Last update on May 19, 2010

Aircraft Carrier Locations
CVN-74 John C. Stennis

CVW-7 (AG)

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : Norfolk, VA. 26Feb1998, departed Norfolk 11May1998, Jebel Ali, UAE 18May-08Jul1998, Persian Gulf 10Jul1998, Manama, Bahrain 16Jul-18Jul1998, Persian Gulf 19Jul1998, left Persian Gulf 20Jul1998, Oman Gulf 21Jul1998, near the Maldive Is. 22Jul-26Jul1998, Indian Ocean 28Jul-01Aug1998, Perth, Australia 02Aug-03Aug1998, south of Australia 05Aug-08Aug1998, Hobart, Tasmania 09Aug1998, on the Australia east sea 11Aug1998, near the Fiji Is. 12Aug1998, SouthPac 13Aug1998, passed through the date line and the equator 14Aug-15Aug1998, near the Johnston Is. 17Aug-19Aug1998, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 21Aug1998, northeast of Hawaii Is. 23Aug-25Aug1998, Tiger Cruise to San Diego, CA. 26Aug1998, returned to new hormport San Diego

CVW-9 (NG)

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : San Diego, CA. Apr.1999, completed maintenance 12Apr-19Apr1999, sea trials off the coast of Southern California 19Apr1999, returned to San Diego 26Apr-03May1999, EastPac 24May1999, EastPac 14Jun1999, EastPac 12Jul1999, EastPac 26Jul1999, EastPac 28Jul-02Aug1999, Esquimalt, B.C., Canada 03Aug-25Aug1999, EastPac 26Aug1999, returned to San Diego from Y2K exercises and final workup, COMPTUEX. 12Oct1999, departed San Diego for two short periods of carrier qualifications 18Oct1999, EastPac 01Nov-22Nov1999, JTFEX off the coast of Southern California 03Dec1999, departed San Diego, the original departing schedule(Nov.30) for a 4-day Carrier Qualification period was reset by the engine problems 06Dec1999, returned to San Diego 07Jan2000, departed San Diego for the WestPac/Gulf deployment 07Jan-09Jan2000, off the coast of Southern California for carrier qualifications 10Jan2000, completed carrier qualifications and left the coast of Southern California 18Jan2000, cross the International Dateline 24Jan-25Jan2000, WestPac(near the Japan) 26Jan-27Jan2000, Sea of Japan, operations in Korean East Sea 28Jan-31Jan2000, Pusan, South Korea 03Feb-04Feb2000, East China Sea 06Feb-07Feb2000, South China Sea 08Feb-Feb112000, Hong Kong 16Feb-20Feb2000, Kelang, Malaysia 22Feb-25Feb2000, Indian Ocean 26Feb2000, Arabian Sea 01Mar-13Mar2000, Persian Gulf 20Mar-27Mar2000, Bahrain, UAE 03Apr-07Apr2000, Persian Gulf 10Apr2000, Jebel Ali, UAE 17Apr-24Apr2000, Persian Gulf 01May2000, Jebel Ali, UAE 08May-15May2000, Persian Gulf 21May2000, Jebel Ali, UAE 26May2000, Arabian Sea 27May2000, Indian Ocean 28May2000, crossed the equator 30May2000, crossing the southern half of the Indian Ocean 01Jun-03Jun2000, Indian Ocean (off the west coast of Australia) 04Jun-07Jun2000, Fremantle, port of Perth, Australia 08Jun-09Jun2000, Indian Ocean (off the south coast of Australia) 12Jun-16Jun2000, Hobart, Tasmania 17Jun-19Jun2000, sailing East across the Pacific towards Hawaii 24Jun2000, heading East across the Pacific 26Jun-28Jun2000, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 28Jun-02Jul2000, "Tiger Cruise" from Hawaii to San Diego 03Jul2000, returned to San Diego JCS traveled more than 34, 000 miles over 13 time zones. 10 port visits to eight countries including South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Bahrain, UAE and Australia. CVW-9 flew more than 10,000 sorties in several regions of the world, including over Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch. Oct.2000-Apr.2001, Phased Incremental Availability (PIA) at NS San Diego 26Mar2001, departed from San Diego 26Mar-06Apr2001, sea trials off the coast of Southern California 07Apr2001, returned to San Diego 20Apr-23Apr2001, sea trials and carrier qualifications for "Fleet and Training Command" off the coast of Southern California 07May2001, EastPac, transit to the exercise near Hawaii Is. 14May2001, Pac 21May2001, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the site of the premiere of the motion picture "Pearl Harbor" 29May-04Jun2001, EastPac 09Jul2001, EastPac 23Jul-20Aug2001, EastPac Aug.2001, SeaFair, Seattle, WA. 10Sep2001, EastPac 11Sep-12Sep2001, 10 to 20 miles off the coast in an area between San Diego and Seattle 31Oct2001, departed San Diego for CVW-9 CQs 07Nov2001, returned to San Diego 12Nov2001, departed San Diego about two months earlier than originally scheduled, for a part of the anti-terrorist campaign "Operation Enduring Freedom" 22Nov-25Nov2001, Pac 30Nov-03Dec2001, Hong Kong 04Dec2001, departed Hong Kong 07Dec-10Dec2001, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 14Dec2001-18Apr2002, Northern Arabian Sea, part of Operation Enduring Freedom 28Apr-01May2002, Fremantle, Australia 02May2002, departed Fremantle, Australia 06May-10May2002, anchored Ralphs Bay, Hobart, Tasmania 11May2002, departed Ralphs Bay, Hobart, Tasmania 20May-22May2002, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 23May2002, departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 23May-27May2002, "Tiger Cruise" from Hawaii to San Diego 28May2002, returned to San Diego JCS traveled more than 62,210 nautical miles over 13 time zones. And, also made six port visits to three countries including Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Liberty was granted in Bahrain after spending 100 consecutive days at sea flying combat missions over Afghanistan. JCS's embarked CVW-9, flew more than 10,600 combat sorties in support of fighting terrorism.

