Stennis ran aground in a shallow area adjacent to the turning basin near North Island. During the maintenance period, a jet blast deflector collapsed, severely injuring two sailors. Stennis entered a 6-month Phased Incremental Availability for maintenance and upgrades at North Island, returning to sea in April 1999. Stennis departed the Persian Gulf on 19 July 1998 for her new home port of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, arriving on 26 August 1998. The ship traveled 8020 nm in 274 hours, an average speed of 29.4 knots (54.4 km/h 33.8 mph) to relieve USS George Washington in conducting Operation Southern Watch missions. Stennis left Norfolk for her maiden deployment, transiting the Suez Canal on 7 March and arriving in the Persian Gulf on 11 March 1998. On 26 February 1998 with Carrier Air Wing Seven embarked, John C. Stennis (Left) and the British Invincible-class HMS Illustrious (Right) operating together, April 1998. Included among these events was the first carrier landing of an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on 18 January 1997. The ship conducted numerous Carrier Qualifications and Independent Steaming Exercises off the East Coast throughout the next two years.
The first arrested landing was by a VX-23 F-14B. Stennis was commissioned on 9 December 1995 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va, and she conducted flight deck certification in January 1996. Margaret Stennis-Womble, was the ship’s sponsor. The daughter of the ship’s namesake, Mrs. The ship was christened on 11 November 1993, in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis (D-Mississippi) who served in the Senate from 1947 to 1989. Stennis (CVN 74) was contracted on 29 March 1988, and the keel was laid on 13 March 1991 at Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA. Stennis has NATO RIM-7 Sea Sparrow and Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) surface-to-air missile systems, the Phalanx Close-in Weapons System for cruise missile defense, and the AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System. Stennis also has extensive repair capabilities, including a fully equipped Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department, a micro-miniature electronics repair shop, and numerous ship repair shops.įor defense, in addition to her Air Wing and accompanying vessels, John C. The ship carries approximately 3 million US gallons (11,000 m 3) of fuel for her aircraft and escorts, and enough weapons and stores for extended operations without replenishment. The ship's four catapults and four arresting gear engines enable her to launch and recover aircraft rapidly and simultaneously. Stennis 's two nuclear reactors give her virtually unlimited range and endurance and a top speed in excess of 30 knots (56 km/h, 34.5 mph). Stennis and consisting of four to six other ships. The ship normally operates as the centerpiece of a Carrier Battle Group commanded by a flag officer embarked upon John C. The Air Wing provides a visible presence to demonstrate American power and resolve in a crisis. Stennis 's aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the Battle Group or other friendly shipping, and implement a sea or air blockade.
The Air Wing can engage enemy aircraft, submarines, and land targets, or lay mines hundreds of miles from the ship. Attached aircraft are Navy and Marine F/A-18 Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, MH-60R, MH-60S, and E-2C Hawkeye. The embarked Air Wing consists of eight to nine squadrons. Stennis and her embarked Air Wing ( CVW-9) is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the global arena. Mission and capabilities International radio call sign of Stennis (CVN 74) is the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in the United States Navy, named for Senator John C. $4.5 billion projected service life: 50 yearsġ03,300 long tons (115,700 short tons) Ħ500 officers and crew (with embarked airwing)
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