1967 | Ordered | Ordered CVN-68 USS Nimitz | |
1968-jun-22 | Laid down | Laid down CVN-68 USS Nimitz | |
1970 | Ordered | Ordered CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
1970-aug-15 | Laid down | Laid down CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
1972-may-15 | Launched | Launched CVN-68 USS Nimitz | |
1974 | Ordered | Ordered CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | |
1975-may-03 | Commissioned | Commissioned CVN-68 USS Nimitz | |
1975-aug-19 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-68 USS Nimitz departed Norfolk VA, for 1 month N Atlantic deployment, with USS South Carolina until 15 Sep. | |
1975-oct-11 | Launched | Launched CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
1975-oct-11 | Laid down | Laid down CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | |
1977-oct-18 | Commissioned | Commissioned CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
1980-mar-15 | Launched | Launched CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | |
1980-apr-24 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-68 USS Nimitz Operation Eagles Claw Launched RH-53Ds of HM-16 from the Arabian Sea near the approaches to the Strait of Hormuz. | |
1980-aug-20 | | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Miss America Troop returns by helicopter from USS New Orleans LPH-11 after stop on USS Frederick LST-1184 in the Indian Ocean | |
1982-mar-13 | Commissioned | Commissioned CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | |
1983-may-01 | Homeport | Homeport CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson re-assigned to Alameda. | |
1990-sep-29 | Refit | Refit CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson entered dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for 30 month refit. | |
1999-oct-06 | Refit | Refit CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson arrived Puget Sounds Naval Shipyard for 10 month overhaul | |
2001 | Homeport | Homeport CVN-68 USS Nimitz Re-located home port to San Diego | |
2001-sep-12 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson positioned to the northern Arabian Sea with HS-6 embarked, until 16 Dec. | |
2007-sep-04 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-68 USS Nimitz Exercise Malabar 07-2 Participated in multi-national exercise in Bay of Bengal with Carrier Air Wing 11 embarked, until 9 Sep. | |
2009-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower USCG Dolphin 6504 | |
2010-jan-15 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson Operation Panlake Arrived off Port au Prince after being ordered from sea trials, with emergency aid and an embarked strength of 19 helicopters. | |
2012-apr-07 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson Exercise Malabar 2012 participated with Indian Navy in Exercise Malabar 2012. | |
2013-mar | Deployment | Deployment CVN-68 USS Nimitz departed Everett Naval Station for 9 month West Pacific deployment to 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas. Returned to Everett NS in Dec. | |
2013-aug | Deployment | Deployment CVN-68 USS Nimitz exercising in Gulf of Oman with its Battle Group and HMS Dragon. | |
2015 | Refit | Refit CVN-68 USS Nimitz 16 month maintenance period at NS Kitsap, WA | |
2018-mar | Refit | Refit CVN-68 USS Nimitz at Puget Sound. Refloated Dec 2018 | |
2020-jan-17 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower departed US east coast with CAW-3 embarked (including elements of HSC-7 and HSM-74), for US 5th Fleet area of operations around the Gulf of Oman and the North Arabian Sea. The COVID19 situation resulted in nearly 7 months without a Port Visit. Returned to NS Norfolk on 9 Aug. | |
2023-oct-12 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson departed San Diego for Indo-Pacific deployment. | |
2023-oct-14 | Deployment | Deployment CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower departed NS Norfolk with its CSG to Eastern Mediterranean. By 18 Oct, ordered to join with USS Gerald R Ford CSG off Israel, as contingency for Palestinian-Israeli crisis. | |