Last update on Aug.11, 2015

Aircraft Carrier Locations
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

CVW not assigned

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : Norfolk, VA. 31May1995, construction started at Newport News Shipbuilding, VA 11Nov1995, 1st sub-assemblies started 02Sep1998, Keel Laid 04Mar2001, Nancy Reagan christened the CVN-76 in a public ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding 11Mar2001, launched 05May2003, departed for a four-day builder's sea trial by still under control of Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard 05May-08May2003, off the coast of Virginia 08May2003, returned to Newport News Shipbuilding 27May2003, departed Newport News Shipbuilding for two-day acceptance trials 28May2003, returned to Newport News Shipbuilding 12Jul2003, commissioned into service 23Jul2003, departed Norfolk 23Jul-05Aug2003, flight deck certification, off the coast of Virginia 12Aug-15Aug2003, WestLant 05Sep-10Sep2003, WestLant 17Sep2003, departed Norfolk to evade Hurricane Isabel 20Sep2003, returned to Norfolk 30Sep-06Oct2003, WestLant 07Oct2003, returned to Norfolk 17Oct-30Oct2003, WestLant 05Nov-10Nov2003, WestLant 11Nov-14Nov2003, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 30Apr-11May2004, flight deck certification, off the coast of Virginia 12May2004, returned to Norfolk 27May2004, embarked CVW-11, departed Norfolk to new homeport San Diego around the Cape Horn. The partial air wing includes the following squadrons: (NH)1xx VFA-41 "Black Aces" FA-18F, (NH)2xx VFA-14 "Tophatters" FA-18E, (NH)60x VAW-117 "Wallbangers" E-2C HE2K, (NH)61x HS-6 "Indians" SH-60F/HH-60H, (RW)xx VRC-30 DET. "Providers" C-2A 27May-03Jun2004, WestLant 04Jun-08Jun2004, SoLant 09Jun-12Jun2004, Rio De Janeiro 13Jun-20Jun2004, SoLant 21Jun2004, transited through Strait of Magellan 22Jun-23Jun2004, SoPac 25Jun-29Jun2004, Valparaiso, Chile 30Jun-08Jul2004, Pac 09Jul-12Jul2004, Callao, Peru 13Jul-22Jul2004, Pac 23Jul2004, arrived at new homeport San Diego

CVW not assigned

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : San Diego, CA. 05Nov-10Nov2004, EastPac 15Nov-19Nov2004, EastPac 29Nov-02Dec2004, EastPac 06Dec-08Dec2004, EastPac 13Dec-17Dec2004, carrier qualifications for Fleet Replacement Squadrons in the EastPac 11Jan2005, departed San Diego for routine carrier operations in the local area and to drop off two VRC-30 C-2As in Hawaii to help support Operation Unified Assistance. 11Jan-21Jan2005, Pac 22Jan2005, pulled into Pearl Harbor 22Jan-24Jan2005, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 25Jan-04Feb2005, Pac 05Feb2005, returned to San Diego

CVW-14 (NK)

