Navy f18 fighter jet takes off from aircraft carrier uss carl vinson during a fonops in the south china sea. After extensive work up and sea trials, the carl vinson with a crew of almost 6,000 sailors departed norfolk, va. Uss carl vinson cvn70 nimitz class aircraft carrier us navy. A nimitzclass supercarrier launched in 1980 and commissioned in 1982, carl vinson calls san diego her home port. The vinson was ordered in 1974 and construction started on oct. Highlights of the cruise included port calls to singapore, guam, bahrain, the united arab. Uss bunker hill cg 52 20142015 deployment bluewater. About the carriers name, about congressman carl vinson. Uss carl vinson cvn70 20012002 oef combat cruise book. The carl vinson is named after a congressman from georgia in recognition for his contributions to the us navy.
This cruisebook commemorates the uss bunker hills 2014 2015 deployment as part of carl vinson carrier strike group. Uss carl vinson cvn70 is the united states navys third nimitzclass supercarrier. The book includes all of the ships crew, their ports of call, ship events, and all other operations that occurred during their deployment. Pacific fleetled initiative to extend the command and control functions of the u. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Carl vinson cvn 70 naval cruise book, class of 1985, page 33 of 472 has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Carl vinson november 18, 1883 june 1, 1981 was an american politician who served in the u. Apr, 2015 the san diegobased aircraft carrier uss carl vinson monday turned over command of operations in the arabian gulf to another flattop, the uss theodore roosevelt, and is preparing to sail home. Depart uss carl vinson cvn701 fleet post office ap 966292840 5750 ser pao 0198 05eiar95 from. Click on the calendar year to view the historycommand operations report.
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December 6, the carl vinson pulled into pearl harbor, hawaii, for a twoday port visit and to embark friends and family members for a tiger cruise. The ship was launched in 1980, undertook its maiden voyage in 1983, and underwent refueling and overhaul between 2005 and 2009. The san diegobased aircraft carrier uss carl vinson monday turned over command of operations in the arabian gulf to another flattop, the uss theodore roosevelt, and is preparing to sail home. Commanding officer, uss carl vinson cvn 70 naval history. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. It played host to the first ncaa basketball game on an aircraft carrier on 111111 between the university of north carolina and michigan state university. Readex 183 adex national week beacon flash 833 bright star annualex 58g.
House of representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the u. Us navy cruisebooks if you dont see your cruisebooks listed here give us a call at 8003230578 sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to old date, old to new. Vinson then began a scheduled 36month refueling and complex overhaul, prior to becoming flagship for carrier strike group one. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. Creating those books is an old tradition in the us navy. Carl vinson carrier strike group departs for deployment. In the predawn hours of december 29, 2016 i found myself at the naval air station north island, across the bay from san diego, being welcomed aboard the nuclearpowered ship u. The uss carl vinson is the third of the nimitz class aircraft supercarriers and is the only ship named after the georgia congressman carl vinson who was known as the of the father of the twoocean navy. Carl vinson was born in baldwin county, georgia, on.
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