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69-613: USS  Carl Vinson , the third Nimitz -class aircraft carrier , is named after him. Vinson was born in Baldwin County, Georgia , where he attended local schools and Georgia Military College . He graduated with a law degree from Mercer University in 1902 and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order . After some years of practice, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1908. After losing

138-481: A color in his honor: reference 25630, "Carl Vinson Blue." The color can be approximated by hexadecimal color #B1C1C1 USS Carl Vinson 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers 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

207-682: A diplomatic complaint to the US for trespassing on its territory. In competition year 2004, Carl Vinson won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award , awarded to the most battle-ready ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet . In January 2005, Carl Vinson departed Bremerton, Washington with CVW-9 embarked for a Seven-month deployment, including several months in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation Enduring Freedom. Highlights of

276-666: A documentary entitled Carrier: Fortress at Sea was aired on the Discovery Channel , which chronicled the carrier's six-month-long voyage to and from the Persian Gulf. From 26 August until 3 September 1995, Carl Vinson participated in Exercise Ke Koa , as well as ceremonies to commemorate the end of World War II in the Pacific . During these ceremonies, President Bill Clinton visited the ship in Hawaii. As part of

345-471: A four-month shipyard maintenance period at Northrop Grumman Newport News in preparation for her upcoming transit to the Pacific in the spring. The ship was scheduled to transit around South America to her new home at NAS North Island , San Diego, joining sister-carriers USS  CVN-68 and USS  CVN-76 , by early 2010. On 12 January 2010, just hours after the 2010 Haiti earthquake , Carl Vinson

414-492: A junior member of the committee could ask to one question per year of service on the committee. As chairman, Vinson oversaw the modernization of the military as its focus shifted to the Cold War . He was also committee chair when Congress authorized the procurement of the first nuclear-powered aircraft carriers , starting with USS  Enterprise  (CVN-65) in the late 1950s. A staunch segregationist, Vinson voted against

483-651: A long illness. Vinson did not have children, but his great-nephew, Sam Nunn , served as a Senator from Georgia for more than 24 years. Nunn followed in his great uncle's footsteps, serving on the Senate Armed Services Committee for nearly his entire tenure in the Senate. Sam Nunn's daughter, Michelle Nunn , ran unsuccessfully for one of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats in 2014. Vinson considered his longtime assistant Charles Tillman Snead, Jr. his surrogate son, and Snead's wife, Molly Staeman Snead,

552-398: A million pounds (230 tons) of ordnance against ISIS. On 14 August 2015, Carl Vinson began a planned incremental availability (PIA) period at Naval Air Station North Island . The ship received more than $ 300 million worth of improvements over six months during this modernisation, including the first UAV command center installed aboard an aircraft carrier. In 2016, Carrier Air Wing Two

621-420: A piece of concrete from the skull of a 12-year-old earthquake victim in an operation performed aboard Carl Vinson on 18 January. In addition to providing medical relief, the ship's excess desalination capacity was critical to providing water to Haiti's population during the earthquake relief. In March 2010, during her transit around South America performed Gringo-Gaucho / Southern Seas 2010 maneuvers with

690-525: A position held for four years until the Republicans briefly returned to the majority for a single congressional term after the 1952 elections. After the Democrats retook congress in the 1954 midterms, Vinson again became chairman, a position he held until his retirement in 1965. In this role, Vinson adopted a committee rule that came to be known as the "Vinson rule", which limited the number of questions

759-565: A scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. USS  Bunker Hill , Destroyer Squadron 1 and its ships USS  Gridley , USS  Sterett , and USS  Dewey deployed with the carrier as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The carrier was deployed to the Persian Gulf to relieve USS George H. W. Bush in fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and

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828-498: A third term following redistricting, he was appointed as judge of the Baldwin County court. Following the sudden death of U.S. Senator Augustus Bacon , Representative Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia's 10th congressional district was nominated to fill Bacon's Senate seat. Vinson announced his candidacy for Hardwick's seat in Congress. Vinson defeated three opponents. Vinson was the youngest member of Congress (30 years old) when he

897-414: Is also named after him, together with the related Mount Vinson and Vinson Plateau . Carl Vinson served 26 consecutive terms in the U.S. House, rarely running against significant opposition. He served for 50 years and one month, a record that stood until 1992, when the mark was surpassed by Jamie Whitten of Mississippi . For his commitment, Vinson was awarded the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award by

