#uss harry truman aircraft carrier

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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the USN,named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. She is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Truman was launched on 7 September 1996 by Newport News Shipbuilding,Virginia, and commissioned on 25 July 1998 with Captain Thomas Otterbein in command. The HSTCSG includes the flagship USS Harry S. Truman, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28, the USS Gettysburg (CG 64), and the USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). The HSTCSG's deployment was intended to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East region

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Houthis targeted US carrier

Houthis attacked US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman

US left 'red-faced' in Red Sea

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#OTD in 1998, a Blue Angels F/A 18C Hornet landed and then launched from USS Harry S. Truman, becoming the first aircraft in the flight demonstration team's 52-year history to conduct carrier operations.

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The Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) making her way down the Elizabeth River after departing the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

For a ship the size of a supercarrier, navigating the river is no small feat. A cloud of silt can be seen behind the carrier, stirred up by her massive screws. Tugs maintain close formation around the carrier, ready to step in if needed.

After navigating the river, the carrier will return to her base at Naval Station Norfolk at Hampton Roads.

At the top of the photo, the stern and upperworks of the Iowa class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) can be seen.

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(The Cradle) The Yemeni Armed Forces announced operations targeting the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and three Israeli military sites:

○ "The missile force and the drone force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative and joint military operation targeting the US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman with two winged missiles and four drones in the northern Red Sea, while they were preparing to launch a major air attack on our country. The operation led to the failure of the attack."

○ "This afternoon, our forces carried out two military operations. The first targeted a military target belonging to the Israeli enemy in occupied Yaffa with two drones."

○ "The other operation targeted a vital Israeli enemy target in occupied Ashkelon with a drone."

○ "Our foeces carried out a third military operation this evening, targeting a military target belonging to the Israeli enemy in occupied Yaffa with a drone."

○ "The operations successfully achieved their goals."

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Pentagon officials revealed on 19 November that the USS Abraham Lincoln left the Red Sea “over the weekend,” ending a three-month deployment and leaving West Asia without a US carrier strike group for just the second time in over a year.

According to US officials, the USS Harry S. Truman strike group will reportedly move to the Mediterranean Sea from its current area of operations in the Atlantic near Portugal's Azores islands.

The USS Lincoln's withdrawal was announced seven days after Sanaa launched two major military operations against US warships in the Red Sea, reportedly thwarting a “large-scale aggression” being prepared by the US and UK navies against Yemen.

“We targeted the US aircraft carrier Lincoln located in the Arabian Sea with several cruise missiles and drones while it was preparing to launch operations against our country. The operation successfully achieved its objectives,” armed forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahyaa Saree said on 12 November.

Two days later, Ansarallah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi revealed that the aircraft carrier was forced to retreat “hundreds of miles” away from the Yemeni coast as a result of the retaliatory attacks. “In some instances, the [US] aircraft carrier navigates close to certain African coastlines out of fear of being targeted,” the Yemeni resistance leader said.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) officials last week said there were no injuries, and no warships were damaged following the Yemeni attack, adding that US forces intercepted eight attack drones, five anti-ship ballistic missiles, and four anti-ship cruise missiles.

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U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 27, 2024) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, prepares for launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

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“After successfully returning from its initial mission, an F/A-18F launched again to provide air defense support from OWAs and ASCMs that were inbound to the force,” a U.S. official told us. “They were shot down while recovery of remaining aircraft was underway.” The F/A-18F was officially downed early on December 22 local time by a missile from the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Gettysburg. Aircraft from the Harry S. Truman‘s air wing had also struck Houthi targets in Yemen on the night of December 21-22.

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There are also rumors that another Navy jet was fired upon and almost accidentally shot down during the recovery process aboard the ship, as well, but TWZ has not been able to confirm that at this time. In comments to us tonight, the U.S. official did stress that “an investigation is underway to determine the facts and circumstances” surrounding the friendly fire incident. Many questions remain about how and why the crew of the USS Gettysburg, the most advanced Ticonderoga class cruiser in operational service at present, which returned to the fleet last year with a slew of major upgrades to its air and missile defense suite and other systems, mistakenly shot down the F/A-18F. The fact that this appears to have occurred during recovery is even more puzzling.

