US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman alongside Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS John Lenthall in the Mediterranean Sea. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 29 November 1993 |
| Launched: | 7 September 1996 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1998 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Fate: | in service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 78,453 tons light, 101,378 tons full |
| Length: | 1092 ft (333 m) overall, 1040 ft (317 m) waterline |
| Beam: | 252 ft (77 m) flightdeck, 134 ft (41 m) extreme |
| Power plant: | two A4W reactors, four steam turbines |
| Propulsion: | four screws; 260,000+ shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Endurance: | 1.5 million nm at 20 knots (estimated) |
| Complement: | 6,275 officers and men |
| Aircraft: | 80+ F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets, F-14 Tomcats, E-2 Hawkeyes, C-2 Greyhounds, S-3 Vikings, EA-6 Prowlers, and SH-60 Seahawks |
The USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after President Harry S. Truman.
The first deployment of the HST was in Operation Southern Watch, from 28 November 2000 to 23 May 2001.
The carrier deployed again for Southern Watch on 5 December 2002, then participated in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, returning home 23 May 2003.