966-620: Is named for Vinson. The University of Georgia hosts the Carl Vinson Institute of Government . Athens, Georgia , is the site of Carl Vinson Park. Carl Vinson Parkway is located in Warner Robins, Georgia . Georgia Military College formerly had a barracks named for him. It was razed in the mid-2000s. Vinson Hall Retirement Community in McLean, Virginia , is named after Carl Vinson. US Federal Standard 595 names

1035-671: The 1964 Civil Rights Act and in 1956, signed "The Southern Manifesto" . Other Southern politicians signed this in resistance to the ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated public education was unconstitutional, and that states needed to integrate their public schools. Vinson did not seek re-election in 1964 and retired from Congress in January 1965. Vinson married Mary Green of Ohio in 1921. She died in 1949 after

1104-477: The Argentine Navy . On 12 April 2010, the carrier arrived at her new home port of Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego California. On 30 November 2010, with Carrier Air Wing Seventeen embarked, Carl Vinson departed Naval Air Station North Island for a three-week composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) and her 2010–2011 deployment to the U.S. Seventh Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) in

1173-591: The Chief of Naval Operations named Carl Vinson the winner of the Admiral James H. Flatley Memorial Award for operational readiness and aviation safety for 1984. On 12 August 1986, the ship departed Alameda for a western Pacific deployment, again with CVW-15 aboard, and in the process became the first modern U.S. aircraft carrier to operate in the Bering Sea . In January 1987, after operating extensively in

1242-654: The Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States Armed Forces , as well as substantial portions of the Department of Energy . Its regular legislative product is the National Defense Authorization Act , which has been passed by Congress and signed into law each year since 1962. The Armed Services Committee has jurisdiction over defense policy generally, ongoing military operations, the organization and reform of

1311-680: The Fifteenth Amendment . During his tenure in the U.S. House, Vinson was a champion for national defense and especially the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps . He joined the House Naval Affairs Committee shortly after World War I and became the ranking Democratic member in the early 1920s. He was the only Democrat appointed to the Morrow Board , which reviewed the status of aviation in America in

1380-541: The House Armed Services Committee (this consolidation mirrored the establishment of the Department of Defense when the old Departments of War and of the Navy were consolidated). When the Republicans won control of Congress in the 1946 election , Vinson served as ranking minority member of the committee for two years before becoming chairman in early 1949, when the Democrats were again in majority;

1449-721: The Philippines from 15 to 18 May 2011 for a "routine port call and goodwill visit" meant to "highlight the strong historic, community, and military connections between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines." Among those given a special tour of this aircraft carrier were Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas, Jr. This brief visit

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1518-727: The Third Vinson Act of 1940 (which was essentially a mere prelude to the Two-Oceans Act that followed a month later), as well as the Two-Ocean Navy Act of 1940. The ambitious program called for by this series of laws helped the U.S. Navy as the country entered World War II , as new ships were able to match the latest ships from Japan. At the end of World War II, Congress had authorized four Naval four-star officers to be promoted to Fleet Admiral . A staunch partisan of Admiral William Halsey, Jr. , Vinson blocked

1587-839: The United States Military Academy . In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Vinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Special Distinction , the highest award the President can give to a civilian. During his own tenure in the House, Johnson had served for years as a junior member of the House Naval Affairs Committee under Vinson. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia , serving veterans in Central and Southern Georgia,

1656-543: The Western Pacific . Carrier Air Wing 15 was embarked. From January until April 1985, Carl Vinson was in the Indian Ocean for 107 consecutive days. The WESTPAC deployment included Sea of Japan operations while pursuing a Soviet Charlie I class submarine in the Indian Ocean. The carrier received her first Meritorious Unit Commendation for operations conducted from November 1984 to May 1985. In February,

1725-421: The 'enemy' carrier and 'sank' her. Onslow closed to within 300 meters (980 ft) without being detected, then released green flares to indicate her location, 'sinking' the supercarrier. Carl Vinson then departed for the Persian Gulf, launching airstrikes on 19 December 1998 in support of Operation Desert Fox and Operation Southern Watch. These strikes continued into March 1999. In July 1999, Carl Vinson

1794-640: The Department of Defense and Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and industrial base policy, technology transfer and export controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation programs, and detainee affairs and policy. The Armed Services Committee was created by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 , which consolidated

