The Status of our Navy Carriers

as of 19-JUL-06

Active force of 281 ships, of which 51% (143 ships) are currently underway. 99 ships on active deployment. Almost half of our submarines are underway.

Carriers, our striking power across the globe

USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - South China Sea
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Pusan, South Korea
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - Underway
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Pacific Ocean
USS George Washington (CVN 73) - Atlantic Ocean
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - Pacific Ocean

At Homeport:
USS John F. Kennedy (CV 66) - Florida
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - California
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - Virginia (overhaul)
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - Virginia (maintenance)
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) - California

Under Construction:
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

So in case of war, the following carriers can be reactivated:
USS Saratoga (CVA 60) - Rhode Island
USS Ranger (CVA 61) - Washington
USS Independence (CV 62) - Washington
USS Constellation (CV 64) - Washington

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Posted by: Bob Ring
Posted on: November 26, 2006 03:16 PM

SARATOGA & RANGER are on a "museum hold" and theoretically could be reactivated...but INDEPENDENCE & CONSTELLATION have been stricken from the Navy list, and have been designated to be sunk as reefs. FORRESTAL is a badly rusting hulk in RI, and her status is unknown.

Bob Ring
former JO2 - USS INDEPENDENCE

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Posted by: Tom Trujillo
Posted on: November 29, 2006 09:47 PM

CV66 was the USS America, not the Kennedy. The Kennedy is CV67 and is expected to be decommissioned in 2007. Tom

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