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USS Carl Vinson

Deployment: Deployed October 7 to the northern Arabian Sea. Returned to its home port on January 23, 2002.
Type of vessel: Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
Home port: Bremerton, Washington
Total personnel: 5,600
Aircraft: 90
Maximum speed: 30+ knots
Nuclear reactors: 2
Flight deck: 4.5 acres
Commissioned: March 1, 1983

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CARRIER AIRWING ELEVEN
VF-213 Black Lions (F-14 Tomcats)
HS-6 Indians (SH-60 Seahawk helicopters)
VS-29 Dragonfires (S-3 Viking)
VFA-22 Redcocks (FA-18 Hornets)
VFA-94 Mighty Shrikes (FA-18 Hornets)
VFA-97 Warhawks (FA-18 Hornets)
VRC-30 Providers (C-2 Greyhounds)
VAW-117 Wallbangers (E-2 Hawkeyes)
VAQ-135 Black Ravens (EA-6 Prowlers)
BATTLE GROUP
Two Submarine
- USS Key West
- USS Olympia
Two cruisers
- USS Antietam
- USS Princeton
One destroyer
- USS O'Kane
One frigate
- USS Ingraham
Three amphibious assault ships
- USS Peleliu
- USS Comstock
- USS Dubuque
One combat support ship
- USS Sacramento


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