1863-994: The East Coast. Carl Vinson departed Norfolk on 1 March 1983 with Carrier Air Wing 15 embarked for her maiden deployment, an eight-month, around-the-world cruise that had them operate in the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, South China Sea , and Pacific Ocean in a multitude of exercises and with port visits in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Casablanca, Morocco, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Perth, Australia, Subic Bay, Philippines, Hong Kong, Sasebo, Japan, Pusan, Republic of Korea, and Pearl Harbor , Hawaii, before arriving in her new homeport of Naval Air Station Alameda , California, arriving on 28 October 1983. Carl Vinson participated in RIMPAC '84 before departing on 14 October 1984 for an overseas deployment in

1932-575: The Indian Ocean and North Arabian Sea , Carl Vinson transited the Bering Sea once more while returning to NAS Alameda. Carl Vinson and CVW-15 departed for the ship's fourth overseas deployment on 15 June 1988. While on station, the carrier supported Operation Earnest Will , the escort of U.S. flagged tankers in the Persian Gulf . The carrier returned to the States on 16 December 1988 and

2001-736: The Korean theatre. On 3 July 2003, five F/A-18 Hornets from the Carl Vinson were intercepted by F-16s from the Indonesian Air Force near Bawean Island over the Java Sea where they engaged in a dogfight and electronic warfare. Carl Vinson and her strike group were transiting through the Java Sea and had sought permission from Indonesia. However, Indonesia denied receiving any request for permission. Later, Indonesia filed

2070-751: The Levant . On 11 September 2014 at 17:40 hrs local time, two F/A-18Cs from CVW-17 crashed in the western Pacific Ocean whilst operating from Carl Vinson . The carrier was in her area of operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The planes were attached to Strike Squadron 94 and Strike Fighter Squadron 113 and collided 7 miles (11 km) from the carrier, an area approximately 290 miles (470 km) west of Wake Island. USS Bunker Hill , USS Gridley , USS Sterett , USS Dewey , and helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 15 (HSC 15) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 (HSM 73) assisted in

2139-464: The Navy John F. Lehman , keynote speaker Senator John Tower , and ship's sponsor Molly Snead, who was Vinson's nurse for 34 years. After commissioning, Carl Vinson put to sea to conduct flight deck certifications, an evaluation designed to test the ship's ability to conduct modern US Navy carrier air operations . That was followed by numerous at sea periods for various training evolutions along

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2208-691: The North Arabian Sea , where on 7 October 2001, Carl Vinson launched the first airstrikes in support of Operation Enduring Freedom . For 72 days, Carl Vinson , along with Carrier Wing 11 , launched over 4,000 combat sorties in the Global War on Terrorism , earning the ship the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. Carl Vinson earned the Battle E and Navy Unit Commendation during this deployment. In mid December, Carl Vinson began

2277-576: The Pacific Ocean. Carl Vinson had a port call in Pusan , South Korea, and then returned to her home port of Alameda shortly after the devastating 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . Carl Vinson departed on her fifth deployment (again with CVW-15) on 1 February 1990, the last deployment for the A-7 Corsair . The ship returned to Alameda on 30 July 1990. On 22 September 1990, Carl Vinson entered

2346-685: The Tar Heels defeated the Spartans by a score of 67–55. On 30 November 2011, Carl Vinson departed Naval Air Station North Island , California, on her scheduled Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment. During January 2012, Carl Vinson began her patrol of the Arabian Sea. On 23 May 2012, Carl Vinson returned to Naval Air Station North Island , California, to end her November 2011 deployment. The carrier had stopped earlier in Hawaii to pick up approximately 900 "Tigers" – friends and family of

2415-532: 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. Along with deployments in Operation Desert Strike , Operation Iraqi Freedom , Operation Southern Watch , and Operation Enduring Freedom , Carl Vinson has been involved in a number of notable events. The body of Osama bin Laden

2484-767: The Vinson–Trammell Navy Act was provided by the Emergency Appropriations Act of 1934 . This was necessary as during the previous administration, not a single major warship was laid down and the US Navy was both aging and losing ground to the Japanese Navy . Japan repudiated the naval treaties in late 1934. Vinson later was primarily responsible for additional naval expansion legislation, the Naval Act of 1938 ("Second Vinson Act") and

2553-492: The Western Pacific and U.S. Fifth Fleet Areas of Responsibility in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf as part of Carrier Strike Group One. This is the first Western Pacific deployment for Carl Vinson in more than five years since the ship entered her Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) in late 2005. On 11 April 2011 while operating in the Arabian Sea, an F/A-18 Hornet suffered an engine fire immediately after launch from

