| Aircraft Carrier Locations |
| Ship | Air Wing | Locations and Remarks | Last
Update |
| USS Nimitz (CVN 68) | CVW-17
( NA ) | Home Port : Kitsap-Bremerton, WA.
 Back log
13Sep2024, departed Kitsap-Bremerton
13Sep-15Sep2024, EastPac
16Sep-17Sep2024, San Diego
18Sep-12Oct2024,
Tailored Ship's Training Availability
and Final Evaluation Period (TSTA/FEP)
in the Southern California Operating Areas
13Oct2024, San Diego
14Oct-17Oct2024, EastPac
18Oct2024, returned to Kitsap-Bremerton
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2025, scheduled to decommission
| Oct.23, 2024 |
| USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) | CVW-3
( AC ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
20Sep2024, departed Norfolk
21Sep-25Sep2024,
training carrier qualifications for the Chief of Naval Air Training
off the coast of Florida
26Sep2024, returned to Norfolk
| Oct.2, 2024 |
| USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) | CVW-2
( NE ) | Home Port : San Diego, CA.
Back log
10Oct2024, departed San Diego
11Oct-17Oct2024, Southern California Operating Areas
18Oct2024, returned to San Diego
| Oct.23, 2024 |
| USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) | CVW-11
( NH ) | Home Port : San Diego, CA.
Back log
11Jan2024, departed San Diego for a scheduled deployment
11Jan-15Jan2024, Southern California Operating Areas
16Jan-17Jan2024, transited the Pacific Ocean
20Jan-31Jan2024, Philippine Sea
01Feb-05Feb2024, transited the Philippine Sea
06Feb-12Feb2024, Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam
18Feb-28Feb2024, Philippine Sea
29Feb2024, transited the Luzon Strait
28Feb-19Mar2024, South China Sea
20Mar-23Mar2024, RSS Singapura, Singapore
24Mar-01Apr2024, South China Sea
02Apr2021, transited the San Bernardino Strait
02Apr-09Apr2024, Philippine Sea
10Apr-12Apr2024, East China Sea
13Apr-14Apr2024, south of Kyushu, Japan
15Apr-16Apr2024, East China Sea
17Apr2024, Philippine Sea
18Apr-22Apr2024, South China Sea
23Apr2024, Gulf of Thailand
24Apr-27Apr2024, Laem Chabang, Thailand
28Apr-29Apr2024, Gulf of Thailand
30Apr-15May2024, South China Sea
16May-23May2024, RSS Singapura, Singapore
24May-02Jun2024, South China Sea
03Jun-04Jun2024, Sulu Sea
05Jun-13Jun2024, South China Sea
14Jun-16Jun2024, Philippine Sea
17Jun-18Jun2024, south of Okinawa, Japan
19Jun-21Jun2024, East China Sea
22Jun-25Jun2024, Busan Naval Base, South Korea
26Jun-02Jul2024, East China Sea
03Jul2024, transited the Luzon Strait
04Jul-06Jul2024, South China Sea
07Jul-08Jul2024, transited the Strait of Malacca
09Jul-11Jul2024, Indian Ocean
12Jul2024, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations
15Jul-22Jul2024, Gulf of Oman
23Jul2024, transited the Strait of Hormuz
23Jul-29Jul2024, off the northern coast of Qatar, Persian Gulf
30Jul2024, transited the Strait of Hormuz
31Jul-09Sep2024, Gulf of Oman
10Sep-14Sep2024, Indian Ocean
15Sep-16Sep2024, transited the Strait of Malacca
17Sep2024, transited the Singapore Strait
18Sep-19Sep2024, South China Sea
20Sep-21Sep2024, Sulu Sea
22Sep-24Sep2024, Philippine Sea
25Sep-26Sep2024, Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam
27Sep-14Oct2024, transited eastward in the Pacific Ocean
15Oct2024, returned to San Diego
| Oct.16, 2024 |
| USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) | CVW-9
( NG ) | Home Port : San Diego, CA.
Back log
11Jul2024,departed San Diego to begin a planned Pacific deployment
11Jul-16Jul2024, Southern California Operating Areas
17Jul-18Jul2024,
in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations
and heading west on deployment
19Jul-25Jul2024, U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations
26Jul-03Aug2024, U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations
04Aug-07Aug2024, Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam
08Aug2024, U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations
09Aug2024,
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
and the Cavour Carrier Strike Group
concluded the first-ever bilateral Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE)
held in the Indo-Pacific by the U.S. Navy and Italian Navy
10Aug-11Aug2024, Philippine Sea
12Aug2024, Sulu Sea
13Aug-14Aug2024, South China Sea
15Aug2024, transit the Singapore Strait
16Aug2024, transited the Malacca Strait
17Aug-20Aug2024, Indian Ocean,
bound for U.S. Central Command
to relieve USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
21Aug-22Aug2024, North Arabian Sea
23Aug2024, transited the Strait of Hormuz
23Aug-16Sep2024, Gulf of Oman
17Sep-21Oct2024, North Arabian Sea
| Oct.23, 2024 |
| USS George Washington (CVN 73) | CVW-5
( NF ) |
Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log (Jul1992-Aug2008)
Home Port : Yokosuka, Japan
Back log (Aug2008-Aug2015)
Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log (Aug2015-Jul2024)
Home Port : Yokosuka, Japan
Back log (Aug2024-Present)
01Oct2024, departed San Diego
en route to its new homeport in Yokosuka, Japan
01Oct-05Oct2024,Carrier Qualifications (CQ)in the Southern California Operating Areas
06Oct-14Oct2024, Middle Pacific
15Oct-19Oct2024, Hawaii Operating Area
| Oct.23, 2024 |
| USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) | Not
assigned | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
06May2021,moved from Naval Station Norfolk to Newport News Shipyardfor a Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH)
10Aug2021, removed arresting gear engine
08Apr2024,
moved to an outfitting berth
at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia
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RCOH is expected to be completed by August 2025
| Apr.17, 2024 |
| USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) | CVW-1
( AB ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
23Sep2024, departed Norfolk for a scheduled deployment
23Sep-26Sep2024,Carrier Qualifications (CQ)in the Virginia Capes Operating Areas
27Sep-10Oct2024, transited the Atlantic Ocean
11Oct-13Oct2024, North Atlantic Ocean
14Oct2024, transited northbound in the Dover Strait
14Oct-21Oct2024, North Sea
| Oct.23, 2024 |
| USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) | Not
assigned | Home Port : San Diego, CA.