Problematic ship

[ratnurse]

Why are the US aircraft carriers named after presidents... we should launch a nuclear missile at the USS Harry Truman

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Happy 248th Birthday to the US Navy!

The bravery of four Catholic chaplains in the line of duty has been recognized by US Navy vessels named in their honor:

Father Aloysius H. Schmitt and the USS Schmitt

Aloysius H. Schmitt was born in St. Lucas,Iowa on December 4, 1909, and was appointed acting chaplain with the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) on June 28, 1939. Serving on his first sea tour, he was hearing confessions on board the battleship USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. When the ship capsized, he was entrapped along with several other members of the crew in a compartment where only a small porthole provided a means of escape. He assisted others through the porthole, giving up his own chance to escape, so that more men might be rescued. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal posthumously for his courage and self-sacrifice. St. Francis Xavier Chapel, erected at Camp Lejeune in 1942, was dedicated in his memory.

The destroyer escort USS SCHMITT was laid down on February 22, 1943, launched on May 29, 1943, and was commissioned on July 24, 1943. The USS Schmitt was decommissioned and placed in reserve on June 28,1949 and struck from the Navy list on May 1,1967.

Father Joseph T. O'Callahan and the USS O'Callahan

Joseph T. O'Callahan was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 14, 1905. He received his training for the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. Andrews College, Poughkeepsie, New York and at Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to his commissioning as a Navy chaplain on August 7, 1940, he was head of the mathematics department at Holy Cross College. His earlier duty stations included the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, the USS Ranger, and Naval Air Station, Hawaii.

Chaplain O'Callahan was the Senior Chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when the Japanese attacked it off the coast of Kobe, Japan, on March 19, 1945. After the ship received at least two well-placed bomb hits, fuel and ammunition began exploding and fires were rampant. The final casualty count listed 341 dead, 431 missing and 300 wounded. Captain L.E. Gehres, commanding officer of the carrier, saw Chaplain O'Callahan manning a hose which laid water on bombs so they would not explode, throwing hot ammunition overboard, giving last rites of his church to the dying, organizing fire fighters, and performing other acts of courage. Captain Gehres exclaimed, "O'Callahan is the bravest man I've ever seen in my life."

Chaplain O'Callahan received the Purple Heart for wounds he sustained that day. He and three other heroes of the war were presented the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman. He was the first chaplain of any of the armed services to be so honored. He was released from active duty 12 November 1946 to resume his teaching duties and died in 1964.

The destroyer escort USS O'Callahan was laid down on February 19, 1964 and launched on October 20, 1965. Chaplain O'Callahan's sister, Sister Rose Marie O'Callahan, was the sponsor, the first nun tosponsora U.S. Navy ship. The commissioning took place July 13, 1968, at the Naval Shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts. The USS O'Callahan had its shakedown cruise out of San Diego and later operated largely in anti-submarine training and reconnaissance in the Western Pacific. In 1982-83, the ship had an eight-month deployment in the Indian Ocean. The USS O'Callahan was decommissioned on December 20,1988. 

Father Vincent R. Capodanno and the USS Capodanno

Vincent R. Capodanno was born in Richmond County, New York, on February 13, 1929. He was an avid swimmer and a great sports enthusiast. After receiving his training at Fordham University in New York City, Maryknoll Seminary College in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Maryknoll Seminaries in Bedford, Massachusetts and New York City, New York, he was ordained on June 7, 1957 by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Military Vicar of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate. Shortly thereafter, he began an eight-year period of service in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the auspices of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society.

Chaplain Capodanno received his commission with the rank of Lieutenant on December 28, 1965. Having requested duty with Marines in Vietnam, he joined the First Marine Division in 1966 as a battalion chaplain. He extended his one-year tour by six months in order to continue his work with the men. While seeking to aid a wounded corpsman, he was fatally wounded on September 4, 1967 by enemy sniper fire in the Quang Tin Province. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty...." He had previously been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for bravery under battle conditions.