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : San Diego, CA. 28Apr-29Apr2005, EastPac 09May-20May2005, carrier qualifications for Fleet Replacement Squadrons in the EastPac 24May-03Jun2005, combat system ship's qualifications trials in the EastPac 15Jun-30Jun2005, routine carrier operations, Board of Inspection and Survey inspection, carrier qualifications for West coast Fleet Replacement Squadrons in the EastPac 08Jul-14Jul2005, Tailored Ships Training Availability in the EastPac 15Jul2005, returned to San Diego 17Jul2005, departed San Diego for a Tailored Ships Training Availability 17Jul-02Aug2005, Tailored Ships Training Availability in the EastPac 03Aug2005, returned to San Diego 08Aug-18Aug2005, carrier qualifications for Fleet Replacement Squadrons in the EastPac 19Aug-22Aug2005, Santa Barbara, CA. 23Aug-24Aug2005, EastPac 19Sep-23Sep2005, carrier qualifications for the west coast Fleet Replacement Squadrons in the EastPac 01Oct2005, Friends and Family Day Cruise 17Oct2005, departed San Diego for an 18-day COMPTUEX 17Oct-09Nov2005, COMPTUEX (Composite Training Unit Exercise) in the EastPac 10Nov2005, returned to San Diego 06Dec2005, departed San Diego to participate in JTFEX (Joint Task Force Exercise) 07Dec-15Dec2005, JTFEX off the coast of Southern California 17Dec2005, returned San Diego 04Jan2006, departed San Diego to the Western Pacific and certain combat duty in the Persian Gulf 04Jan-22Jan2006, Pac 23Jan-27Jan2006, Brisbane, Australia 27Jan2006, departed Brisbane, Australia 28Jan-02Feb2006, Philippine Sea 03Feb2006, Celebes Sea 06Feb2006, Philippine Sea 07Feb-10Feb2006, Singapore 11Feb2006, departed Singapore 12Feb2006, Bay of Bengal 13Feb-17Feb2006, Indian Ocean 18Feb2006, arrived in the 5th Fleet Area of Operations 20Feb-14Mar2006, Persian Gulf 15Mar-19Mar2006, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 20Mar-15Apr2006, Persian Gulf 16Apr-20Apr2006, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 21Apr-13May2006, Persian Gulf 14May-18May2006, Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates 19May-28May2006, Persian Gulf 29May2006, concluded military operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations 30May-02Jun2006, Indian Ocean 03Jun-05Jun2006, Port Kelang, Malaysia 06Jun2006, Andaman Sea 07Jun-09Jun2006, South China Sea 10Jun-12Jun2006, Hong Kong, China 13Jun2006, departed Hong Kong 13Jun-15Jun2006, South China Sea 16Jun-18Jun2006, Guam operating area 19Jun-23Jun2006, Exercise "Valiant Shield 2006" with the CV-63 and the CVN-72 in the Guam operating area 24Jun-27Jun2006, Pac 28Jun2006, pulled into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for a one-day port visit on the return leg of deployment 29Jun2006, departed Pearl Harbor 29Jun-05Jul2006, "Tiger Cruise" on the return leg 06Jul2006, returned to San Diego 15Aug-18Aug2006, EastPac 28Aug-01Sep2006, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) in the EastPac 16Oct-19Oct2006, training squadron carrier qualifications in the southern California operating area 20Oct2006, returned to San Diego 24Oct-31Oct2006, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications in the southern California operating area 09Nov2006, departed San Diego for quarterly sustainment training under the Fleet Response Training Plan (FRTP) 09Nov-11Nov2006, EastPac 12Nov-16Nov2006, in support the JTFEX of JCS CSG off the coast of Southern California 17Nov-20Nov2006, EastPac 21Nov2006, returned to San Diego 29Nov-05Dec2006, routine carrier operations in the Southern California operating area 11Dec-15Dec2006, EastPac 27Jan2007, departed San Diego for a short-notice deployment to the Western Pacific 27Jan-08Feb2007, Pac 09Feb2007, entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility 09Feb-23Feb2007, WestPac 24Feb2007, pulled into Sasebo 24Feb-27Feb2007, Sasebo, Japan 28Feb2007, departed Sasebo 28Feb-06Mar2007, East China Sea 07Mar-10Mar2007, Hong Kong 11Mar-13Mar2007, South China Sea 14Mar-18Mar2007, WestPac 19Mar-21Mar2007, East China Sea 22Mar-25Mar2007, Busan, South Korea 26Mar2007, kicked off Exercise Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration/Foal Eagle (RSOI/FE) 2007 26Mar-29Mar2007, RSOI/FE 2007 in the Sea of Japan 02Apr-06Apr2007, WestPac 06Apr2007, concluded military operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility 07Apr-09Apr2007, Pac 09Apr2007, pulled into Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled