Last update on Feb.1, 2012

Aircraft Carrier Locations
Ship	Air Wing	Locations and Remarks	Last Update
CVN-65 Enterprise	CVW-1 ( AB )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 11Jan2012, departed Norfolk to Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) and Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 11Jan-31Jan2012, COMPTUEX in the WestLant --------[ Schedule to the decommission ]---------- FY2013, decommission	Feb.1, 2012
CVN-68 Nimitz	CVW-11 ( NH )	Home Port : Everett, WA. Back log 16Dec2010, entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton for Dry-Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 29Sep2011, moved to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton's Pier Delta -------[ Schedule ]----------------------------- Jan2012, Nimitz will replace Abraham Lincoln in Everett upon completion of a DPIA at Bremerton -------[ Schedule to the decommission ]----------- FY2024, decommission, will be replaced by 3rd ship in the CVN-78 class	Nov.30, 2011
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower	CVW-7 ( AG )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 05Oct2011, departed Norfolk 05Oct-06Oct2011, WestLant 07Oct-11Oct2011, Norfolk Navy Week 2011 12Oct2011, departed Norfolk 12Oct-21Oct2011, Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Period (TSTA/FEP) in the WestLant 22Oct2011, returned to Norfolk	Oct.26, 2011
CVN-70 Carl Vinson	CVW-17 ( AA )	Home Port : San Diego, CA. Back log 30Nov2010, departed San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the WestPac and CENTCOM AOR 30Nov-13Dec2011, Pac 14Dec2011, arrived in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations 14Dec-26Dec2011, WestPac 27Dec-29Dec2011, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong 30Dec2011, departed Victoria Harbor 30Dec2011-04Jan2012, WestPac 05Jan-08Jan2012, Indian Ocean 09Jan2012, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) 09Jan-13Jan2012, Arabian Sea 14Jan2012, began conducting air missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) 14Jan-31Jan2012, North Arabian Sea	Feb.1, 2012
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 Newport News Shipbuilding for a RCOH 21May2011, left dry dock and transitted the James River as relocates from dry dock 11 to a pier 2 at Newport News Shipbuilding for the second half of RCOH -------[ RCOH Schedule ]------------------------- December 2012, RCOH is scheduled to be completed	May 25, 2011
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln	CVW-2 ( NE )	Home Port : Everett, WA. Back log 07Dec2011, departed Everett for around-the-world cruise, that will take to new homeport in Norfolk, and is relocating to conduct a scheduled four-year RCOH at Newport News Shipbuilding 07Dec-09Dec2011, EastPac 10Dec2011, San Diego 11Dec-22Dec2011, Pac 23Dec2011, arrived in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations 23Dec2011-02Jan2012, WestPac 03Jan-05Jan2012, South China Sea 06Jan-09Jan2012, Leam Chebang, Thailand 10Jan-12Jan2012, South China Sea 13Jan-14Jan2012, Andaman Sea 16Jan-18Jan2012, Indian Ocean 19Jan2012, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations 19Jan-21Jan2012, Arabian Sea 22Jan2012, sailed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf 22Jan-31Jan2012, Persian Gulf -------[ RCOH Schedule ]------------------------- FY2013, scheduled to begin RCOH	Feb.1, 2012
CVN-73 George Washington	CVW-5 ( NF )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log (Jul1992-Aug2008) Home Port : Yokosuka, Japan Back log (Aug2008-Present) 19Sep2011, departed Yokosuka 19Sep-22Sep2011, in the local waters off Japan, WestPac 23Sep-29Sep2011, East China Sea 29Sep-02Oct2011, Busan, Korea 03Oct-12Oct2011, WestPac, South China Sea 13Oct-14Oct2011, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 15Oct-20Oct2011, Gulf of Thailand 21Oct-24Oct2011, South China Sea 25Oc-26Oct2011, in the local waters off Okinawa, Japan, WestPac 27Oc-04Nov2011, participated in ANNUAL Exercise 2011 in the local waters off Okinawa, Japan, WestPac 05Nov-08Nov2011, South China Sea 09Nov-13Nov2011, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong 14Nov-21Nov2011, WestPac 22Nov2011, returned to Yokosuka	Nov.23, 2011
CVN-74 John C. Stennis	CVW-9 ( NG )	Home Port : Bremerton, WA. Back log 25Jul2011, departed Bremerton to the western Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Gulf for a scheduled seven-month deployment 25Jul-27Jul2011, EastPac 28Jul2011, San Diego 29Jul-08Aug2011, Pac 09Aug2011, participated in undersea warfare exercise (USWEX) off the coast of Hawaii 10Aug-15Aug2011, Pac 16Aug2011 arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility 16Aug-27Aug2011, WestPac 28Aug2011, cancelled scheduled port visit to Manila Bay, Philippines, due to bad weather conditions brought by Typhoon Mina 28Aug-03Sep2011, South China Sea 04Sep-07Sep2011, Port Kelang, Malaysia 08Sep2011, South China Sea 09Sep2011, passed through the Strait of Malacca 10Sep-13Sep2011, Indian Ocean 14Sep-19Sep2011, North Arabian Sea 20Sep2011, Strait of Hormuz 20Sep-29Sep2011, North Arabian Sea 21Sep-24Sept2011, Khalifa Bin Salman Port, Kingdom of Bahrain 25Sep-08Oct2011, North Arabian Sea 09Oct2011, CVW-9 launched first combat sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan 09Oct-11Nov2011, North Arabian Sea 12Nov2011, John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) steam alongside one another in the Strait of Hormuz 13Nov-17Dec2011, Arabian Gulf 18Dec2011, CVW-9 launched the Navy's final air sortie over Iraq, effectively ending naval support for Operation New Dawn 19Dec-30Dec2011, Arabian Gulf 31Dec2011-18Jan2012, Arabian Sea 19Jan2012, entered the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations 19Jan-23Jan2012, Indian Ocean 24Jan-25Jan2012, Strait of Malacca 26Jan-29Jan2012, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 30Jan2012, passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Singapore Strait 31Jan2012, South China Sea	Feb.1, 2012
CVN-75 Harry S. Truman	CVW-3 ( AC )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 25Mar2011, entered to Norfolk Naval Shipyard for Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- summer of 2012, expected to return to the fleet	Oct.26, 2011
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan	Not assigned	Home Port : San Diego, CA. Back log 06Jan2012, departed San Diego en route to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for scheduled Dock-Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 06Jan-09Jan2012, EastPac 10Jan2012, sailed into Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for DPIA DPIA will cost $218 million and take one year to complete Ronald Reagan will be homeported in Bremerton	Jan.18, 2012
CVN-77 George H.W. Bush	CVW-8 ( AJ )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 24Jan2012, departed Norfolk 24Jan-31Jan2012, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant	Feb.1, 2012
Aircraft Carrier Locations (Constructed and 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 2007 proposes 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 ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard to commemorate the certification of the ship specifications 16Jan2007, held the official naming ceremony of 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 John F. Kennedy	----	15Jan2009, Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard received a $374 million cost type contract award for construction preparation of the CVN-79 25Feb2011, "First Cut of Steel" ceremony at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- FY2012, the full scale construction contract is expected to begin FY2018, planned to join the fleet	Jun.1, 2011
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 Facility in 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

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