USS CARL VINSON

THIS IS USS CARL VINSON PRESENTLY NOW IN INDIA FOR THE 'MALABAR EXERCISE' WHICH IS A NAVAL EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONDUCTED REGULARLY. THE NAME OF THIS SHIP IS AFTER A SENATOR OF GEORGIA CALLED AS 'CARL VINSON'.THE BODY OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS DISPOSED INTO SEA OF THIS DECK. THIS SHIP IS NOW DOCKED IN CHENNAI PORT FOR THE NAVAL EXERCISE.

On 12 January 2010, just hours after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Carl Vinson was ordered to redirect from her current deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean to Haiti to contribute to the relief effort as part of Operation Unified Response. Upon receiving orders from USSOUTHCOM, the Carl Vinson battle group proceeded to Mayport, Florida where the ships loitered offshore to receive additional supplies and helicopters. The ships arrived off Port au Prince on 15 January 2010 to commence operations.^[25][26][27] CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, pediatric surgeon Henri Ford, and two Navy doctors removed a piece of concrete from the skull of a 12-year-old earthquake victim in an operation performed aboard Carl Vinson on 18 January.^[28][29] In addition to providing medical relief, CVN-70's excess desalination capacity was critical to providing water to Haiti's population during the earthquake relief.

CAREER
			Name:	USS Carl Vinson
Namesake:	Carl Vinson
Ordered:	5 April 1974
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down:	11 October 1975
Launched:	15 March 1980
Commissioned:	13 March 1982
Homeport:	NAS North Island San Diego, California
Motto:	Vis Per Mare (Strength from the Sea)
Nickname:	Starship Vinson, The Battlestar, The Gold Eagle, San Francisco's Own, America's Favorite Carrier, Chuckie V, U.S.S. Chuck Wagon, The Carl Prison, Cell Block 70
Status:	in active service, as of 2012
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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Class and type:	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:	101,300 long tons (113,500 short tons)[1]
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)
Draft:	Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m) Limit: 41 feet (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:	Unlimited distance; 20-25 years
Complement:	Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480
Crew:	6062
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 AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar AN/SPN-41 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
Armor:	Unknown
Aircraft carried:	90 fixed wing and helicopters