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"Charlie Love Five Five" – USS Cleveland (CL-55), nickname refers to the ship's hull symbol, CL-55. "Cheer Up Ship" – USS Nevada (BB-36) "Chesapeake Raider" – USS Wyoming (BB-32), nickname given after frequent sightings of the ship in the Chesapeake Bay during World War Two. "Christmas Anthem" – HMS Chrysanthemum; humorous malapropism
United States: United States (lead ship) — — — Cancelled during construction. Scrapped on slip in 1949 [51] CV-59 Forrestal: Forrestal (lead ship) 1 October 1955 11 September 1993 37 years, 345 days Scrapped in 2015 [52] [53] [54] CV-60 Saratoga: Forrestal: 14 April 1956 20 August 1994 38 years, 128 days Scrapped in 2019 [55] CV-61 Ranger ...
Great White Fleet – nickname for the United States Atlantic Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 Great Green Fleet – nickname for the United States ships or current carrier strike group sent around the world to promote a new bio-energy sustainable fuel
The United States Navy is a blue-water navy that is the world's largest navy by tonnage and has the world's largest fleet of nuclear powered aircraft carriers. The carrier fleet currently comprises the Nimitz-class and (CATOBAR/ EMALS) Gerald R. Ford-class supercarriers.
List of United States Navy ships; List of current ships of the United States Navy; List of U.S. Navy losses in World War II; List of U.S. military vessels named after women; List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy; List of submarines of the United States Navy; List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy; List of presidents of ...
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is the third Navy ship to have been named after the former President Abraham Lincoln . Her home port is NAS North Island , San Diego, California; she is a member of the United States Pacific Fleet .
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). All are now ...
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States , Gerald Ford , whose World War II naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific Theater .