The destroyer escort USS Capodanno keel was laid down on February 25, 1972; the ship was christened and launched on October 21, 1972 and commissioned on November 17, 1973. The USS Capodanno was designed for optimum performance in anti-submarine warfare. Deployments included operations in the Western Atlantic, West Africa, the Mediterranean, and South America. The USS Capodanno was decommissioned on July 30, 1993.

Father John Francis Laboon, SJ and the USS Laboon

John Francis Laboon, Jr., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native, born April 11, 1921, was a member of the Class of 1944 at the U.S. Naval Academy and a distinguished athlete. In World War II, Ensign Laboon was awarded the Silver Star for bravery for diving from his submarine, the USS PETO, to rescue a downed aviator while under heavy fire. Lieutenant Laboon left the Navy after the war to enter the Jesuits. With the Navy never far from his thoughts, he returned to his beloved "blue and gold" as a chaplain in 1958. For the next twenty-one years, he served the Navy-Marine Corps team in virtually every community and location including tours in Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and Vietnam, where he received the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for his fearless action as battlefield chaplain. He was the first chaplain assigned to a Polaris Submarine Squadron and Senior Catholic Chaplain at the Naval Academy. Captain Laboon retired in in 1979 as Fleet Chaplain, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and died in 1988.

The launching of the guided missile destroyer Laboon nicknamed the "Fearless 58" took place on February 20, 1993, at Bath Iron Works. The highlight of the event was the presence of the honoree's three sisters and brother. Christening the ship were sisters De Lellis, Rosemary, and Joan, all members of the Sisters of Mercy. Rev. Joseph D. Laboon of the V.A. Medical Center of New Orleans offered the invocation. Former Chief of Navy Chaplains and the then-current Archbishop of New York, Cardinal John O'Connor, offered remarks. The commissioning of the USS Laboon took place on March 18,1995 in Norfolk, VA. Throughout a lifetime of service to God and Country, Chaplain Laboon was an extraordinary example of dedication to Sailors and Marines everywhere.

[all information from the USCCB website]

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US, UK launch airstrikes on Yemen capital Sanaa

The US and Britain carried out airstrikes on targets of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement’s Houthis in rebel-controlled Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, Lebanese media reported on Thursday.

The strikes targeted Jarban in Sanaa province, Harf Sufyan in Amran and al-Luhaya in Hodeidah, although details of the targets remained unclear.

Earlier this week, the Houthis claimed responsibility for attacking the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the northern Red Sea and launching rockets and drones at targets inside Israel.

Two days afterwards, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that it had carried out “multiple precision strikes” against “two underground Advanced Conventional Weapons (ACW) depots in Iranian Houthi-controlled Yemeni territory.”

CENTCOM said the sites were used to attack US naval and commercial vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The strikes did not cause casualties or damage to US personnel or equipment.

The Houthis began striking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023 to protest Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. On the night of January 12, 2024, in response to their actions, the US and UK launched an attack on Houthi targets in Yemen.

The White House said the strikes on movement-controlled areas of the country were defensive in nature. It was also claimed at the time that the strikes were carried out to protect international vessels.

Read more HERE

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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) transit the Atlantic Ocean, marking the first time a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway, 4 June 2020.

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Houthis targeted US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea

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Rafale M fully compatible with US Navy carriers and some French Navy pilots have qualified to fly aircraft from US Navy flight decks. On 4 June 2010, during exercise on USS Harry S. Truman, French Rafale became first foreign jet fighter to have engine replaced on board US carrier

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Houthis Claim "Winged Missile & Drone" Attack On USS Harry S. Truman In Red Sea

Zero Hedge by Tyler DurdenMonday, Jan 06, 2025 – 02:40 PM During a Monday evening press conference, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed that the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) aircraft carrier with missiles and drones in the Red Sea area. Saree claimed that the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted US warships to thwart an imminent US-led “attack against our…