port visit on the return leg 09Apr-13Apr2007, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 13Apr2007, departed Pearl Harbor for a "Tiger Cruise", the final leg of the deployment 13Apr-19Apr2007, Pac 20Apr2007, returned to San Diego May-Oct2007, Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) 29Oct2007, departed San Diego for sea trials as part of the PIA 29Oct-30Oct2007, sea trials 31Oct2007, completed six-month PIA and sea trials, Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), and returned to Home Port of San Diego 05Nov2007, departed San Diego 05Nov-08Nov2007, flight deck certification in the EastPac 09Nov2007, returned to San Diego 11Nov2007, "Friends and Family Day Cruise" 27Nov2007, departed San Diego 27Nov-17Dec2007, Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP) off the coast of Southern California 18Dec2007, returned to San Diego 08Jan2008, departed San Diego 08Jan-10Jan2008, EastPac 11Jan-13Jan2008, Santa Barbara 14Jan2008, EastPac 15Jan2008, returned to San Diego 28Jan-01Feb2008, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 10Feb-14Feb2008, EastPac 09Mar-12Mar2008, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 17Mar2008, departed San Diego 17Mar-06Apr2008, Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California 07Apr2008, returned to San Diego 11Apr2008, departed San Diego to participate in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 08-5. 11Apr-18Apr2008, JTFEX off the coast of Southern California 19Apr-21Apr2008, off the coast of Southern California 22Apr2008, returned to San Diego 19May2008, departed San Diego for a scheduled six-month deployment to the WestPac and the 5th Fleet AOR 19May-21May2008, EastPac 26May2008, off the coast of Hawaii 27May2008, Undersea Warfare Exercise (USWEX) in the waters of the Hawaiian operating area 31May-04Jun2008, Pac 05Jun2008, crossed the international date line and entered the 7th Fleet AOR 05Jun-16Jun2008, WestPac 17Jun-18Jun2008, South China Sea 19Jun-21Jun2008, Hong Kong 22Jun-24Jun2008, WestPac 25Jun-02Jul2008, off the coast of Panay Island in the Sulu Sea to providing humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen 03Jul2008, departed the off coast of Panay Island in the Sulu Sea, after assisting the Philippine government's humanitarian relief operation 04Jul-05Jul2008, WestPac 06Jun2008, pulled into Agana Harbor off the coast of Guam 06Jul-09Jul2008, Apra Harbor, Guam 10Jul-13Jul2008, WestPac 14Jul-17Jul2008, Busan, Republic of Korea 18Jul2008, East China Sea 19Jul-27Jul2008, WestPac 28Jul2008, pulled into Sasebo 28Jul-31Jul2008, Sasebo, Japan 01Aug2008, departed Sasebo 01Aug-04Aug2008, WestPac 05Aug-12Aug2008, South China Sea 13Aug-17Aug2008, Java Sea 18Aug-20Aug2008, Port Kelang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 21Aug2008, departed Port Kelang 21Aug-27Aug2008, Indian Ocean 28Aug2008, Ronald Reagan CSG assumed the duties as CTF-50, and relieved the Abraham Lincoln CSG 28Aug-01Oct2008, North Arabian Sea 02Oct-05Oct2008, port visit in the Middle East 06Oct-18Oct2008, North Arabian Sea 19Oct-24Oct2008, Indian Ocean 25Oct-31Oct2008, Port Kelang, Malaysia 01Nov-14Nov2008, WestPac 14Nov2008, concluded military operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) 15Nov-16Nov2008, Pac 17Nov-18Nov2008, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 19Nov-24Nov2008, Tiger Cruise en route to San Diego 25Nov2008, returned to San Diego 17Feb2009, departed San Diego 17Feb-25Feb2009, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 26Feb2009, returned to San Diego 11Mar-25Mar2009, sustainment exercise (SUSTAINEX) in the EastPac 26Mar2009, returned to San Diego 16Apr2009, departed San Diego 16Apr-20Apr2009, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of Southern California 21Apr2009, returned to San Diego 28May2009, departed San Diego on a scheduled 6-month overseas deployment to the 7th and 5th Fleet Areas of Responsibility 28May-05Jun2009, EastPac 06Jun-07Jun2009, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 08Jun2009, EastPac 09Jun2009, crossed the international date line, entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility 09Jun-17Jun2009, WestPac 19Jun-23Jun2009, Philippine Sea 24Jun-27Jun2009, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 28Jun2009, departed Singapore and passed through the Strait of Malacca 29Jun-02Jul2009, Indian Ocean 03Jul-05Jul, North Arabian Sea 