CVW not assigned

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : San Diego, CA. Jun2002-Jan2003, Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) 28Jan-02Feb2003, sea trials 03Feb2003, returned to San Diego 10Feb2003, departed San Diego 11Feb-19Feb2003, carrier qualifications off the Southern California coast 17Mar-19Mar2003, carrier qualifications off the Southern California coast 20Mar2003, returned to San Diego 24Mar2003, departed San Diego 24Mar-28Mar2003, carrier qualifications off the Southern California coast 29Mar2003, returned to San Diego 02Apr-11Apr2003, off the Southern California coast 06May-09May2003, off the Southern California coast 14May-15May2003, off the Southern California coast 16May2003, returned to San Diego 02Jun-06Jun2003, off the Southern California coast 16Jun-20Jun2003, carrier qualifications off the Southern California coast 08Jul2003, departed San Diego 08Jul-10Jul2003, off the Southern California coast 11Jul 2003, returned to San Diego 28Jul2003, departed San Diego 28Jul-19Aug2003, Carrier Qualifications off the Southern California coast 23Sep-26Sep2003, EastPac 03Oct2003, EastPac 04Oct2003, San Diego Bay, Fleet Week

CVW-14 (NK)

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : San Diego, CA. 26Oct2003, departed San Diego 26Oct-20Nov2003, Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the Southern California operating area 21Nov2003, returned to San Diego 03Dec-05Dec2003, Carrier qualifications for Fleet Readiness Squadrons, off the Southern California operating area 09Feb-13Feb2004, training exercises and carrier qualifications, off the Southern California operating area 22Mar2004, departed San Diego for a three-week JTFEX 22Mar-07Apr2004, JTFEX, off the Southern California operating area 07Apr2004, ended JTFEX 24May2004, departed San Diego for a five-month WestPac deployment 24May-06Jun2004, EastPac 07Jun-16Jun2004, Gulf of Alaska, participating in Northern Edge '04 18Jun-21Jun2004, Victoria, B.C., Canada 22Jun-26Jun2004, Pac 27Jun2004, headed for Hawaii waters to take part in the RIMPAC '04 27Jun-28Jun2004, Pac 29Jun-05Jul2004, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 06Jul-21Jul2004, Pac 22Jul-25Jul2004, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 28Jul-19Aug2004, WestPac 20Aug2004, East China Sea 21Aug-24Aug2004, Sasebo, Japan 25Aug2004, departed Sasebo 25Aug-27Aug2004, WestPac 30Aug2004, East China Sea 31Aug2004, WestPac 01Sep-05Sep2004, Port Kelang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 08Sep-21Sep2004, South China Sea 22Sep-27Sep2004, Indian Ocean 28Sep-01Oct2004, Fremantle, Australia 02Oct-12Oct2004, Indian Ocean 13Oct-31Oct2004, Pac 01Nov2004, returned to San Diego 29Nov-01Dec2004, major ammunition offloaded in the EastPac 05Jan2005, departed San Diego for new home of Bremerton 05Jan-07Jan2005, EastPac 08Jan2005, arrived to new home Bremerton

CVW not assigned

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : Bremerton, WA. 19Jan2005-17Dec2005, Dry-Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton 01Sep2005, returned to Naval Base Kitsap, WA. after a scheduled eight months of shipyard dry dock availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 15Nov-18Nov2005, EastPac 12Dec2005, departed Bremerton for a sea trials after an 11-month overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 12Dec-16Dec2005, sea trials in the EastPac 17Dec2005, returned to homeport in Bremerton

CVW-9 (NG)

