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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 Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Carrier Air Wing Nine: DESRON-21: Naval Base San Diego, California [20] Carrier Strike Group Five (formerly CarGru 5) USS George Washington (CVN-73) Carrier Air Wing Five: DESRON-15: Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan [21] Carrier Strike Group Eight (formerly CarGru 8) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Carrier Air Wing One ...
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).
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Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group.The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the strike group's current flagship.Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and USS Princeton (CG-59), and Destroyer Squadron 9.
Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2 or COMCARSTRKGRU 2) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, tracing its history originally to 1931.The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is the strike group's current flagship.
"To conduct carrier air warfare operations and assist in the planning, control, coordination and integration of seven air wing squadrons in support of carrier air warfare including; Interception and destruction of enemy aircraft and missiles in all-weather conditions to establish and maintain local air superiority.