Back log (Jul2003-Aug2015)
Home Port : Yokosuka, Japan
Back log (Aug2015-Aug2024)
Home Port : Kitsap-Bremerton, WA.
Back log (Aug2024-Present)
29Sep2024, departed Kitsap-Bremerton
29Sep-30Sep2024, EastPac
01Oct-03Oct2024, San Diego
04Oct-05Oct2024, EastPac
06Oct2024, returned to Kitsap-Bremerton
| Oct.9, 2024 |
| USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) | Not
assigned | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
29Nov2023,
Planned Incremental Availability (PIA)at General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk
PIA is expected to be completed by July 2024
11Jan2024,
transited from Naval Station Norfolk to Norfolk Naval Shipyard
to undergo a planned incremental availability (PIA)
| Jan.17, 2024 |
| USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) | CVW-8
( AJ ) | Home Port : Norfolk, VA.
Back log
21Oct2024, departed Norfolk
21Oct-22Oct2024, Virginia Capes Operating Areas
| Oct.23, 2024 |
| Aircraft Carrier Locations (Constructed and Proposed) |
| USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) |
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
20Mar2012,
proposed budget being considered by Congress
would change that date
to September 2022 from September 2020
13Sep2013,
$4 billion construction contract could be delayed a year
Instead, the Navy will pay an additional $296 million
to extend a 2010 advanced construction contract
22Aug2015,keel was laid
25Aug2015,celebrated the keel laying
28Sep2018,The final piece of the underwater hull of CVN 79is lowered into place
29May2019,588-metric-ton island superstructure was placed
29Oct2019,the dry dock was flooded
07Dec2019,
John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) was christened
at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding(HII-NNS)
16Dec2019,
moved from Dry Dock 12 to Pier 3,where the ship would undergo final completion and outfitting
11Feb2022,
scheduled to projected to begin testing
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)
in later 2022
Feb-the end of Apr2024
dead load testing and the first sleds were shot off the deck
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31Jul2025, planned delivery
USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) will operate
in the Indo-Pacific region
| Oct.2, 2024 |
| USS Enterprise (CVN 80) |
24Aug2017,
Celebrates Ceremonial Steel-Cut
at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding(HII-NNS)
05Apr2022,laying the keel, with no ceremony
27Aug2022,official keel-laying ceremony
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Nov2025, scheduled to be launched
Mar2028, planned delivery
| Oct.5, 2022 |
| USS Doris Miller (CVN 81) |
20Jan2020,Naming Ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
25Aug2021,the First Cut of Steel ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding
07Jun2023,U.S. Navy awarded General Atomics a $1.204-billion
contract modification to build
the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)
and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG)
for the future USS Doris Miller (CVN 81)
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Jan2026, Laid down
Oct2029, Launched
2032, Commissioned
| Dec.20, 2023 |
| Aircraft Carrier Locations (Retired) |
| USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) |
Back log
31Jan2009,decommissioning ceremonyat Naval Base Kitsap Pier D in Bremerton
12May2009,
decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard& Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton
09Mar2021,
arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
to be put in dry dock and have the hull scraped of marine life
before being towed to her final destination
06Oct2021,were sold for one-cent to International Shipbreaking Limited
| Nov.3, 2021 |
| USS Constellation (CV 64) |
Back log
07Aug2003, decommissioned at San Diego
12Sep2003,departed San Diego
late Sep. 2003,arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremertonfor mothballed
08Aug2014,departed Bremerton under tow
16Jan2015,arrived at International Shipbreaking Ltd, Brownsville, TX.,began the deconstruction process
17May2017,the last piece of the vessel was removed
| Jun.14, 2017 |
| USS Enterprise (CVN 65) |
Back log
01Dec2012,inactivation ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk
20Jun2013,
final homecomingto Newport News Shipbuilding for inactivation
03Feb2017,decommissioned at Newport News Shipbuilding
| Feb.15, 2017 |
| USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) |
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
06Oct2021,were sold for one-cent to International Shipbreaking Limited
| Nov.3, 2021 |