USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)

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USS Harry S. Truman alongside MSC oiler USNS John Lenthall in the Mediterranean Sea
Career (US)
Ordered:	30 June 1988
Laid down:	29 November 1993
Launched:	7 September 1996
Commissioned:	25 July 1998
Status:	Active in service as of 2005.
Homeport:	NS Norfolk, Virginia
General Characteristics
Displacement:	101,000–104,000 tons full load
Length:	Overall: 1,092 ft (333 m) Waterline: 1,040 ft (317 m)
Beam:	Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft:	Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Propulsion and power:	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed:	30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range:	Essentially unlimited
Complement:	Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and processing systems:	SPS-48E 3-D air search radar SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar Mk 23 target acquisition radar 2 × SPN-46 air traffic control radars SPN-43B air traffic control radar SPN-44 landing aid radars 3 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 3 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare and decoys:	SLQ-32(V)4 jamming/deception suite Mk36 SRBOC decoy RL SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament:	4 × Phalanx CIWS 3 × Mk 29 Sea Sparrow
Armor:	Unknown
Aircraft:	90 fixed wing and helicopters
Motto:	The Buck Stops Here
Nickname:	HST

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. The keel was laid by Newport News Shipbuilding November 29, 1993 and was christened September 7, 1996.

The ship is currently based at Norfolk, Virginia. The first deployment of Harry S. Truman was in Operation Southern Watch, from November 28, 2000 to May 23, 2001. The carrier deployed again for Southern Watch on December 5 2002 and then participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, returning home May 23, 2003. The ship set out from Norfolk for the Persian Gulf on October 13, 2004, and was relieved on March 19, 2005.

A 20" x 24" color photograph of the "Madonna of the Trail" hangs in a place of honor in the Captain's Quarters. The 12 Madonna monuments across the United States were a project of then-Judge Truman in 1928 and 1929.

External links

• Official website (http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cvn75/)
• An unofficial USS Harry S. Truman webpage (http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cvn75.html)

The ship anchors outside Portsmouth, England, while her crew enjoy a port visit.

The Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Spica cruises alongside Harry S. Truman during replenishment operations in the Mediterranean Sea on November 1, 2004.

Harry S. Truman and the Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi operate near each other in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004, a multinational war exercise conducted off the coast of Morocco.

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