Carrier Strike Group 1
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Carrier Strike Group One is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the strike group's current flagship, and other units currently assigned are the ship's Carrier Air Wing 2 and embarked Destroyer Squadron 1, deployed with Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain, as well as Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Michael Murphy and USS Wayne E. Meyer.
USS Carl Vinson operating off the coast of Haiti (15 January 2010).
Full City incident (5 May 2011)
Malabar 2012 (16 April 2012)
Carrier qualifications (25 February 2013)
USS Carl Vinson
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the United States Navy's third Nimitz-class supercarrier. She is named for Carl Vinson (1883–1981), a congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. Navy. The ship was launched during Vinson's lifetime in 1980, undertook her maiden voyage in 1983, and underwent refueling and overhaul between 2005 and 2009.
USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean in 2015
CVW-14 aircraft over Carl Vinson in 1994
Carl Vinson enters Pearl Harbor with CVW-11 aboard with USS Missouri in background
A watchstander at her station in the combat information center of USS Carl Vinson in the year 2001.