flight testing Chesapeake 2018 combined flight operation w/ French Navy completed Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), Norfolk, VA at homeport, Norfolk, VA Tiger Cruise, Mayport NS, FL 6th Fleet AOR MED 17 deployment 13-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) complete |
| 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 |
| CVN-74 Stennis | [news] |
Jan 2025 Jan 2021 14 May 2019 24 Jan 2019 21 Dec 2018 03 Apr 2018 29 Jan 2018 22 Sep 2017 14 Aug 2017 29 Mar 2017 |
4-year refueling overhaul complex RCOH complete 4-year refueling overhaul complex RCOH start arrived Norfolk for RCOH outside Sri Lankan territorial waters Arrived Persian Gulf Tailored Ships Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem completed Command Assessment for Readiness and Training (CART) phase II completed 3-week underway, deck was certified planned incremental availability (PIA) complete planned incremental availability (PIA) |
| Building | |||
| PCU-79 John F. Kennedy |
2020 Apr 2017 2017 29 May 2011 |
delivery 27% complete 20% complete named |
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