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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) currently conducting routine training and certifications in the Third Fleet area of operations. Photos from Oct. 27, 2023

 

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(Aug. 22, 2023) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) returns to San Diego following an initial sea trial period after modernisation. Boxer will continue sea trials and workup preparations for its eventual deployment.

Countermeasure wash down aboard Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). East China Sea, Nov 6, 2023

Nimitz class USS George Washington (CVN 73) coming into Norfolk, Virginia. Nov 9, 2023

 

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Current USN uniforms on display @ Mayport Naval Station Naval Exchange, Florida. & various vessel caps of the 4th Fleet

 

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Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) launches an AV-8B Harrier in the 5th Fleet area of operations. Nov 12, 2023

 

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A-7B of VA-215 standing by on the catapult of USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in 1976.

 

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Nimitz class carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in Pearl Harbor. 22 June 2023

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during flight operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Nov 4, 2023

Flight II Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) passes under the Peace Bridge during a Suez Canal transit. Nov 22, 2023

Nimitz class carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) leaving San Diego. Nov 24, 2023

 

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conducts flight ops in the Gulf of Oman. Nov. 24, 2023

Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) sails in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 21, 2023. Indianapolis has been deployed to the 5th and 6th fleet Areas of operation since March.

Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) transits the Pacific Ocean. Nov 23, 2023

 

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Flight I Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) transits the South China Sea during routine operations. Nov 25, 2023

Los Angeles-class attack submarine coming into Pearl Harbor. Nov 28, 2023

 

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Ford class carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and embarked staff from Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 arrived in Souda Bay, Crete, for a scheduled port visit. Dec 2, 2023

 

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2023) An E/A-18G Growler, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

Flight I Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) returns to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk after a 7-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, Dec. 03, 2023.

 

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Museum ship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) dressed up for the holidays. 26 Nov 2023

 

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An E-2A Hawkeye of VAW-116 traps aboard USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), 1970

 

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Block 1 Virginia-class attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) leaving Pearl Harbor - December 2, 2023

Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) coming into Pearl Harbor. Dec 6, 2023

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 6, 2023) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Pacific Ocean.

 

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Dec. 2, 2023, The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) arrives in Souda Bay, Crete, for a scheduled port visit

Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) coming into San Diego. Dec 11, 2023

Nimitz class carriers USS Theodore Roosevelt (CV-71) tied up adjacent to USS Abraham Lincoln (CV-72) in North San Diego Bay. Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) in the foreground. Dec 2023

 

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F/A-18E Super Hornet stationed aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) in the Mediterranean Sea & fully loaded with ATFLIR + AMRAAM on intakes, along with 10 GBU-32s and possibly 2 AIM-9Xs. The outboard stations are GBU-38s

 

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Some old but gold

USS Long Beach

USS Chicago

 

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USN squadrons VF &/VB-2 & VT-2 in a hangar at NAS Sunnyvale, California, circa 1934

 

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Battlegroup Alpha steaming in formation in the Indian Ocean on December 1, 1987.

At the time United States Navy operated carriers and the Iowa class battleships as the centerpieces of their own groups, called carrier battlegroups and battleship battlegroups respectively. However, the were occasionally deployed together and operated as part of each other's battlegroups.

USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS Midway (CV-41) are the centerpiece of the fleet here. They are surrounded by escort and support ships. Some of the ships include the cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) and two cruisers of the Belknap class. The destroyers USS Deyo (DD-989), USS Oldendorf (DD-972), and USS Towers (DDG-9). Two Knox class frigates round out the escort ships. Support ships include the oiler USS Cimarron (AO-177), the oiler USS Mispillion (T-AO-105), the ammunition ship USS Kilaulea (T-AE-26), and the combat stores ship USS White Plains (AFS-4).

 

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F/A-18F of VFA-103 “Jolly Rogers” performs a touch and go on USS George Washington (CVN-73), 6 December 2023

 

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Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) steams in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 14, 2023. The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of USS Boxer, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), and lead ship of her class of landing ship dock USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), and the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are underway conducting integrated training and routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. 14 Dec 2023