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. HST's callsign is Lone Warrior and USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 is currently homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Harry Truman (also known as HST within the Navy) is 1,092 ft (333 m) long, 257 ft (78 m) wide and is as high as a twenty-four-story building, at 244 feet (74 m). The super carrier can accommodate approximately 80 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (18,000 m²) in size, using four elevators that are 3,880 ft² (360 m²) each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay. With a combat load, HST displaces almost 97,000 tons and can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers. Her four distilling units can make 400,000 U.S. gallons (1,500 m³) of potable water a day; her food service divisions serve 18,000 meals per day. There are over 2,500 compartments on board requiring 2,520 tons (2.1 MW) of air conditioning capacity (enough to cool over 2,000 homes). The warship uses two Mark II stockless anchors that came from USS Forrestal and weigh 30 tons each, with each link of the anchor chain weighing 360 pounds (160 kg). She is currently equipped with 3 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts and 2 Sea Sparrow SAM launchers. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier cost over $4.5 billion in 2007 dollars to manufacture. | |
| 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 |
Three Newport News ship workers 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 USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier was christened on 7 September 1996, and the crew began moving aboard from contract housing in Newport News in January 1998. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier successfully completed builder's sea trial on 11 June 1998 after a short delay due to noise issues in one of the reactor closure heads. The ship was officially accepted by the Navy on 25 June 1998 and was commissioned on 25 July 1998 at Naval Station Norfolk.
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.
Truman got underway for the first time as a U.S. Navy carrier in August 1998 to conduct flight deck certifications, an evolution designed to test the ship’s ability to successfully launch and recover aircraft. That was followed by numerous at sea periods for various training evolutions.
The Maiden deployment of The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier began on 28 November 2000 with Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) embarked. After transiting the Suez Canal, the air wing flew 869 combat sorties in support of Operation Southern Watch (OSW), including a strike on Iraqi integrated air defense system sites on Feb. 16, 2001, in a sanctioned response to Iraqi surface-to-air missile fire against United Nations Security Council coalition forces. Combat operations ended on 27 April and the ship returned to the U.S. on 23 May 2001. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier then entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., for her first Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) in Sept.
The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier deployed on her second deployment on 5 December 2002, again with CVW-3 embarked, visiting Marseille, France, Souda Bay, Crete and Koper, Slovenia Between 19 March and 18 April, airwing aircraft flew nearly 1,300 combat sorties from the Mediterranean Sea in the early stages of 2003 invasion of Iraq. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier stopped in Portsmouth, England, before returning to Norfolk on 23 May 2003. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier conducted her second Planned Incremental Availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard from August 2003 to 13 Feb 2004.
On 2 June 2004, HST "surged" for Summer Pulse 04, The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier deploying to the Mediterranean Sea in support of the Navy's Fleet Response Plan. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier ported in Naples, Italy, and participated in Operation Majestic Eagle in the eastern Atlantic Ocean before returning home on 25 July.
The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier set out from Norfolk on her third extended deployment to the Persian Gulf on 13 October 2004, and visited Souda Bay, Crete, before relieving USS John F. Kennedy on 20 November.
The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 launched 2,577 sorties, totaling nearly 13,000 flight hours, in support of OIF and maritime security operations (MSO) before being relieved by USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group in the Persian Gulf on March 19, 2005. Despite plans to cross the equator and visit South Africa, diplomatic issues caused her instead to transit the Suez Canal, stopping in Portsmouth, England, prior to returning home on 19 April 2005.
On 1 September 2005, in response to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier set sail for the devastated U.S. Gulf Coast. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier arrived in the Gulf of Mexico on 4 September and served as the flagship for the Naval task force. 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 USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier remained anchored in the gulf and provided fresh desalinated water for the relief effort via helicopter. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier returned to home port in October 2005 after five weeks of relief efforts.The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a Docked Planned Incremental Availability in January 2006. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier received many system upgrades, and underwent preventative maintenance to repair minor weld defects originating from the initial construction of the reactor plants. She left in December 2006 and continued preparations for surge beginning in April 2007.
On 15 August 2007, an E-2C Hawkeye crashed after taking off from the carrier, killing all three crewmembers. On 5 November 2007 Harry S. Truman left Norfolk for her fourth extended deployment with CVW-3 embarked in support of OSW.
The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier returned to the US in early June 2008. She first pulled into port in Naval Station Mayport, Florida in order to welcome aboard family and friends for a three day "Tiger Cruise", before returning to Norfolk Naval Station on 4 June 2008. The USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 US Navy aircraft carrier was awarded her fourth Battle E award for the east coast (for 2008) in early 2009.
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