History: USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76
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| Career | |
| Role | Aircraft carrier |
| Namesake : | US President Ronald Reagan |
| Status : | in active service (as of 2012) |
| Ordered : | 8 December 1994 |
| Laid down : | 12 February 1998 |
| Launched : | 4 March 2001 |
| Sponsored by: | Nancy Reagan |
| Commissioned : | 12 July 2003 |
| Homeport : | NAS North Island Coronado, CA |
| Badge: | @badge@ |
| Class and type : | Nimitz class |
| Ronald Reagan subclass | |
| Displacement : | 101,400 long tons |
| (113,600 short tons) | |
| 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 : | Max. 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 : | Unlimited distance; 20-25 years |
| Complement : | Ship's company: 3,200 |
| Air wing: 2,480 | |
| Ship systems : | SPS-48E 3-D air search radar |
| SPS-49A(V)1 2-D air search radar | |
| SPQ-9B fire control radar | |
| 2*SPN-46 air traffic control radars | |
| SPN-43C air traffic control radar | |
| SPN-41 ILS radar | |
| 3*Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems | |
| 3*Mk 95 radars | |
| Electronic warfare : | SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures |
| SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo counterm. | |
| Armament : | 2*Mk 29 Sea Sparrow |
| 2*RIM-116 Rolling Airframe | |
| Armor : | Classified |
| Aircraft carried : | 90 fixed wing/helicopters |
| Motto : | Peace Through Strength |
| Nicname : | Gipper |
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carrier (supercarrier) in service of the United States Navy. The USS Ronald Reagan is the ninth ship of her class and it was named in the honor of former United States president Ronald Reagan (1981-1989). Back in 2001 it was the first ship to be named after a former president still alive at the time of christening.
Currently (May 2012) the ship is part of Carrier Strike Group Nine and it is under the command of the Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific/Commander, Naval Air Forces.
Table of contents
Ship's seal
The USS Ronald Reagan's seal was designed by the plankowner crew with the help of the staff members at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library foundation.
Design and construction
Naming
Technology
Operational Service
The USS Ronald Reagan completed her five-month post-shakedown availability (PSA) and received her second flight deck certification on 8 May 2004. This certification includes all flight operations, including aircraft launch and recovery, safety, crash and salvage, fuel certifications, and training.
This event was followed by the transfer of the aircraft carrier from Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia to her new homeport of Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego. The transit journey took the ship around Cape Horn, South America having on board 25% of Carrier Air Wing Eleven, normally assigned to USS Nimitz.
The squadrons which made the transit were VFA-14 and VFA-41 flying the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, VAW-117 flying the E-2C Hawkeye 2000, HS-6 flying the SH-60F Seahawk and VRC-30 flying the C-2A Greyhound. The USS Ronald Reagan then transited the Strait of Magellan on 21 June 2004 and made several port visits to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Valparaiso, Chile, and Callao, Peru before arriving in San Diego on 23 July 2004.
On 1 October 2004 the USS Ronald Reagan was assigned to Carrier Strike Group Fifteen.
2006 maiden deployment
2007 surge deployment
2008 deployment
2009 deployment
2010
2011
Commanding officers
- John William "Bill" Goodwin — November 2000 – 28 August 2003
- James A. Symonds — 28 August 2003 – 17 November 2005
- Terry B. Kraft — 17 November 2005 – 2 May 2008
- Kenneth Joseph "KJ" Norton – 2 May 2008 – August 2010
- Thom W. Burke – August 2010 – present
See also
Aircraft carrier
Nimitz class
History
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