2622-547: The carrier. The aircraft returned to the carrier with one engine and the fire was extinguished without any damage to the ship or any injuries to the pilot or ship crew members. On 2 May 2011, following the death of Osama bin Laden , his body was brought aboard Carl Vinson , which was operating in the Northern Arabian Sea , and buried at sea following religious rites . The ship docked in Manila Bay in

2691-418: The coast of Hawaii. On 23 July 2001, Carl Vinson steamed from Bremerton, Washington to San Diego, California, where CVW-11 airgroup once again embarked, then was bound for the Persian Gulf to support Operation Southern Watch . This changed abruptly on 11 September 2001, as the ship was rounding the tip of India. In response to the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, Carl Vinson changed course and sped toward

2760-487: The commemoration ceremonies, Carl Vinson launched 11 World War II-era planes. The ship departed for her seventh deployment 14 May 1996, heading for the Persian Gulf with CVW-14 in support for Operation Southern Watch and Operation Desert Strike . The ship also participated in Exercise Rugged Nautilus before returning to Alameda on 14 November 1996. With the closing of Naval Air Station Alameda ,

2829-818: The crew. Completing her maintenance and overhaul period in record-setting time, Carl Vinson and crew got underway in September to conduct sea trials. In January 2003 she was set for a one-month work up for Flight Deck Quals with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) embarked. Due to the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom the ship was extended at sea indefinitely. From January 2003 until September 2003, she made port calls in Hawaii, Guam, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. After nine months, Carl Vinson finally returned to Bremerton on 15 September 2003. Carl Vinson participated in Foal Eagle , an annually scheduled joint and combined training exercise conducted in

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2898-496: The cruise included port calls to Singapore, Guam , Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Rhodes, Greece and Lisbon, Portugal . Carl Vinson ended this deployment at Naval Station Norfolk on 31 July 2005. During this deployment two Marine F-18 pilots were lost over Iraq. In November 2005, Carl Vinson became the third Nimitz -class carrier to undergo a mid-life Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH), which

2967-474: The filming along with the actors and film crews. Later, prior to commencement of Operation Enduring Freedom, David Keith returned to Carl Vinson on station in the North Arabian Sea to present the first international viewing of Behind Enemy Lines to the combined ship and air wing crew. Prior to deploying to the Persian Gulf, Carl Vinson (CVN-70) was on a roughly four week carrier quals mission off

3036-602: The functions of two predecessor committees: the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Naval Affairs , which were established as standing committees in 1822. Another predecessor, the Committee on the Militia , was created in 1835 and existed until 1911 when it was abolished and its jurisdiction transferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. When Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 1994,

3105-422: The mid-1920s. In 1931, Vinson became chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. In 1934, Vinson helped push the Vinson–Trammell Act, along with Democratic Senator Park Trammell of Florida . The bill authorized the replacement of obsolete vessels by new construction and a gradual increase of ships within the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Naval Treaty of 1930. Initial funding for

3174-414: The newly established Carrier Strike Group One (CSG1), based in San Diego. The ship, under the command of then Captain Bruce H. Lindsey , departed Norfolk for San Diego on 12 January 2010. Accompanying the carrier was Carrier Air Wing Seventeen , Destroyer Squadron 1 and the guided missile cruiser Bunker Hill . The keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding on 11 October 1975, and on 15 March 1980

3243-432: The nomination of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance several times, although the majority thought him more deserving, to ensure that Halsey got the fourth billet. Congress eventually responded by passing an unprecedented act that specified that Spruance would remain on a full admiral's pay once retired until his death. Following World War II, the House Naval Affairs Committee was merged with the Military Affairs Committee to become

3312-588: The return trip home, briefly stopping in Pearl Harbor Hawaii to commence a "Tiger Cruise" allowing crew member family members the opportunity to ride the ship to her homeport of Bremerton, Washington, arriving there on 23 January 2002. In April, the ship was overhauled, setting sail in September for a post-refit shakedown. During this time several new operational systems were installed, and the ship's flight deck and catapults were completely renovated. Numerous other spaces and crew living areas were also entirely restored, drastically improving working and living conditions for

3381-478: The sailors aboard the ship who traveled with the ship from Hawaii to San Diego. On 5 July 2012, Carl Vinson began preparations for a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) period. PIA is a major maintenance phase that all American naval vessels must go through multiple times throughout their lifetime to be able to sustain underway operations. PIA 2012–2013 for Carl Vinson included overhauls of over 40 crew living spaces, 30 heads and hundreds of workspaces throughout

