Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| 1956 | |
| Sep 14, 1957 | as CVA-64 |
| Oct 8, 1960 | |
| Oct 27, 1961 | |
| Sep 1962 | Naval Base San Diego San Diego, CA |
| Feb 20, 1970 | Yankee Station, off Vietnam, lost HH-3A 149908 from HC-7 |
| Oct 1973 | NAS Seattle / Puget Sound oct73-jun74 overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Yard |
| Jul 1, 1975 | reclassified as CV-64 |
| 1982 | until 1984, Terrier long range SAMs removed. |
| Oct 1990 | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Service Life Extension Programme, until Mar 1993 SLEP |
| Jul 1993 | Naval Base San Diego new Homeport after SLEP refit. |
| May 1994 | until Jun. RIMPAC 94 |
| Nov 1994 | departed NAS North Island for 6 month WestPac95 deployment with HS-2 embarked. Joined by USS Kinkaid and Ammunition ship USS Kiska. Rendezvoused with USS Chosin and USS Lake Erie off Hawaii. WestPac 95 |
| Jan 1995 | Persian Gulf enforcing no-fly zone, until May Operation Southern Watch |
| Apr 1997 | Persian Gulf enforcing no-fly zone, until Oct. Operation Southern Watch |
| Nov 1999 |  Fremantle Harbour visited Fremantle during mid Nov 1999 |
| Apr 2001 | Persian Gulf enforcing no-fly zone, until Aug when she headed for Pearl Harbor. Operation Southern Watch |
| Sep 9, 2001 | NS Pearl Harbor return leg from Pearl Harbor to San Diego, arriving 14 Sep. Tiger Cruise |
| Nov 2002 | Final deployment from NS San Diego to Arabian Gulf until Jun 2003. Enduring & Iraqi Freedom |
| Aug 7, 2003 | NAS North Island at NAS North Island |
| Dec 2, 2003 | Bremerton, WA |