| Locations and Remarks |
| Home Port : Norfolk, Va. 01Jun-12Jun1998, sea trials 25Jul1998, commissioned 10Aug1998, WestLant 19Aug-26Aug1998, WestLant 14Sep1998, West Lant 02Nov-18Nov1998, WestLant 28Jan-04Feb1999, 03Mar1999, sea trials off the cost of Virginia 23Mar1999, WestLant |
| Locations and Remarks |
| Home Port : Norfolk, Va. 18Aug-19Aug1999, Post Shakedown Availability Sea Trials 25Aug-02Sep1999, flight deck certification 14Sep1999, departed Norfolk to evade Hurricane Floyd 18Sep1999, returned to Norfolk 22Sep1999, departed Norfolk 22Sep-07Oct1999, Carrier Qualifications and Halifax, Nova Scotia port visit 30Sep1999, port call at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 07Oct1999, returned to Norfolk 26Oct-03Nov1999, Carrier Qualifications in the Virginia Capes 03Dec1999, 14Dec1999, returned to Norfolk 07Feb2000, WestLant 13Mar-27Mar2000, WestLant 08May-15May2000, WestLant 26Jun2000, WestLant 31Jul2000, WestLant 03Aug-24Aug2000, 28Aug2000, WestLant 30Sep2000, one day "Friends and Family Day Cruise" off the Virginia coast 16Oct2000, departed Norfolk for Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 17Oct-23Oct2000, off the N. Carolina and Virginia coasts 26Oct2000, returned to Norfolk 28Nov2000, departed Norfolk for 6-month Med/Gulf deployment 30Nov2000, WestLant 04Dec2000, Lant 10Dec2000, entered the Med 11Dec-18Dec2000, Med 20Dec-24Dec2000, Souda Bay, Crete 27Dec2000, Suez Canal 02Jan2001, relieved CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Southern Watch 04Jan2001, entered the Persian Gulf 04Jan-22Jan2001, Persian Gulf 30Jan2001, Jebel Ali, UAE 31Jan-26Feb2001, Persian Gulf 04Mar-05Mar2001, Jebel Ali, UAE 12Mar2001, Persian Gulf 28Mar2001, Bahrain, UAE 02Apr-25Apr2001, Persian Gulf 30Apr2001, support of Operation Southern Watch was relieved by CV-64 Constellation 30Apr2001, Red Sea 03May2001, transited the Suez Canal to northward 07May2001, Med 11May2001, Rhodes, Greece 16May2001, Med 20May2001, Lant 23May2001, returned to Norfolk 16Jul-23Jul2001, WestLant 05Sep2001-21Feb2002, 6-month overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth 22Feb2002, 29Apr-04May2002, Port Everglades, FL. for a "McDonalds Fleet Week" 11May2002, WestLant 04Jun2002, WestLant 14Jun2002, WestLant 27Jun2002, WestLant 20Jul-05Aug2002, WestLant 27Aug-02Sep2002, WestLant 03Sep-22Sep2002, 23Sep2002, 27Sep2002, anchored at Key West, FL 04Oct2002, returned to Norfolk 28Oct2002, 28Oct-06Nov2002, 05Dec2002, 06Dec2002, WestLant for TSTA (Tailored Ship Training Availability) 19Dec-21Dec2002, Med 22Dec-26Dec2002, Marseille, France 27Dec-29Dec2002, Med 30Dec2002-02Jan2003, Souda Bay, Crete, Greece 03Jan2003, departed Souda Bay 04Jan-24Jan2003, Med 25Jan2003, 25Jan-30Jan2003, Adriatic Sea 31Jan2003, arrived in Koper, Solvania 31Jan-05Feb2003, Koper, Solvania 06Feb2003, departed Koper, Solvania 06Feb-09Feb2003, Adriatic Sea 10Feb2003, Joint Exercise set to ended 11Feb-02May2003, Med 05May2003, NorLant 06May2003, arrived in Portsmouth, UK 06May-09May2003, Portsmouth, UK 12May-15May2003, NorLant 19May-22May2003, Lant 23May2003, returned to Norfolk 10Jul-23Jul2003, 23Jul2003, returned to Norfolk 26Jul2003, Friends and Family Day Cruise 20Aug2003, 13Feb2004, 14Feb-16Feb2004, Sea trials, WestLant 23Feb-05Mar2004, 12Apr-04May2004, WestLant 05May2004, returned to Norfolk 02Jun2004, departed Norfolk 02Jun-28Jun2004, Lant 29Jun-02Jul2004, Med 03Jul-07Jul2004, Naples, Italy 08Jul-09Jul2004, Med 11Jul-15Jul2004, MEDSHARK/Majestic Eagle '04, off the coast of Morocco 19Jul-24Jul2004, Lant 25Jul2004, returned to Norfolk 08Sep-15Sep2004, WestLant 13Oct2004, departed Norfolk for a six-month Med/Mid-East deployment 13Oct-29Oct2004, Lant 01Nov-05Nov2004, Med 06Nov-09Nov2004, Souda Bay, Crete 10Nov2004, Med 12Nov-15Nov2004, Red Sea 16Nov-17Nov2004, Arabian Sea 18Nov-20Nov2004, Persian Gulf 20Nov2004, HST-CSG relieved JFK-CSG 20Nov2004-16Feb2005, Persian Gulf 