| Aircraft Carrier Locations |
| Ship | Air Wing | Locations and Remarks | Last
Update |
| CVN-65 Enterprise | CVW-1
( AB ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
 Back log
11Apr2008,
arrived at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard
for a 16-month Maintenance Work,
Extended Drydock Selected Restricted Availability
--------[ Schedule to the decommission ]----------
FY2013, decommission
| May 13, 2009 |
| CVN-68 Nimitz | CVW-11
( NH ) | Home Port : San Diego, CA.
Back log
31Jul2009,
departed San Diego
on a regularly scheduled WestPac deployment
31Jul-23Aug2009, Pac
24Aug-27Aug2009, Yokosuka, Japan
28Aug-07Sep2009, WestPac
08Sep-11Sep2009, Changi Naval Base, Singapore
12Sep2009,departed Singaporeand passed through the Strait of Malacca
13Sep-15Sep2009, Indian Ocean
16Sep-18Sep2009, North Arabian Sea
18Sep2009,Nimitz CSG relieved Ronald Reagan CSG as CTF-50
and launched the first sorties
in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan
18Sep-23Oct2009, North Arabian Sea
24Oct-27Oct2009, Manama, Bahrain
28Oct-29Nov2009, North Arabian Sea
30Nov-03Dec2009, port visit in the Middle East
04Dec2009-25Jan2010, North Arabian Sea
25Jan2010,
relieved by the Eisenhower CSG as CTF-50.
CVW-11 flying more than 2,600 combat sorties
and 15,296 cumulative flight hours
in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
26Jan-28Jan2010, Indian Ocean
29Jan-30Jan2010, Bay of Bengal
31Jan-03Feb2010, the island of Phuket, Thailand
-------[ Schedule to the decommission ]-----------
FY2024, decommission, will be replaced by 3rd ship in the CVN-78 class
| Feb.3, 2010 |
| CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower | CVW-7
( AG ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
02Jan2010,departed Norfolk for a six-month deploymentin support of 5th and 6th Fleet operations
02Jan-13Jan2010, Lant
14Jan2010,transited the Strait of Gibraltar to the Mediterranean Sea
14Jan-20Jan2010, Med
21Jan2010, transited the Suez Canal to the Red Sea
21Jan-22Jan2010, Red Sea
23Jan2010, Gulf of Aden
24Jan2010, Arabian Sea
25Jan2010, relieved the Nimitz CSG
25Jan-27Jan2010, North Arabian Sea
28Jan2010,CVW-7 launched first sortiesin support of Operation Enduring Freedom
28Jan-02Feb2010, North Arabian Sea
| Feb.3, 2010 |
| CVN-70 Carl Vinson | CVW-17
( AA ) | Back log
12Jan2010,departed Norfolk en route to new homeport in San Diego
12Jan-14Jan2010, Lant
15Jan-31Jan2010,
arrived off the coast of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
to commence humanitarian assistance
and disaster relief operations
01Feb2010,departed the waters near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Embarked 19 helicopters flew more than 2,200 sorties,
delivering more than 166 tons of food,
89,000 gallons of water and 38,700 lbs.
of medical supplies to earthquake victims.
Additionally, Vinson's helicopters
conducted 476 medical evacuations (MEDEVACs)
and the ship's doctors and corpsmen
treated 60 patients in its medical ward.
Prior to departure, transferred 10 helicopters
to other units in Joint Task Force Haiti.
01Feb-02Feb2010, Lant
| Feb.3, 2010 |
| CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt | Not
assigned | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
26Aug2009,
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
awarded a $2.4 billion contract
to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - Newport News
for the Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH)
29Aug2009,
entered the Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuildingfor a RCOH
-------[ RCOH Schedule ]-------------------------
February 2013, RCOH is scheduled to be completed
| Sep.9, 2009 |
| CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln | CVW-2
( NE ) | Home Port : Everett, WA.
Back log
Apr2009-Jan2010,Planned Incremental Period (PIA)at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Wa.
13Jan2010,departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for sea trials
14Jan-16Jan2010,sea trials in the EastPac
16Jan2010, returned to Everett
| Jan.20, 2010 |
| CVN-73 George Washington | CVW-5
( NF ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log (Jul1992-Aug2008)
Home Port : Yokosuka, Japan
Back log (Aug2008-Present)
06Oct-23Nov2009,
Fall Deployment in support of maritime security
and to participated in ANNUALEX 21G
17Dec2009-Selective Restricted Availability (SRA)in homeport of Fleet Activities Yokosuka (FAY)
| Jan.27, 2010 |
| CVN-74 John C. Stennis | CVW-9
( NG ) | Home Port : Bremerton, WA.
Back log
19Jan2010, departed Bremerton
19Jan-22Jan2010, EastPac
23Jan-24Jan2010, San Diego
25Jan-02Feb2010,
Carrier Qualifications (CQ) for
fleet replacement squadrons and
naval air training command squadrons
off the coast of Southern California
| Feb.3, 2010 |
| CVN-75 Harry S. Truman | CVW-3
( AC ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
20Jan2010, departed Norfolk
20Jan-02Feb2010, Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant
| Feb.3, 2010 |
| CVN-76 Ronald Reagan | CVW-14
( NK ) | Home Port : San Diego, CA.
Back log
28May-21Oct2009,
overseas deployment
to the 7th and 5th Fleet Areas of Responsibility
| Oct.28, 2009 |
| CVN-77 George H.W. Bush | CVW-8
( AJ ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
Jun2009,
began Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) and
Selected Restricted Availability (SRA)
at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding
27Jan2010,
departed Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuildingfor sea trials
27Jan-28Jan2010, sea trials
28Jan2010,
completed PSA/SRA and returned to Norfolk
02Feb2010, WestLant
| Feb.3, 2010 |
| Aircraft Carrier Locations (Proposed) |
| CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford | ---- |
Actual construction is to begin in 3 January 2007
at Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard.
16Jun2006, An amendment added to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2007proposes that CVN-78, the first ship in the CVN-78 class, be named for the 38th president "Gerald Ford"
05Sep2006,The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)and the Program Executive Officer (PEO)held a signature and awards ceremonyat the Washington Navy Yardto commemorate the certificationof the ship specifications
16Jan2007,held the official naming ceremonyof the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78),the first aircraft carrier in the Ford class of carriers
10Sep2008,
The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
a $5.1 billion contract to begin construction
14Nov2009, the keel laying and authentication ceremony
-------[ Schedule ]-------------------------
FY2015, scheduled to enter the U.S. Naval Fleet
| Nov.18, 2009 |
CVN-79 (no name yet)
(2nd ship in the CVN-78 class) | ---- |
15Jan2009,
Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard
received a $374 million cost type contract award
for construction preparation of the CVN-79
-------[ Schedule ]-------------------------
FY2012,
the full scale construction contractis expected to begin
FY2018,
planned to join the fleet
| May 13, 2009 |
CVN-80 (no name yet)
(3rd ship in the CVN-78 class) | ---- |
replace CVN-68 Nimitz in FY2024
| Nov.7, 2001 |
| Aircraft Carrier Locations (Retired) |
| CV-63 Kitty Hawk | ---- |
Back log
12May2009,
decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard& Intermediate Maintenance Facilityin Bremerton
| May 20, 2009 |
| CV-64 Constellation | ---- |
Back log
07Aug2003, decommissioned
late Sep. 2003, mothballed in Bremerton
| Sep.17, 2003 |
| CV-67 John F. Kennedy | ---- | Back log
23Mar2007,decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport
30Sep2007,formally decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk
22Mar2008,towed into the Port of Philadelphia
at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility
| Mar.26, 2008 |