NAME | NUMBER | LAUNCHED | COMMISSIONED |
---|---|---|---|
USS Nimitz | CVN 68 | 13 May 1972 | 03 May 1975 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | CVN 69 | 11 October 1975 | 18 October 1977 |
Carl Vinson | CVN 70 | 15 March 1980 | 13 March 1982 |
Theodore Roosevelt | CVN 71 | 27 October 1984 | 25 October 1986 |
Abraham Lincoln | CVN 72 | 13 February 1988 | 11 November 1989 |
George Washington | CVN 73 | 21 July 1990 | 04 July 1992 |
John C. Stennis | CVN 74 | 13 November 1993 | 09 December 1995 |
Harry S. Truman | CVN 75 | 7 September 1996 | 25 July 1998 |
Ronald Reagan | CVN 76 | 4 March 2001 | 12 July 2003 |
George H.W. Bush | CVN 77 | 9 October 2006 | 10 January 2009 |
The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned from Builder's Sea Trials to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia on April 14 after seven days at sea.
During this initial at-sea period, Ford's crew, representatives from Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding, the Navy's CVN 78 Program Office, the Navy's Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair and various technical subject matter experts demonstrated many of the ship's capabilities including tracking aircraft using the Dual Band Radar, conducting "no load" cycles using the new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) and small boat operations.