06Jul2009, relieved the Eisenhower CSG and launched first sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 06Jul-08Aug2009, North Arabian Sea 09Aug-12Aug2009, Jebel Ali, UAE 13Aug-18Sep2009, North Arabian Sea 19Sep-21Sep2009, Indian Ocean 22Sep-25Sep2009, Phuket, Thailand 26Sep-12Oct2009, WestPac 13Oct-14Oct2009, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 15Oct-20Oct2009, Tiger Cruise en route to San Diego 21Oct2009, returned to San Diego Nov2009-May2010, Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) 17May2010, departed San Diego for Sea Trials 17May-19May2010, Sea Trials off the coast of Southern California 19May2010, returned to San Diego 02Jun2010, departed San Diego 02Jun-06Jun2010, Flight Deck Certification off the coast of Southern California 07Jun-08Jun2010, EastPac 09Jun-12Jun2010, International Canadian Fleet Review commemorating the 100th birthday of the Canadian Navy in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 13Jun-27Jun2010, tailored ships training availability (TSTA) in the EastPac 28Jun-05Jul2010, Pearl Harbor 06Jul2010, departed Pearl Harbor to participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 06Jul-30Jul2010, participated in RIMPAC in the Hawaiian Operating Area 31Jul-02Aug2010, Pearl Harbor 05Aug-07Aug2010, EastPac 08Aug2010, returned to San Diego 23Aug2010, departed San Diego 23Aug-26Aug2010, EastPac 27Aug2010, returned to San Diego 08Sep2010, departed San Diego 08Sep-16Sep2010, EastPac 17Sep2010, returned to San Diego 18Oct2010, departed San Diego 18Oct-14Nov2010, Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of California 14Nov2010, completed a successful COMPTUEX 15Nov2010, returned to San Diego 15Dec2010, departed San Diego 15Dec-17Dec2010, off the coast of Southern California 18Dec2010, returned to San Diego 04Jan2011, departed San Diego 04Jan-20Jan2011, off the coast of Southern California 21Jan2011, returned to San Diego 02Feb2011, departed San Diego 03Feb-04Mar2011, Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) and pre-deployment training off the coast of Southern California 05Mar2011, departed the Southern California area of operations for regularly scheduled deployment to the WestPac and CENTCOM AOR 05Mar-08Mar2011, Pac 09Mar2011, arrived in the 7th Fleet AOR 09Mar-12Mar2011, WestPac 13Mar-04Apr2011, providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance in support of "Operation Tomodachi" following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, off the coast of northern Japan, WestPac 05Apr-07Apr2011, WestPac 08Apr-18Apr2011, East China Sea 19Apr-22Apr2011, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan 22Apr2011, departed Sasebo 22Apr-30Apr2011, WestPac 01May-04May2011, Phuket, Thailand 05May2011, South China Sea 06May2011, Bay of Bengal 07May-08May2011, Indian Ocean 09May2011, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet AOR and relieved USS Carl Vinson CSG 10May-21May2011, North Arabian Sea 22May-25May2011, Kingdom of Bahrain 26May-28Jul2011, North Arabian Sea 29Jul-01Aug2011, Arabian Sea 02Aug-06Aug2011, Indian Ocean 08Aug-11Aug2011, South China Sea 12Aug-15Aug2011, Hong Kong 16Aug-20Aug2011, WestPac 21Aug-23Aug2011, Guam 24Aug-30Aug2011, Pac 31Aug-02Sep2011, Pearl Harbor 03Sep-08Sep2011, EastPac 09Sep2011, returned to San Diego 14Oct2011, departed San Diego 14Oct-02Nov2011, Carrier Qualifications for CVW-14 off the coast of southern California 03Nov2011, returned to San Diego 04Nov2011, departed San Diego 04Nov-08Nov2011, Training Command Squadron Carrier Qualifications off the coast of southern California 09Nov2011, returned to San Diego 10Nov2011, departed San Diego 10Nov-15Nov2011, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications off the coast of southern California 16Nov2011, returned to San Diego 06Jan2012, departed San Diego en route to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for scheduled Dock-Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 06Jan-09Jan2012, EastPac 10Jan2012, sailed into Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a 12-month DPIA. DPIA will cost $218 million and take one year to complete. Ronald Reagan will be homeported in Bremerton. 09Mar2013, departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 09Mar-11Mar2013, sea trials in the EastPac 12Mar2013, returned to Bremerton 18Mar2013, departed Bremerton 18Mar-20Mar2013, EastPac 21Mar2013, returned to San Diego