17Feb-20Feb2005, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 21Feb-19Mar2005, Persian Gulf 19Mar2005, HST-CSG was relieved by Vinson-CSG 23Mar325-Mar2005, Red Sea 26Mar2005, transited the Suez Canal for way to the Med 27Mar-01Apr2005, Med 02Apr-03Apr2005, Lant 04Apr-09Apr2005, Portsmouth, England 10Apr-17Apr2005, Lant 18Apr2005, returned to Norfolk 20Jun-01Jul2005, carrier qualifications in the WestLant 12Jul-20Jul2005, 20Jul2005, returned to Norfolk 27Jul-05Aug2005, WestLant 01Sep2005, 01Sep-02Sep2005, WestLant 04Sep-15Sep2005, Joint Task Force Katrina, Gulf of Mexico 16Sep-22Sep2005, WestLant 23Sep2005, returned to Norfolk 12Oct2005, departed Norfolk 12Oct-20Oct2005, carrier qualifications and sustainment training in the WestLant 21Oct2005, returned to Norfolk 02Nov2005, departed Norfolk 02Nov-07Nov2005, ammunition offload operations in the WestLant 08Nov2005, returned to Norfolk 09Jan2006, 10Jan2006, began DPIA 20Dec2006, completed DPIA 20Dec-22Dec2006, sea trials 12Jan-19Jan2007, flight deck certifications off the U.S. East Coast 26Jan-06Feb2007, flight deck certifications off the U.S. East Coast 07Feb-10Feb2007, 20Mar-12Apr2007, Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) off the U.S. East Coast 14May-24May2007, carrier qualifications in the WestLant 25May2007, returned to Norfolk 02Jun2007, a daylong Friends and Family Day cruise 04Jun-07Jun2007, 11Jun-12Jun2007, WestLant 02Jul-19Jul2007, 20Jul-23Jul2007, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 24Jul-25Jul2007, WestLant 26Jul-31Jul2007, 31Jul2007, completed JTFEX 07-2 14Aug-22Aug2007, 17Sep-21Sep2007, Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant 05Nov2007, 05Nov-15Nov2007, Lant 16Nov2007, transited through the straits of Gibraltar 16Nov-19Nov2007, Med 20Nov-25Nov2007, Naples, Italy 26Nov-29Nov2007, Med 30Nov2007, entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations 30Nov-01Dec2007, Red Sea 02Dec-11Dec2007, Arabian Sea 14Dec-23Dec2007, Persian Gulf 24Dec-27Dec2007, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 28Dec2007-24Jan2008, Persian Gulf 25Jan-28Jan2008, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 29Jan-12Mar2008, Persian Gulf 13Mar-16Mar2008, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 17Mar-30Apr2008, Persian Gulf 01May-03May2008, Arabian Sea 04May-05May2008, Red Sea 06May2008, transited the Suez Canal and entered the Med 07May-10May2008, Rhodes, Greece 11May-16May2008, Med 17May-20May2008, Cannes, France 21May-22May2008, Med 23May2008, transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Lant 23May-31May2008, Lant 01Jun2008, pulled into Mayport to off-load a small portion of CVW-3 and pick tiger cruise riders up 02Jun-03Jun2008, WestLant 04Jun2008, returned to Norfolk 11Jul2008, departed Norfolk 11Jul-23Jul2008, WestLant 24Jul2008, returned to Norfolk Jul2008, entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth for a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) 12Feb-13Feb2009, sea trials off the coast of Virginia 14Feb2009, completed PIA and returned to Norfolk 20Feb-27Feb2009, Carrier Qualifications off the coast of Virginia 10Mar-22Mar2009, Carrier Qualifications off the coast of Virginia 23Mar2009, returned to Norfolk 20Apr-08May2009, 09May2009, returned to Norfolk 01Jun2009, departed Norfolk 01Jun-08Jun2009, WestLant 09Jun-03Jul2009, 04Jul2009, returned to Norfolk 13Jul2009, departed Norfolk 13Jul-16Jul2009, WestLant 17Jul2009, returned to Norfolk 18Jul2009, departed Norfolk 18Jul2009, Friends and Family Day Cruise 18Jul2009, returned to Norfolk 04Aug-14Aug2009, 15Aug2009, returned to Norfolk 20Aug-27Aug2009, WestLant 11Sep2009, 11Sep-22Sep2009, JTFEX in the WestLant 23Sep2009, returned to Norfolk 03Nov-10Nov2009, 12Nov-13Nov2009, Mayport 16Nov-19Nov2009, WestLant 20Nov2009, returned to Norfolk 04Dec2009, departed Norfolk 04Dec-16Dec2009, Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant 17Dec2009, returned to Norfolk |