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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 28, 2023

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 28, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle Force DeployedUnderway
297
(USS 238, USNS 59)		100
(USS 67, USNS 33)		67
(39 Deployed, 28 Local)

Ships Deployed by Fleet

2nd Fleet3rd Fleet

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/28/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-28-2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 28, 2023

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 28, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle Force DeployedUnderway
297
(USS 238, USNS 59)		100
(USS 67, USNS 33)		67
(39 Deployed, 28 Local)

Ships Deployed by Fleet

2nd Fleet3rd Fleet

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/28/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-28-2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 21, 2023

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 21, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle Force DeployedUnderway
297
(USS 238, USNS 59)		100
(USS 67, USNS 33)		77
(48 Deployed, 29 Local)

Ships Deployed by Fleet

2nd Fleet3rd Fleet

Ford Carrier Strike Group Maximizes New CVN’s Gear, Design In Final Test Event Before Shock Trials

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Anthony Anadon, from Stockton, California, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) combat systems department, prepares an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for upload into a missile launcher during an ammunition onload on April 9, 2021. US Navy Photo

Asked how Ford, the strike group and the air wing used CSSQT and the rest of the recent at-sea period to highlight the strengths of the new class of carriers, Ford commanding officer Capt. Paul Lanzilotta told USNI News...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/26/ford-carrier-strike-group-maximizes-new-cvns-gear-design-in-final-test-event-before-shock-trials

Ford Carrier Strike Group Maximizes New CVN’s Gear, Design In Final Test Event Before Shock Trials

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Anthony Anadon, from Stockton, California, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) combat systems department, prepares an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) for upload into a missile launcher during an ammunition onload on April 9, 2021. US Navy Photo

Asked how Ford, the strike group and the air wing used CSSQT and the rest of the recent at-sea period to highlight the strengths of the new class of carriers, Ford commanding officer Capt. Paul Lanzilotta told USNI News...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/26/ford-carrier-strike-group-maximizes-new-cvns-gear-design-in-final-test-event-before-shock-trials

USS Gerald Ford EMALS Launching System Suffers Fault During Testing Period

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Transits the Atlantic Ocean on June 4, 2020. US Navy Photo

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) returned to port Sunday after its latest at-sea testing period with mixed results. While the carrier operated with the most complex air wing to date, the ship’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) suffered a failure that prevented the carrier from launching planes for five days, the Navy announced in a Sunday statement.

On June 2, the crew discovered a fault in the power...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/08/uss-gerald-ford-emals-launching-system-suffers-fault-during-testing-period

USS Gerald Ford Done Proving It Can Launch Planes, Ready to Tackle Warfighting Operations

As a first step, the first-in-class carrier is likely to do some command and control exercises with the nearby Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, at sea in the Mid-Atlantic aiming to avoid the COVID-19...

USS Gerald Ford Flight Deck Now Certified; Can Conduct Carrier Qualifications

Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Derrick Williams, from Charlotte, North Carolina, USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) flight deck leading chief petty officer, goes over flight deck operations inside Ford’s flight deck control, prior to flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean, March 23, 2020. US Navy photo.

New aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completed its Flight Deck Certification (FDC) and Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC) Certification on March 20, following two days...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/23/uss-gerald-ford-flight-deck-now-certified-can-conduct-carrier-qualifications

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