1982 to present    

CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson

US US Navy





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Flight Deck: 70
Call Sign: NCVV
Shipyard: Newport News Shipbuilding





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History of US USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

1974OrderedOrdered
1975-oct-11Laid downLaid down
1980-mar-15LaunchedLaunched
1982-mar-13CommissionedCommissioned
1983-may-01HomeportHomeport NAS Alameda / Benton re-assigned to Alameda.
1990-sep-29RefitRefit NAS Seattle / Puget Sound entered dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for 30 month refit.
1999-oct-06RefitRefit arrived Puget Sounds Naval Shipyard for 10 month overhaul
2001-sep-12DeploymentDeployment Arabian Sea Enduring Freedom positioned to the northern Arabian Sea with HS-6 embarked, until 16 Dec.
2010-jan-15DeploymentDeployment HT Port au Prince 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-07DeploymentDeployment Exercise Malabar 2012 participated with Indian Navy in Exercise Malabar 2012.
2016-jun-13NEWSUSCalifornia off coast MV-22 Osprey Flight Operations on USS Carl Vinson
2016-aug-08NEWS Vinson Completes Osprey Fleet Battle Experiment
2023-oct-12DeploymentDeployment NAS North Island departed San Diego for Indo-Pacific deployment.



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  Specifications


Nimitz class
3200crew
92955full load (tn)
344.70length (m)
40.80beam (m)
11.30draught (m)
31max speed (knots)
280000power (shp)

4Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
8Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC

1Aids TACAN URN-25
1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49
1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67

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