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 Improved Nimitz class | 1986 | |||||
 Ford class | 2017 | |||||
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Shipyards | Login to Edit | |
| Newport News Shipbuilding - | 3 | |||||
List of Ships | Login to Edit | |
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| US Navy | CVN-79 | Ford class USS John F Kennedy | -- | -- | ||||
| US Navy | CVN-68 | USS Nimitz | NMTZ - 68 | 1975 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-69 | USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | NIKE - 69 | 1977 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-70 | USS Carl Vinson | NCVV - 70 | 1982 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-71 | Improved Nimitz class USS Theodore Roosevelt | NNTR - 71 | 1986 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-72 | Improved Nimitz class USS Abraham Lincoln | NABE - 72 | 1989 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-73 | Improved Nimitz class USS George Washington | NNGW - 73 | 1992 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-74 | Improved Nimitz class USS John C Stennis | NJCS - 74 | 1995 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-75 | Improved Nimitz class USS Harry S. Truman | NHST - 75 | 1998 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-76 | Improved Nimitz class USS Ronald Reagan | NRGN - 76 | 2003 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-77 | Improved Nimitz class USS George H. W. Bush | NGHW - 77 | 2009 | -- | |||
| US Navy | CVN-78 | Ford class USS Gerald R Ford | NGRF - 78 | 2017 | -- | |||
Events | Login to Edit | |
| 1967 | Ordered | CVN-68 USS Nimitz | ||||
| 1968-jun-22 | Laid down | CVN-68 USS Nimitz | ||||
| 1970 | Ordered | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
| 1970-aug-15 | Laid down | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
| 1972-may-15 | Launched | CVN-68 USS Nimitz | ||||
| 1974 | Ordered | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | ||||
| 1975-may-3 | Commissioned | CVN-68 USS Nimitz | ||||
| 1975-aug-19 | 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 | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
| 1975-oct-11 | Laid down | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | ||||
| 1977-oct-18 | Commissioned | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
| 1980-mar-15 | Launched | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | ||||
| 1980-apr-24 | 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 | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson | ||||
| 1999-oct-6 | Refit | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson arrived Puget Sounds Naval Shipyard for 10 month overhaul | ||||
| 2001 | Homeport | CVN-68 USS Nimitz Re-located home port to San Diego | ||||
| 2001-sep-12 | Deployment | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson positioned to the northern Arabian Sea with HS-6 embarked, until 16 Dec. | ||||
| 2007-sep-4 | 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 | CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower USCG Dolphin 6504 | ||||
| 2010-jan-15 | 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-7 | Deployment | CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson Exercise Malabar 2012 participated with Indian Navy in Exercise Malabar 2012. | ||||
| 2013-mar | 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 | CVN-68 USS Nimitz exercising in Gulf of Oman with its Battle Group and HMS Dragon. | ||||
| 2015 | Refit | CVN-68 USS Nimitz 16 month maintenance period at NS Kitsap, WA | ||||
| 2018-mar | Refit | CVN-68 USS Nimitz at Puget Sound. Refloated Dec 2018 | ||||
| 2020-jan-17 | 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. | ||||
