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USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class.One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched, and commissioned as CVAN-68, "aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear powered", but she was later redesignated as CVN-68, "aircraft carrier, multi-mission, nuclear-powered", on 30 June 1975, as part of a fleet-wide realignment ...
Blue Ridge is the oldest deployed warship of the U.S. Navy, following the decommissioning of USS Denver. [3] Blue Ridge, as the U.S. Navy's active commissioned ship having the longest total period as active, flies the First Navy Jack instead of the jack of the United States. [4] Blue Ridge is expected to remain in service until 2039. [5] [6] [7]
On 10 January 2012, Ronald Reagan ' s official homeport was changed to Bremerton, Washington for a little over a year [45] until returning to her homeport of San Diego on 21 March 2013. [46] For the sailors being relocated, the Navy transported many privately-owned vehicles on the deck of the ship as a cost-saving measure. [47]
Lake Erie was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.Her keel was laid on 6 March 1990 and she was launched on 13 July 1991. Upon completion of her sea-trials after construction, Lake Erie transferred to the Pacific Fleet and was commissioned on 24 July 1993 as the twenty-fourth Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.She is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
The ship is named after Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.
USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.She is named for African American Ship's Cook First Class William Pinckney (1915–1976), [1] who received the Navy Cross for his courageous rescue of a fellow crewmember on board the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz.
Naval Station San Diego was realigned under Commander, Navy Region Southwest and became one in a triad of metropolitan Navy bases that now make up the bulk of the metro area Navy's presence. With that change, the base became the hub of all Navy port operations for the Region, assumed logistical responsibility for both Naval Medical Center San ...