CVW-2 (NE)

Locations and Remarks

Home Port : San Diego, CA. 03May2013, departed San Diego 03May-15May2013, flight deck certifications and carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California 16May2013, returned to San Diego 06Jun2013, departed San Diego 06Jun-12Jun2013, off the coast of Southern California 13Jun2013, returned to San Diego 11Jul2013, departed San Diego 11Jul-22Jul2013, Carrier Qualifications for FRS and TRACOM off the coast of southern California 23Jul2013, returned to San Diego 06Sep2013, departed San Diego 06Sep-12Sep2013, routine training off the coast of southern California 13Sep2013, returned to San Diego 17Oct2013, departed San Diego 17Oct-21Oct2013, EastPac 22Oct2013, returned to San Diego 31Oct2013, departed San Diego 31Oct-15Nov2013, Carrier Qualifications (CQ) and Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA), off the coast of southern California 16Nov2013, returned to San Diego 05Dec2013, departed San Diego 05Dec-12Dec2013, off the coast of southern California 13Dec2013, returned to San Diego 23Jan2014, departed San Diego 23Jan-30Jan2014, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ) off the coast of southern California 31Jan2014, returned to San Diego 17Mar2014, departed San Diego 17Mar-08Apr2014, Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) off the coast of southern California 08Apr2014, returned to San Diego 09Apr2014, Friends and Family Day Cruise 20May2014, departed San Diego 21May-29May2014, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications (FRSCQ), mmo offload with the USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7), off the coast of southern California 30May-01Jun2014, Santa Barbara, Calif. 02Jun2014, off the coast of southern California 03Jun2014, returned to San Diego 13Jun2014, departed San Diego for Carrier Qualifications (CQ) and to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 13Jun-18Jun2014, Carrier Qualifications off the coast of southern California 19Jun-25Jun2014, en route to Hawaii for RIMPAC 26Jun-07Jul2014, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in-port phase of RIMPAC 08Jul-29Jul2014, RIMPAC in the Hawaiian Operating Area 30Jul-02Aug2014, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 03Aug-09Aug2014, Pac 10Aug2014, returned to San Diego 04Sep2014-16Apr2015, Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) at Naval Base Coronado/Huntington Ingalls Inc. 17Apr2015, departed Huntington Ingalls Inc. for sea trials 17Apr-19Apr2015, sea trials 20Apr2015, returned to San Diego 28Apr2015, departed San Diego 28Apr-28May2015 Flight deck certifications, Carrier Qualifications for CVW-2, CVW-11, FRS and TRACOM, and ammo onload, off the coast of southern California 29May2015, returned to San Diego 26Jun2015, departed San Diego 26Jun-23Jul2015, Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) and Final Evaluation Problem (FEP) off the coast of southern California 20Jul2015, returned to San Diego 23Jul2015, Friends and Family Day Cruise