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  • CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson

    US US Navy




    1982 to present    



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


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    History of US CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson

    1974Ordered
    1975-oct-11Laid down
    1980-mar-15Launched
    1982-mar-13Commissioned
    1999-oct-6Refitarrived Puget Sounds Naval Shipyard for 10 month overhaul
    2001-sep-12DeploymentArabian Sea Enduring Freedom positioned to the northern Arabian Sea with HS-6 embarked, until 16 Dec.
    2010-jan-15DeploymentHTPort 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-7Deployment Exercise Malabar 2012 participated with Indian Navy in Exercise Malabar 2012.
    2016-jun-13NEWS USCalifornia off coast MV-22 Osprey Flight Operations on USS Carl Vinson
    2016-aug-08NEWS Vinson Completes Osprey Fleet Battle Experiment

    Specifications

       

        from 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

    Aircraft

       

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    US US Navy Sikorsky S-61 H-3 60


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    Builder

       

    US Newport News Shipbuilding,



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