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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy.Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower: Nimitz: 18 October 1977 — 47 years, 124 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [67] CVN-70 Carl Vinson: Nimitz: 13 March 1982 — 42 years, 343 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [68] [69] CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt: Nimitz: 25 October 1986 — 38 years, 117 days
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Carrier Air Wing Two: DESRON-1: Naval Base San Diego, California [17] [18] Carrier Strike Group Two (formerly CarGru 2) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) Carrier Air Wing Three: DESRON-22: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia [19] Carrier Strike Group Three (formerly CarGru 3) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Carrier Air Wing ...
Carrier Strike Group 2: Garrison/HQ: NAS Oceana USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) Nickname(s) "Battle Axe" Tail Code: AC: Engagements: World War II Korean War Vietnam War Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Operation Desert Fox Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Inherent Resolve 2024 missile strikes in Yemen ...
The Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels. Three were built, all in the 1960s, Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (1961–2009), Constellation (CV-64) (1961–2003), and America (CV-66) (1965–1996), as well as the variant John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (1967–2007).
CVN-68 Nimitz subclass 22 June 1968 13 May 1972 3 May 1975 1998–2001 Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington [9] [52] Dwight D. Eisenhower (ex-Eisenhower) CVN-69 15 August 1970 11 October 1975 18 October 1977 2001–2005 Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [53] [54] Carl Vinson CVN-70 11 October 1975 15 March 1980 13 March 1982 2005–2009
Paul C. Spedero Jr. (born 1968) [1] is a United States Navy rear admiral and naval aviator who has served as the vice director for operations of the Joint Staff since June 2023. [2] He most recently served as the commander of Carrier Strike Group 8 from May 31, 2022 to June 1, 2023.
Carrier Group Four conducted two deployments to the Mediterranean in the late seventies and embarked USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Indian Ocean during the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis. In 1983, Carrier Group FOUR served in the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets on USS Carl Vinson ' s (CVN-70) maiden cruise.