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Sixth Fleet, though additional NATO headquarters personnel would eventually be assigned, while maintaining American control over its nuclear weapons on board U.S. aircraft carriers as mandated by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. [9] U.S. ships in Sicily, 1965. Sixth Fleet supported American land forces during Operation Blue Bat in Lebanon in 1958.
[4] While the chart does include light carriers, it does not include amphibious assault ships nor escort carriers with the exception of the Langley which is included for historical context. In general, labels for ships of a single class are aligned vertically with the topmost ship in a column carrying the class name.
While cruising with the 6th Fleet, Springfield left the region just four times, visiting Casablanca, Morocco, and Lisbon twice each. [3] In April 1973, flying the flag of Vice Admiral Gerald E. Miller , Commander, Sixth Fleet, she served as the command ship for flood relief operations in Tunisia , after four days of heavy rain had left 40,000 ...
35 years, 77 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [72] CVN-73 George Washington: Nimitz: 4 July 1992 — 32 years, 207 days Stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California [73] CVN-74 John C. Stennis: Nimitz: 9 December 1995 — 29 years, 49 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk ...
Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Battlegroup *(Part of 6th Fleet Jan 11 to June 20) [9] Carrier Group 8 - (Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, US) [2] USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 - Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier. Carrier Air Wing 8 - Tail Code: AJ. VF-41 Black Aces - F-14A Tomcat; VF-84 Jolly Rogers - F-14A Tomcat; VFA-15 Valions - F/A-18A Hornet
The third part began on 23 March, with a carrier battle group from the United States Sixth Fleet consisting of the aircraft carriers USS America, USS Coral Sea and USS Saratoga, in addition to five cruisers, twelve destroyers, six frigates, 250 aircraft and 27,000 personnel near the gulf.
Following fitting-out and ship's qualification trials, William H. Standley spent the holiday season in Boston before heading for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January 1967.After a two and one-half month shakedown period, William H. Standley became flagship for Rear Admiral E. R. Bonner, Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 6, during a "Springboard" exercise in the Caribbean Sea.
Leaving the yard in January 1956, Randolph conducted air operations off the East Coast for the next six months, and was the first Atlantic Fleet carrier to launch a Regulus guided missile from her flight deck. On 14 July 1956, Randolph again steamed east for a seven-month tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean.