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 USS Harry S. Truman alongside MSC oiler USNS John Lenthall in the Mediterranean Sea |
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| Name: | USS Harry S. Truman |
| Ordered: | 30 June 1988 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Cost: | US$4.5 billion |
| Laid down: | 29 November 1993 |
| Launched: | 7 September 1996 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1998 |
| Homeport: | NS Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto: | The Buck Stops Here |
| Nickname: | HST |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2009[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | Approximately 101,000 long tons (103,000 t) full load |
| Length: | Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m) Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m) |
| Beam: | Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m) |
| Draught: | Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (194 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph) |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited |
| Complement: | Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar 2 × AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43B air traffic control radar AN/SPN-44 landing aid radars 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 4 × Mk 95 radars |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures |
| Armament: | 2 × Mk 57 Mod3 Sea Sparrow 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 3 × Phalanx CIWS |
| Armour: | Classified |
| Aircraft carried: | 90 fixed wing and helicopters |
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.
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Construction
The keel was laid by Newport News Shipbuilding on 29 November 1993 and the ship was christened on 7 September 1996. HST was authorized and laid down as USS United States but her name was changed after the keel laying. Three Newport News shipworkers died during construction when a pump room filled with methane and hydrogen sulfide gases during a sewage leak on Saturday, 12 July 1997. They are commemorated by a brass plaque in the tunnel off Hangar Bay #1.
The official launching of the ship was on 13 September 1996. The crew moved aboard ship from contract housing in Newport News in January 1998. The ship successfully completed builder's trials on 11 June 1998 and acceptance sea trials on 25 June 1998 before being commissioned on 25 July 1998. The builder's trials and sea trials were delayed from the initial scheduling dates in May 1998 due to noise issues in one of the reactor closure heads during hydrostatic testing. Two brass plaques in the entrances to the Reactor Rooms list all personnel on watch in the Reactor Room and Main Machinery Room (MMR) when #1 and #2 reactors first became "critical". One of the crew members is incorrectly listed as MM2 Pres Ilog, when that member was an MM3 for more than two years after that date.
Commissioning ceremony
The keynote speaker of the commissioning ceremony was President Bill Clinton. Other notable attendees and speakers were: Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., who pushed to have the carrier named after the 33rd president; Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan; Captain Thomas Otterbein, the Truman's first commanding officer; Secretary of Defense William Cohen; and Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton.
Recreation
While underway, the ship has its own daily newspaper, the "Give 'em Hell Herald", and its own weekly television newscast, "The Lookout".
Ship history
The ship is currently based at Norfolk, Virginia. The first deployment of Harry S. Truman was in support of Operation Southern Watch, from 28 November 2000 to 23 May 2001. She then entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., for her first Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). The carrier deployed again for Southern Watch on 5 December 2002, visiting Marseille, France, and Souda Bay, Crete, and then participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, stopping in Portsmouth, England, before returning home 23 May 2003. Later that summer it "surged" in support of the Navy's Fleet Response Plan, deploying to the Mediterranean Sea, where she ported in Naples, Italy, and participated in Operation Majestic Eagle in the eastern Atlantic Ocean before returning home to enter Norfolk Naval Shipyard for her second PIA. The ship set out from Norfolk for the Persian Gulf on 13 October (the U.S. Navy's birthday) 2004, and visited Souda Bay, Crete, followed by Manama, Bahrain, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on two occasions and was relieved on 19 March 2005. Despite plans to cross the equator and visit South Africa, diplomatic issues caused her to push back through the Suez Canal and stop in Portsmouth, England, on the way home instead. In competition year 2004, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award, an honor given to the most battle-ready ship in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. The ship also was awarded the Battle E award three consecutive years, from 2003 to 2005.
On 1 September 2005, in response to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Harry S. Truman set sail for the devastated U.S. Gulf Coast. Truman arrived in the Gulf of Mexico on 4 September and served as the flagship for the Naval task force, though in name only. While the ship's strike group (Carrier Strike Group 10) commander, Rear Adm. Joseph Kilkenny, was appointed deputy commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) Gulf Coast (also known as JTF Katrina & Rita), the ship remained anchored in the gulf and provided fresh desalinated water for the relief effort via helicopter. (The actual command hub for the JTF was Iwo Jima (LHD-7). Harry S. Truman returned to home port in October 2005 after five weeks of relief efforts.[citation needed]
Harry S. Truman entered the shipyards for a Docked Planned Incremental Availability in January 2006. The ship received many system upgrades, and underwent preventative maintenance to repair minor weld defects originating from the initial construction of the reactor plants.[citation needed]
Harry S. Truman left Norfolk Naval Shipyard in December 2006 to undergo its training cycle in preparation for surge capability beginning in April 2007.[citation needed] On 15 August 2007, an E-2C Hawkeye crashed after taking off from the carrier, killing all three crewmembers.
On 5 November 2007 the Harry S. Truman left Norfolk for its seven month Persian Gulf deployment also stopping in the Mediterranean on the way home. The ship is know to have pulled into port in Dubai on two occasions and Rhodes,Greece as well followed by a stop in Marseille, France in May 2008.[citation needed] The ship also celebrated the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel. On returning to America in early June 2008 the HST first pulled into port in Mayport, Florida in order to welcome aboard family and friends for a three day Tiger Cruise. The HST returned home from deployment to Norfolk Naval Station on 4 June 2008. The ship was awarded the Battle E award for the east coast again for 2008.
In popular culture
The Discovery Channel documentary "City of Steel" documents the construction, sea trials and commission of the USS Harry S. Truman.
The USS Harry S. Truman was used in filming for the 2003 movie Tears of the Sun starring Bruce Willis.[citation needed]
The USS Harry S. Truman appears in episode eight of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion under the name of Over the Rainbow.
Gallery
 The ship anchors outside Portsmouth, England, while her crew enjoy a port visit. |
 A cover for the Keel Laying of CVN-75 showing her keel was laid as USS United States. |
.jpg) The Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Spica cruises alongside Harry S. Truman during replenishment operations in the Mediterranean Sea on 1 November 2004. |
_with_the_Italian_aircraft_carrier_ITS_Giuseppe_Garibaldi_(C-551).jpg) Harry S. Truman and the Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi operate near each other in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004, a multinational war exercise conducted off the coast of Morocco. |
External links
- USS Harry S. Truman official website
- An unofficial USS Harry S. Truman webpage
- Truman Continues Preparations to Aid Hurricane Relief
- Maritimequest USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Photo Gallery
- The Examiner - Truman Commissioning Special Edition
- USS Harry S. Truman history at U.S. Carriers
- USS Harry S. Truman on Google Maps
See also
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