Military


Where are the Carriers?



"When word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it's no accident that
the first question that comes to everyone's lips is:
'Where's the nearest carrier?
'"

President Bill Clinton
March 12, 1993
aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt


Carrier Strike Groups
Carrier Task Force
Amphibious Ready Groups

Dynamic Force Employment
Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP)
FRP - Fleet Response Plan
IDTC - Inter-Deployment Training Cycle
Where Were the Carriers?

References

USNI Fleet Tracker





Status Color Code
DEPLOYED Pre-Deployment Workup Post Deployment In Overhaul Building

Fleet Response Plan [FRP] Progression

CarrierDateEvolution
Forward Deployed
CVN-76 Reagan
[news] 03 Oct 2021
01 Aug 2021
15 Jun 2021
20 May 2021
08 Feb 2021
Philippine Sea w/ CVN-70 Vinson, DDH 182 Ise & R08 Queen Elizabeth
Gulf of Oman
South China Sea
Departed Yokuska for scheduled patrol
homeport in Yokosuka
Deployed
CVN-75 Truman
[news] 10 May 2022
28 Dec 2021
01 Dec 2021
22 Oct 2021
Aug 2021 ??
12 May 2021
08 Jul 2020
20 Dec 2019
18 Nov 2019
Naples, Italy scheduled port visit
deployed MED 2022
deployed
Transiting Atlantic
Return to Fleet
10 month Extended Carrier Incremental Availability complete
7 month Extended Carrier Incremental Availability start
arrived 5th Fleet AOR
departed homeport
CVN-72 Lincoln [news] 12 Apr 2022
17 Jan 2022
04 Jan 2022
04 Sep 2021
01 Aug 2021
01 Jul 2021 ??
10 Apr 2021
17 Jan 2020
01 Apr 2019
Korean waters
With JMSDF + CVN-70 Vinson south of Okinawa
deployed
At San Diego
At San Diego, Air Wing embarked
Return to Fleet
completed Planned Incremental Availability (PIA)
271 day record deployment
deployed MED 2019
Pre-Deployment Workup
Post-Deployment
CVN-68 Nimitz [news] 07 Feb 2022
07 Nov 2021
11 Aug 2021
06 Mar 2021
26 Feb 2021
08 Feb 2021
underway after overhaul
"minor material deficiency" in propulsion plant
Planned Incremental Availability 50% complete
arrived Puget Sound NSY Bremerton
after 341 days, homeport in San Diego
WESTPAC in South China Sea
CVN-69 Eisenhower
[news]
25 Aug 2021
19 Jul 2021
12 Apr 2021
08 Mar 2021
14 Feb 2021
08 Feb 2021
NNSY for 18-month PIA
returned from deployment
North Arabian Sea
transits Gibraltar into Med
deploys to Middle East
COMPTUEX in Florida waters
CVN-70 Vinson
[news]
14 Feb 2022 17 Jan 2022
27 Oct 2021
03 Oct 2021
02 Aug 2021
01 Aug 2021
17 Jun 2021
08 Feb 2021
Mar 2019
homeport
With JMSDF + CVN-72 Lincoln south of Okinawa
FONOPS South China Sea
Philippine Sea w/ CVN 76 Reagan, DDH 182 Ise & R08 Queen Elizabeth
deployed
at San Diego, Air Wing embarked
arrived Hawaiian Islands Operating Area
south California Operating Area
1-year dry-dock maintenance complete
Maintenance
CVN-77 George H.W. Bush [news]
10 Sep 2021
Jul 2021 ??
Feb 2021
2019
post-DPIA flight deck certification (FDC) Return to Fleet
complete Dry-dock Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA)
start 28-month Dry-dock Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA)
CVN-73 Washington
[news] Mar 2023
02 May 2022
04 Aug 2017
04 Oct 2016
2016
refueling and refurbishment complete
refueling and refurbishment complete in Mar 2023, 19 months late
48-month refuelling and complex overhaul (RCOH)
deploying from Norfolk, Hurrican Matthew relief
refuelling and complex overhaul (RCOH) - DELAYED !!
CVN-71 Roosevelt
[news]
01 Jan 2024
xx Sep 2021
20 Jul 2021
25 May 2021
12 Apr 2021
08 Mar 2021
08 Feb 2021
23 Dec 2020
return to fleet [estimated]
start 28-month [16 month??] Dry-dock Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA)
change homeport to Bremerton
Returned to San Diego
South China Sea /Makin Island ARG
Celebes Sea, near Borneo
WESTPAC in Philippine Sea
Departed San Diego for WESTPAC
CVN-78 Gerald Ford news early 2024
early 2023
fall 2022
20 Feb 2022
24 Apr 2021
14 Feb 2021
23 Oct 2019
2018
22 Jul 2017
April 2017
Global Force Management deployment
maintenance
service-retained early employment
complete 6-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA)
start 6-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA)
Phase III Crew Certification
completed Combat Systems Ship’s Qualification Trials (CSSQT) underway in Atlantic conducting carrier qualifications
propulsion plant completion date (PPCD)
2016 : first deployment
commission
delivery
CVN-74 Stennis
[news] mid-2025
07 May 2021
14 May 2019
4-year Refueling Complex Overhaul RCOH complete
4-year Refueling Complex Overhaul RCOH start
arrived Norfolk for RCOH
Building
PCU-79 John F. Kennedy 2024
29 Oct 2019
Apr 2017
2017
22 Aug 2015
29 May 2011
delivery
launched
27% complete
20% complete
keel laid
named
PCU-80 Enterprise 31 Mar 2032
23 May 2016
completion
$16,4 B contract award
PCU-81 Doris Miller 20 Jan 2020
31 Jan 2019
named
authorized




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