1977 to present    

CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

US US Navy





IMO:
MMSI: 368962000
Flight Deck: 69
Call Sign: NIKE
Shipyard: Newport News Shipbuilding





  Events


History of US USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69

1970OrderedOrdered
1970-aug-15Laid downLaid down
1975-oct-11LaunchedLaunched
1977-oct-18CommissionedCommissioned
1980-aug-20 Miss America Troop returns by helicopter from USS New Orleans LPH-11 after stop on USS Frederick LST-1184 in the Indian Ocean
2009-marAircraftAircraft Arabian Sea USCG Dolphin 6504
2016-nov-07NEWSArabian Sea HSC-7 Completes CSAR and SOF Training on Ike
2019-sep-28NEWS Ike’s Seahawks
2020-jan-17DeploymentDeployment NS Norfolk 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-14DeploymentDeployment NS Norfolk 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.



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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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US Newport News Shipbuilding,




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