USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
_LF.jpg) The Eisenhower 1998 in the Mediterranean |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | June 29, 1970 |
| Keel laying | 15th August 1970 |
| Launch | October 11, 1975 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | October 18, 1977 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
approx. 97,000 standard tons (fully loaded) |
| length |
317 meters (waterline), 332.85 meters (flight deck) |
| width |
40.84 meters (fuselage), 76.80 meters (flight deck) |
| height |
74.37 m from the keel to the mast |
| Draft |
12.50 meters |
| crew |
3200 crew |
| drive |
2 nuclear reactors (about 18 years with one reactor filling), four five-bladed propellers made of bronze with a diameter of 7.62 m and a weight of 30 t each |
| speed |
30+ knots |
| Armament |
2 Sea Sparrow and 2 Rolling Airframe starters |
| Planes |
up to 85 (currently 65) |
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is the second aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class of United States Navy . It bears the name of the 34th President of the USA , Dwight D. Eisenhower - Ike for short .
It was in the shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding on 15 August 1970 laid the keel , baptized on October 11, 1975 by the widow of the former president and put into service on 18 October 1977th The carrier replaced the old USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) of the Midway class . The construction price was around US $ 4.5 billion.
The Ike was extensively overhauled after 13 trips from October 1985 to April 1987. Between July 17, 1995 and January 27, 1997, the next major overhaul took place in Newport News Shipbuilding for US $ 3 billion, during which it was brought up to date. In May 2001, the next four-year major overhaul and refitting of the nuclear reactors at Northrop Grumman in Newport News followed for US $ 2.5 billion. In October 2006 the next combat mission followed in the direction of Afghanistan.
In 1994, with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, female soldiers began their service in the US Navy as crew members of an aircraft carrier. Her home port is Naval Station Norfolk .
Since 2007 the Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) has been stationed on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower , which consists of 61 aircraft (20 F / A-18C , twelve F / A-18E, twelve F / A-18F, four EA -6B , four E-2C , seven H-60 and two C-2A currently stationed in Bahrain.
In late February 2013 the Ike left Norfolk to support 5th and 6th Fleet operations. The German frigate Hamburg (F 220) was part of the Carrier Strike Group .
Calls
- 1990: " Desert Shield " (Iraq / Kuwait / Saudi Arabia)
- 1991: " Desert Storm " (2nd Gulf War)
- 1993: " Operation Deny Flight " (Bosnia, 1993–1995)
- 1994: " Restore Democracy " (Haiti)
- 1994: Accompaniment for the 50th anniversary of "D-Day"
- 2000: " Southern Watch " (monitoring of the no-fly zones in Iraq)
- 2006/2007: " Operation Enduring Freedom " and " Operation Iraqi Freedom "
- 2009: Relocation off the coast of Somalia in support of the fight against piracy ; " Operation Enduring Freedom "
- 2010: Relocation off the coast of Somalia, again as part of the fight against piracy; " Operation Enduring Freedom "
- 2012: " Operation Enduring Freedom " (June to December)
- 2013: " Operation Enduring Freedom " (February to July)
- 2016: " Operation Inherent Resolve " (from December 2016)
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (English)
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower - Official Homepage (English)
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower . NavSource Online (English)
- uscarriers.net (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documentation about the aircraft carrier on N24 on March 16, 2008
- ↑ FlugRevue September 2009, pp. 6–13, "Ike" is still in full swing
- ↑ navy.mil: Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Deploys. Retrieved March 7, 2013 .
- ↑ From Libya to Syria and Iraq, US Navy Fights Daesh from the Med. US Naval Forces Europe-Africa / US 6th Fleet