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : Bremerton, WA. 25Jan-27Jan2006, EastPac 01Feb2006, departed Bremerton 02Feb-03Feb2006, EastPac 04Feb2006, pulled into San Diego for a two-day port visit and pick up the crew and equipment of CVW-9 04Feb-05Feb2006, San Diego 06Feb-09Feb2006, off the coast of Southern California 10Feb-11Feb2006, transported ammunition from CVN-68 12Feb-13Feb2006, EastPac 14Feb2006, returned to Bremerton 07Mar-21Mar2006, EastPac 11Apr-14Apr2006, EastPac 17Apr-19Apr2006, Inspection and Survey (INSURV), San Diego 20Apr-02May2006, carrier qualifications and INSURV off the coast of Southern California 04May2006, returned to Bremerton 30May-08Jun2006, combat systems ship's qualification trial (CSSQT) off the coast of Southern California 09Jun-12Jun2006, San Diego 13Jun-20Jun2006, Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) off the coast of Southern California 21Jun-05Jul2006, CVW-9 conducted cyclic flight operations off the coast of Southern California 06Jul2006, CVW-9 fly off 07Jul-17Jul2006, Carrier Qualifications for Fleet Replacement Squadrons (VFA-122, VFA-125, VAQ-129, VS-41, VMFAT-101) and Fleet Squadrons (VAW-117 and HS-8) off the coast of Southern California 18Jul2006, returned to Bremerton 07Aug-08Aug2006, EastPac 09Aug-11AugAug2006, Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C., Canada 12Aug2006, returned to Bremerton 13Aug2006, "Friends and Family Day Cruise" 13Sep-19Sep2006, EastPac 20Sep2006, San Diego 21Sep-12Oct2006, Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California 12Oct2006, wrapped up COMPTUEX 13Oct-16Oct2006, EastPac 17Oct2006, returned to Bremerton 02Nov2006, departed Bremerton for a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) off the coast of Southern California 02Nov-05Nov2006, EastPac 06Nov-07Nov2006, San Diego 08Nov2006, departed San Diego for a JTFEX 08Nov-11Nov2006, EastPac 12Nov-16Nov2006, JTFEX off the coast of Southern California 17Nov-20Nov2006, EastPac 21Nov2006, returned to Bremerton 16Jan2007, departed Bremerton for a mission in the Persian Gulf region 16Jan-18Jan2007, EastPac 19Jan2007, San Diego, embarked CVW-9 20Jan2007, left San Diego after picking up CVW-9, and began steaming west toward the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations 20Jan-30Feb2007, Pac 31Jan2007, entered the U.S. 7th Fleet's area of responsibility 31Jan-03Feb2007, WestPac 04Feb2007, entered the Guam Operating Area, and will conduct several days of exercises while in the region 04Feb-18Feb2007, WestPac 19Feb2007, entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations 19Feb-22Feb2007, Arabian Sea 23Feb2007, began conducting missions over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 23Feb-26Mar2007, Northern Arabian Sea 27Mar2007, entered the Persian Gulf 27Mar-28Mar2007, massive military exercise in the Persian Gulf 29Mar-01Apr2007, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 02Apr-03Apr2007, Persian Gulf 04Apr2007, returned to the north Arabian Sea for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Missions 04Apr-08May2007, Northern Arabian Sea 09May2007, Persian Gulf 10May-13May2007, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 14May2007, Persian Gulf 15Apr-21May2007, Northern Arabian Sea 22May2007, transited the Gulf of Oman 22May-08Jun2007, Persian Gulf 09Jun-12Jun2007, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 13Jun2007, Persian Gulf 14Jun2007, returned to the Northern Arabian Sea 14Jun-21Jun2007, Northern Arabian Sea 22Jun2007, entered the Persian Gulf 22Jun-07Jul2007, Persian Gulf 10Jul-11Jul2007, Southern Arabian Sea 11Jul2007, completed operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations 12Jul-17Jul2007, Indian Ocean 18Jul-22Jul2007, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 23Jul-26Jul2007, South China Sea 27Jul-31Jul2007, Hong Kong 01Aug2007, South China Sea 02Aug-06Aug2007, WestPac 07Aug-14Aug2007, participating in joint exercise "Valiant Shield 2007" in the Guam operating area 15Aug-19Aug2007, Pac 20Aug-21Aug2007, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 22Aug2007, departed Pearl Harbor for the return trip to San Diego and the homecoming of CVW-9, and then, will proceed to homeport of Bremerton 22Aug-26Aug2007, "Tiger Cruise" in the Pac 27Aug2007, San Diego 28Aug-30Aug2007, "Tiger Cruise" in the EastPac 31Aug2007, returned to Bremerton 28Sep2007, shifted berths from homeport pier at Bremerton to a drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) for a scheduled six-month docking-planned incremental availability (DPIA) 24Mar2008, departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for approximately five days to conduct a testing phase as the final part of the DPIA 24Mar-28Mar2008, Sea Trials 27Mar2008, completed DPIA 28Mar2008, returned to Bremerton 01May2008, departed Bremerton 01May-04May2008, EastPac 05May2008, pulled into San Diego to embark CVW-9 for a tailored ship's training availability (TSTA) 06May2008, departed San Diego 06May-17May2008, carrier qualifications for CTW-1 and CTW-2 off the coast of Southern California 18May-21May2008, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of southern California 24May-25May2008, San Diego 26May-18Jun2008, Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) and Final Evaluation Problem (FEP) off the coast of southern California 19Jun-22Jun2008, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 23Jun-24Jun2008, San Diego 25Jun-27Jun2008, EastPac 28Jun2008, returned to Bremerton 23Sep2008, departed Bremerton for Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications, new EA-18G Growler of VX-9 to test, Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), and Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 23Sep-04Nov2008, off the coast of Southern California 05Nov2008, completed COMPTUEX off the coast of Southern California 06Nov-08Nov2008, San Diego 09Nov-14Nov2008, JTFEX off the coast of Southern California 15Nov-16Nov2008, off the coast of Southern California 17Nov2008, San Diego 18Nov-20Nov2008, EastPac 21Nov2008, returned to Bremerton 13Jan2009, departed Bremerton for a six or seven month deployment to the Western Pacific 13Jan-15Jan2009, EastPac 16Jan2009, San Diego 17Jan-25Jan2009, Pac 26Jan-28Jan2009, off the coast of O'ahu, Hawaii 29Jan-16Feb2009, WestPac 17Feb-20Feb2009, Hong Kong 21Feb-26Feb2009, WestPac 27Feb-02Mar2009, Sasebo, Japan 03Mar-10Mar2009, WestPac 11Mar-14Mar2009, Busan, Republic of Korea 15Mar-20Mar2009, Sea of Japan 21Mar-08Apr2009, WestPac 09Apr-12Apr2009, Laem Chabang, Thailand 13Apr-23Apr2009, WestPac 24Apr-27Apr2009, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 28Apr-25May2009, WestPac 26May-27May2009, transited the WestPac to Hawaii 28May-31May2009, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 01Jun-09Jun2009, Pac 10Jun-11Jun2009, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 11Jun-14Jun2009, Pac 15Jun-26Jun2009, participated in Alaska's premier joint training exercise "Northern Edge 2009" in the Gulf of Alaska 26Jun2009, completed "Northern Edge 2009" 27Jun-29Jun2009, Pac 30Jun-01Jul2009, Everett 01Jul-06Jul2009, Tiger Cruise, en route to San Diego 06Jul2009, CVW-9 completed 2009 deployment, CVW-9 flew more than 7,250 sorties and approximately 12,747 flight hours during deployment 06Jul-07Jul2009, San Diego 07Jul-09Jul2009, Tiger Cruise, en route to homeport in Bremerton 10Jul2009, returned to homeport in Bremerton 14Sep2009, departed Bremerton 14Sep-15Sep2009, EastPac 16Sep-23Sep2009, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 24Sep2009, returned to Bremerton 02Nov2009, departed Bremerton 02Nov-04Nov2009, EastPac 05Nov-06Nov2009, San Diego 07Nov-18Nov2009, JCS CSG sustainment exercise (SUSTEX 09) off the coast of Southern California 19Nov-20Nov2009, San Diego 20Nov-21Nov2009, EastPac 22Nov2009, returned to Bremerton 02Dec2009, departed Bremerton 02Dec-04Dec2009, EastPac 05Dec-08Dec2009, San Diego 09Dec-13Dec2009, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 14Dec2009, San Diego 15Dec-17Dec2009, EastPac 18Dec2009, returned to Bremerton 19Jan2010, departed Bremerton 19Jan-22Jan2010, EastPac 23Jan-24Jan2010, San Diego 25Jan-31Feb2010, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 01Feb2010, San Diego 02Feb-07Feb2010, Carrier Qualifications (CQ) for Naval Air Training Command squadrons off the coast of Southern California 08Feb2010, San Diego 16Feb-18Feb2010, EastPac 19Feb2010, returned to Bremerton 12Mar2010, departed Bremerton for Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) and to perform a major ammunition offload 12Mar-14Mar2010, EastPac 15Mar-16Mar2010, San Diego 17Mar-19Mar2010, FRSCQ off the coast of Southern California 22Mar-23Mar2010, San Diego 24Mar-26Mar2010, FRSCQ off the coast of Southern California 27Mar-28Mar2010, San Diego 29Mar-02Apr2010, within two days, major ammunition offloaded in the EastPac 03Apr2010, returned to Bremerton