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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy.Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower: Nimitz: 18 October 1977 — 47 years, 101 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [67] CVN-70 Carl Vinson: Nimitz: 13 March 1982 — 42 years, 320 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [68] [69] CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt: Nimitz: 25 October 1986 — 38 years, 94 days
A church building in Katoomba, Australia, converted into a restaurant. Deconsecration, also referred to as decommissioning or secularization (a term also used for confiscation of church property), [1] is the removal of a religious sanction and blessing from something that had been previously consecrated for spiritual use.
The U.S. Navy is decommissioning two nuclear aircraft carriers in a row: The USS Nimitz and USS Eisenhower will soon be history.
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USS Nimitz (CVN-68) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) USS George Washington (CVN-73) USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) Gerald R. Ford class *(equipped with EMALS)
Gonzo Station was a U.S. Navy acronym for "Gulf of Oman Naval Zone of Operations" or "Gulf of Oman Northern Zone." [1] It was used to designate an area of carrier-based naval operations by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps in the Indian Ocean during the 1979–1981 Iranian Hostage Crisis and the "Tanker War" between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 - Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier - (Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, US) [3] Carrier Air Wing 7 - Tail Code: AG VF-142 Ghostriders - F-14A Tomcat