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Vinony's link graph records 346 inbound references to USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, and connects out to Newport News Shipbuilding, Gulf War and Normandy.
It is catalogued under topics including 1975 ships, Aircraft carriers of the United States and Cold War aircraft carriers of the United States.
Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Name
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Namesake
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Awarded
- 29 June 1970
- Builder
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Cost
- $679 million ($5.6 billion in 2025 dollars)
- Laid down
- 15 August 1970
- Launched
- 11 October 1975
- Sponsored by
- Mamie Doud-Eisenhower
- Christened
- 11 October 1975
- Acquired
- 12 September 1977
- Commissioned
- 18 October 1977
- Renamed
- from Eisenhower , 25 May 1970
- Reclassified
- CVN-69, 30 June 1975
- Home port
- Norfolk , Virginia
- Identification
- MMSI number : 368962000 Callsign : NIKE Hull number : CVN-69
- Motto
- Greater Each Day
- Nickname s
- Mighty Ike Ike
- Status
- in active service
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- supercarrier
- Named after
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Operator
- United States Navy
- Manufacturer
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Conflict
- Operation Eagle Claw
- Image
- US Navy 000722-N-7412M-005 USS Eisenhower ^ USS George Washington.jpg
- Motto
- I Like Ike
- Significant event
- ship commissioning
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- Commons category
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
- vessel class
- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
- name
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
- nickname
- Mighty Ike
- shipping port
- Naval Station Norfolk
- pennant number
- CVN-69
- location of creation
- Newport News
- call sign
- NIKE
- country of registry
- United States
- social media followers
- 15477
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Encyclopedic overview
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The vessel was initially named simply as USS Eisenhower, much like the lead ship of the class, Nimitz, but the name was changed to its present form on 25 May 1970. The carrier, like all others of her class, was constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding Company in Virginia, with the same design as the lead ship, although the ship has been overhauled twice to bring her up to the standards of those constructed more recently.
Since commissioning, Dwight D. Eisenhower has participated in deployments including the Gulf War in the 1990s, and more recently in support of U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. The carrier currently serves as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.