Aircraft Carriers III

Jeff Head

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Here's the entire ceremony on youtube. You can watch the whole thing later.


This is a big day for the US Navy. Yes, tehre are hurdles to climb. But, nonetheless, it is leap ahead technology.

President Trump spoke well at the commissioning ceremony for the new aircraft carrier.

Great to see her in the fleet...but they have a long way to go to make her Operationally Capable.

New Cats, new Traps, new Island, new Advanced Reactors, new advanced radar and other sensors. They have to literally re-write the book. But they will...and this carrier and her class will ultimately have defensive laser weaponry and defensive rail gun weaponry.
 
according to USNI News Carrier USS Harry Truman On Sea Trials Following 10-Month Availability
Carrier USS Harry Truman (CVN-75) is back at sea after ten months in the yard for a planned maintenance availability, the Norfolk Naval Shipyard announced on Friday.

The Planned Incremental Availability ended one day earlier than planned, according to the project superintendent Mike Jennings said in the statement.

The work package – originally planned for eight months – was extended to accommodate additional work, the service told USNI News in January.

“The number one goal for this ship over the last year was making it better than when it arrived here,” said ship’s Capt. Ryan B. Scholl. “This excitement, enthusiasm and teamwork is what propelled us out of the shipyard. Truman is ready to tackle the next stage of doing what carriers do – conduct prompt and sustained combat operations from the sea.”

The upgrade installed the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) assets and the Navy’s next generation tactical afloat network. Other work included 4,500 reactor items.

“Additionally, maintenance and refurbishments were made to shipboard systems in preparation for future operations, including rehabilitating 90,000 square feet of Truman’s hangar bay, 7,000 square feet of its flight deck combing and scuppers, and 10,000 square feet of catwalk,” read the statement.

“Refurbishments to crew living spaces included the rehabilitation of 12 berthing spaces, 10 heads and the preservation of 963 decks over the course of 309,000 man hours.”

Truman’s
availability, which began in September, followed an unexpected deployment swap with USS Dwight Eisenhower (CVN-69) in 2015. A 14-month availability Eisenhower extended into 24 months. The swap cut short Truman’s last major availability and deferred several work packages to the most recent repair period.

Eisenhower is set to start its own PIA in August.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth is underway again currently doing 20.6 knots.
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And she’s off.
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has just departed Invergordon to resume sea trials
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Exercise
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Saber off NE Australia

With also the Reagan and he TF now to Brisbane total 33000 pers;, about 20 warships, 200 aicrafts in more ground troops, combat vehicles etc...

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Except error
1 Wasp
1 Canberra
1 Bay
1 Canterbury
1 H Ferry/W Island
1 Ticonderoga
1 Burke
3 ANZAC FFGs whose 2 Aussies and a Kiwi
2 Perry
One repl ship i think RAAN Success

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Upgunned ESG concept exercised in Talisman Saber
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Yesterday at 11:12 AM
according to USNI News Carrier USS Harry Truman On Sea Trials Following 10-Month Availability

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USS Truman heads to sea for trials after leaving shipyard
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Nearly 14 months after returning from her last record-setting deployment, the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman left Norfolk Naval Shipyard this morning and headed straight for open water in the Atlantic for sea trials — a day ahead of schedule .

Truman has been in Norfolk Naval Shipyard for the past 10 months following a planned incremental availability — a yard period she finished one day ahead of schedule — Navy officials told Navy Times.

Ushered by tugboats and security craft, Truman made the long transit through downtown Norfolk along the Elizabeth River, through Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake, a rare transit for a carrier.

“The number one goal for this ship over the last year was making it better than when it arrived here,” Capt. Ryan B. Scholl, Truman’s commanding officer, said in a Navy press release today. “This excitement, enthusiasm and teamwork is what propelled us out of the shipyard. Truman is ready to tackle the next stage of doing what carriers do.”

The work, which began last September, upgraded all of the ship’s communications and information technology networks, including an install of more than 3,000 consolidated afloat networks and Enterprise Services work stations as part of the Navy’s next generation tactical afloat network. It’s hoped that the upgraded networks and work stations will not only enhance operational missions, but will also provide sailors with better online access.

Navy sources tell Navy Times that Truman will start to work up next year for her next deployment as part of the Enhanced Fleet Response Plan. Truman was the last ship to deploy under the original FRP.

Nearly a quarter of the work done during the 10-month period was to fix nearly 4,500 reactor material items. Also, maintenance was performed on shipboard systems in preparation for future operations, including refurbishing 90,000 square feet of Truman’s hangar bay, 7,000 square feet of its flight deck combing and scuppers and 10,000 square feet of catwalk.

Upgrades to the ship also reworked 12 berthing spaces and 10 heads, as well as over 950 decks, which took nearly 309,000 man hours to complete.

When not helping with the refurbishment of their ship, sailors were sent to training and qualification opportunities at Navy schools and aboard other ships.

“During this shipyard period, the ship sent 1,200 sailors to more than 77 different locations covering 395 different types of training,” said Damage Controlman 1st Class Mykel Cruz in the release. “We also indoctrinated more than 600 new members to the crew,” including 300 who never served on a ship, he said.

Departing NNSY is the first step in a long road ahead for Truman. The ship is now preparing for an upcoming schedule consisting of various training exercises, placing emphasis on damage control, flight deck operations and simulated at-sea combat.

Officials say even with four carriers currently in port Norfolk — a rare occasion on the water front — she’ll have a parking space when she returns from trials.

In August, meanwhile, Truman’s sister ship, the Dwight D. Eisenhower, is scheduled for a planned shipyard visit. Also in August, the George Washington is slated to head to Newport News Shipyard and dry dock to kick off her mid-life overhaul, which is expected to last about four years.
"... she’ll have a parking space when she returns from trials."
LOL can't resist: I'd think it's berthing, not parking, space
 
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