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It sits within the topics 1980 ships, 2010 Haiti earthquake relief and Afghanistan War ships of the United States.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Name
- Carl Vinson
- Namesake
- Carl Vinson
- Ordered
- 5 April 1974
- Builder
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Laid down
- 11 October 1975
- Launched
- 15 March 1980
- Christened
- 15 March 1980
- Acquired
- 26 February 1982
- Commissioned
- 13 March 1982
- Home port
- San Diego
- Identification
- MMSI number : 369970409 Callsign : NCVV Hull number : CVN-70
- Motto
- Vis Per Mare (Strength from the Sea)
- Status
- in active service
- Class type
- Nimitz -class aircraft carrier
- Displacement
- 101,300 long tons (113,500 short tons)
- Length
- Overall : 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline : 1,040 ft (317.0 m)
- Beam
- Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
- Draft
- Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m) Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- supercarrier
- Has part
- propeller
- Named after
- Carl Vinson
- Operator
- United States Navy
- Material used
- steel
- Mass
- 101300
- Manufacturer
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Conflict
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Image
- US Navy 120120-N-GZ832-328 The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway in the Arabian Sea.jpg
- Length
- 1092
- Speed
- 30
- Motto
- Vis Per Mare
- Significant event
- ship commissioning
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- Commons category
- USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
- shipping port
- Naval Base San Diego
- powered by
- steam turbine
- beam
- 252
- call sign
- Gold Eagle
- pennant number
- CVN-70
- short name
- Carl Vinson
- native label
- USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
- location of creation
- Newport News
- vessel class
- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
- service entry
- 1982-03-13
- draft
- 37
- maximum capacity
- 3200
- country of registry
- United States
- name
- USS Carl Vinson
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Encyclopedic overview
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the United States Navy's third Nimitz-class supercarrier. She is named for Carl Vinson (1883–1981), a congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. Navy. The ship was launched during Vinson's lifetime in 1980, undertook her maiden voyage in 1983, and underwent refueling and overhaul between 2005 and 2009. Carl Vinson is currently the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 1 with Carrier Air Wing Two serving as her air wing.
Along with deployments in Operation Desert Strike, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Southern Watch, and Operation Enduring Freedom, Carl Vinson has been involved in a number of notable events. The body of Osama bin Laden was buried at sea in 2011 from the deck of Carl Vinson, and that same year, on Veterans Day, she played host to the first NCAA basketball game on an aircraft carrier, between North Carolina and Michigan State.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “USS Carl Vinson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.