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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts rudder turns during sea trials. Dwight D. Eisenhower completed a nine-month planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Ship Yard on June 10 and is scheduled to resume underway operations this summer.

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100,000-Ton US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Deployed for 326 Days, a Post-Cold War Record. USS Abraham Lincoln Went 264 Days Without a Port Visit. A Normal Carrier Deployment Runs About 7 Months.

USS Abraham Lincoln went 264 days without a port visit and USS Gerald R. Ford deployed 326 days. USS Theodore Roosevelt is converting compartments...

Jack Buckby6 hours ago

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The F-14 Tomcat’s Engine Was Designed in 1958 for a Short-Haul Airliner. The US Navy Put It in a Dogfighter Anyway, and It Took Until 1988 to Put a Proper Fighter Engine In.

The Pratt & Whitney TF30 began in 1958 as a proposal for a short-haul jet airliner. It ended up in the F-14 Tomcat because...

Steve Balestrieri10 hours ago

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2026) – U.S. Navy Lt. Patrick Urrutia, left, and U.S. Navy Lt. Jg. Gabriela Patrick depart a U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Jan. 24, 2026. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, is underway conducting exercises to bolster strike group readiness and capability in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Cesar Nungaray)

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The US Navy EA-18G Growler Costs About $67,000,000. The Jamming Pods That Make It a Growler Cost Roughly $45,000,000 More, and a Combat-Ready Aircraft Passes $112,000,000.

The EA-18G Growler is a modified F/A-18F Super Hornet, and the airframe alone runs about $67,000,000. What makes it a Growler is bolted on...

Steve Balestrieri1 day ago

Aircraft Carrier At Sea Creative Commons Photo

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$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier By Evading US, Japanese, Canadian, Chilean, Korean, and British Forces — 6 Navies — and Photographed the Supercarrier

Australia's Collins-class submarines were noisy, unreliable and a national embarrassment for most of the 1990s. Then HMAS Waller went to US-led war games off...

Caleb Larson1 day ago

Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier in Sea Trial Back in 2010

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Shooting at an Aircraft Carrier Is Not the Same as Hitting One. Iran Has Worked Out the First Part.

Iran does not yet have a reconnaissance-strike complex capable of putting a US Navy aircraft carrier battlegroup in serious danger. Finding warships, tracking them,...

Robert Farley3 days ago

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China or Iran Doesn’t Need to Sink US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers to Defeat Them

The lesson Beijing took (and surely Iran, as well) from the 1995-96 Taiwan Strait Crisis was not diplomatic. It was that American aircraft carriers...

Andrew Latham4 days ago

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) conducts U.S. blockade operations in the Arabian Sea, April 16. The ship's embarked carrier air wing includes eight F-35C stealth fighters, F/A-18 fighter jets, EA-18G electronic attack aircraft, E-2D command and control planes, MH-60 helicopters and CMV-22B Ospreys for logistics support. (U.S. Navy photo)

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100,000-ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Looks Like a Rusty Mess After Fighting Iran and That’s No Real Surprise

The USS Abraham Lincoln is not an isolated case. The USS Gerald R. Ford was driven to its operational limits during the Iran War,...

Brandon Weichert6 days ago

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Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales Has Spent About 1 Third of Its Life in Port Under Repair and Only About 1 Fifth of It at Sea. The 2 Queen Elizabeth-Class Carriers Cost £7,600,000,000

The Royal Navy built two aircraft carriers so that one would always be available. It has repeatedly ended up with one, and sometimes with...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 3, 2026

U.S. sailors perform a foreign object debris walkdown on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Feb. 19, 2013, in the Arabian Sea. The ship was deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Abbate/Released)

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18,000 Meals a Day, 160 Gallons of Milk, and 400,000 Gallons of Fresh Water: What it Takes to Keep a US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier at Sea

A nuclear aircraft carrier carries roughly 5,000 people and Navy cooks prepare upwards of 18,000 meals a day. That takes 1,600 pounds of meat,...

Brandon WeichertAugust 29, 2026

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) underway at sunset in the Persian Gulf. Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Matthew Bash (RELEASED)

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A $6,200,000,000 US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ by a $100,000,000 Diesel AIP Submarine from Sweden

In 2005 a Swedish diesel-electric submarine put simulated torpedoes into USS Ronald Reagan. A year later a Chinese Song-class boat surfaced within torpedo range...

Brandon WeichertAugust 28, 2026

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100,000-Ton US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Deployed for 326 Days, a Post-Cold War Record. USS Abraham Lincoln Went 264 Days Without a Port Visit. A Normal Carrier Deployment Runs About 7 Months.

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The F-14 Tomcat’s Engine Was Designed in 1958 for a Short-Haul Airliner. The US Navy Put It in a Dogfighter Anyway, and It Took Until 1988 to Put a Proper Fighter Engine In.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy EA-18G Growler Costs About $67,000,000. The Jamming Pods That Make It a Growler Cost Roughly $45,000,000 More, and a Combat-Ready Aircraft Passes $112,000,000.

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$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier By Evading US, Japanese, Canadian, Chilean, Korean, and British Forces — 6 Navies — and Photographed the Supercarrier

Aerospace & Defense

Shooting at an Aircraft Carrier Is Not the Same as Hitting One. Iran Has Worked Out the First Part.

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China or Iran Doesn’t Need to Sink US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers to Defeat Them

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100,000-ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Looks Like a Rusty Mess After Fighting Iran and That’s No Real Surprise

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Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales Has Spent About 1 Third of Its Life in Port Under Repair and Only About 1 Fifth of It at Sea. The 2 Queen Elizabeth-Class Carriers Cost £7,600,000,000

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18,000 Meals a Day, 160 Gallons of Milk, and 400,000 Gallons of Fresh Water: What it Takes to Keep a US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier at Sea

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A $6,200,000,000 US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ by a $100,000,000 Diesel AIP Submarine from Sweden

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