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A carrier strike group (CSG) is a type of carrier battle group of the United States Navy. [1] It is an operational formation composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, usually an aircraft carrier , at least one cruiser , a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers or frigates , [ 2 ] and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft.
A carrier battle group (CVBG) is a naval fleet consisting of an aircraft carrier capital ship and its large number of escorts, together defining the group. The CV in CVBG (Cruiser Voler ) is the United States Navy hull classification code for an aircraft carrier .
A carrier strike group, or CSG for short, is a type of carrier battle group that is a principal element of U.S. power, holding enough firepower to rival the air forces of entire nations.
The UK Carrier Strike Group (UKCSG) is a carrier battle group of the Royal Navy.It has existed in various forms since the mid-2000s. [1] [2] Between 2006 and 2011, the formation centred around the Royal Navy's Invincible-class aircraft carriers until the retirement of their Harrier GR9 strike aircraft in 2011 as a result of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2 or COMCARSTRKGRU 2) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, tracing its history originally to 1931.The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is the strike group's current flagship.
The resulting group of ships is often termed a carrier strike group, battle group, carrier group, or carrier battle group. There is a view among some military pundits [ who? ] that modern anti-ship weapons systems, such as torpedoes and missiles, or even ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads have made aircraft carriers and carrier groups too ...
In the middle of 1992, there was a Navy reorganization. Each of the Navy's 12 existing carrier battle groups was planned to consist of an aircraft carrier; an embarked carrier air wing; cruiser, destroyer, and frigate units; and two nuclear-powered attack submarines. [13] The group's composition after the reorganization can be seen below. [14]
Carrier Strike Group 5 led by USS Ronald Reagan with Air Force B-52 Stratofortress and Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in September 2018. Carrier Strike Group 5, also known as CSG 5 or CARSTRKGRU 5, is the U.S. Navy carrier strike group assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and permanently forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet.