USS. Nimitz CVN-68 Washington state
South China Sea
USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69 Norfolk Virginia
North Atlantic 2/20/21
USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 Jan 2021 home port moved to San Diego
joins Roosevelt and Lincoln
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. San Diego
4/10/21 S China Sea
USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 carrier strike group 12, San Diego
Mideast, Iran
USS George Washington CVN-73 Norfolk
dry dock
USS John Stennis CVN-74 San Diego
2/19/21, dry dock til 2025
USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Naples Italy
in dock
USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 Washington
Japan
USS H.W. Bush CVN-77 Norfolk
Suez Canal
USS Gerald Ford CVN-78 Norfolk
in testing, Atlantic
West coast
Nimitz docked
Vinson docked
Roosevelt S China Sea
Lincoln Middle East
Stennis docked til ‘25
Reagan Japan
Six of 11 carriers on Pacific coast:
three docked, out of commission and sitting ducks;
three unavailable for continental defense, deployed at distance with time-consuming detours around islands and continents.
East coast
Eisenhower North Atlantic
Washington docked
Truman docked, politics
H.W. Bush Suez Canal
Ford testing, partially operable
Five of 11 carriers on Atlantic coast:
two docked, out of commission and sitting ducks;
one operable with mechanical technological challenges;
two unavailable for continental defense, deployed at distance with time-consuming detours around islands and continents.