3450-469: The search for the pilots. Whilst one pilot was recovered alive soon after the crash, the second pilot could not be located. The Navy continued its search for the second pilot until 13 September 2014, when the search was abandoned. Carl Vinson returned to San Diego on 4 June 2015. Over the course of the deployment, supporting strike operations in Iraq and Syria, CVW-17 successfully flew 12,300 sorties, including 2,382 combat missions and dropped more than half

3519-417: The ship was launched/ christened . Congressman Carl Vinson became the first person in the history of the United States Navy to witness a ship's launching in his honor. After builder sea trials , she was delivered to the Navy on 26 February 1982. USS Carl Vinson was commissioned on 13 March 1982 at Newport News, Virginia. Present were the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward , Secretary of

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3588-418: The ship was transferred to Bremerton, Washington , arriving at her new homeport on 17 January 1997, where she played host to the last carrier launch and recovery operations for the A-6E Intruder . In 1998 with Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) embarked, the ship participated in RIMPAC '98. During the exercise on the morning of 10 August, the Australian diesel-electric submarine HMAS  Onslow located

3657-405: The ship's aircraft. The eagle flies in the form of a stylized letter "V," the initial of the ship's namesake, Congressman Carl Vinson. The "V" also represents the ship's hull when viewed bow-on. Inscribed on the banner that the eagle carries is the Latin phrase " Vis Per Mare " which means "Strength through the Sea". In October 2009, the US Navy announced that Carl Vinson would be the flagship of

3726-403: The ship's commanding officer, then Captain Kent D. Whalen , announced on 2 February 2013 that PIA had officially ended, marking the first on-time PIA completion since 1999. Since February 2013, the ship has been underway multiple times conducting carrier qualifications with Carrier Air Wing Seventeen as well as multiple crew certification exercises. The most recent accomplishment for Carl Vinson

3795-466: The ship. Also included were upgrades to many of the electronics and defense systems that the ship uses during deployments, to include an upgrade from the Global Command and Control System -Maritime (GCCS-M) to the Distributed Common Ground System -Navy (DCGS-N). On 30 January 2013, Carl Vinson commenced sea trials, marking her first time underway in seven months, since the ammo offload which ended on 29 June 2012. Upon returning from this underway period,

3864-435: The yards at Bremerton Naval Station, Washington for a 28-month complex overhaul (COH). The carrier received her first COMNAVAIRPAC Battle "E" award for 1990. On 17 February 1994, the carrier, with Carrier Air Wing Fourteen embarked, departed for the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch . The carrier returned to Alameda on 17 August 1994, receiving her third Admiral Flatley Award for aviation safety. In 1995,

3933-410: Was Vinson's wife's nurse for 34 years. Snead's son and grandchildren maintained this familial bond to Vinson until his death in 1981. Vinson returned to Baldwin County, Georgia , where he lived in retirement until his death on June 1, 1981. He is buried in Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia . At the time of his death, Vinson was the last living member of the House of Representatives who

4002-418: Was announced that the Michigan State Spartans would play a regular season men's basketball game against the North Carolina Tar Heels on the flight deck of Carl Vinson on Veterans Day . On 11 November 2011, the inaugural Carrier Classic took place at the Naval Air Station North Island on San Diego Bay in Coronado , California . U.S. President Barack Obama was one of 8,111 people in attendance as

4071-400: Was awarded the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for aviation safety for 1988. On 18 September 1989, the carrier departed Alameda to participate in PACEX '89, the largest peacetime naval exercise since the Second World War. During the exercise Carl Vinson operated in the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands , eventually leading a three-carrier battle group operation in the Sea of Japan and

4140-402: Was buried at sea in 2011 from the deck of Carl Vinson , and that same year, on Veterans Day , she played host to the first NCAA basketball game on an aircraft carrier , between North Carolina and Michigan State . A member of the United States House of Representatives for 50 years, Carl Vinson was, for 29 years, the Chairman of the House Naval Affairs and Armed Services Committee; Vinson

4209-473: Was criticized by cause-oriented group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan as well as Filipino youth leader Raymond Palatino and University of the Philippines political science professor Clarita Carlos . The ship docked in Hong Kong in the People's Republic of China on 22 May 2011 to take on supplies for her return to homeport San Diego, and to provide photo opportunities to the Chinese press. The ship returned to San Diego on 15 June 2011. On 21 June 2011, it

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4278-482: Was drydocked in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for 13 months as the Navy spent more than $ 230 million to upgrade the ship. Post refit shakedowns continued into 2000. In February 2001, Carl Vinson hosted actors Gene Hackman, David Keith, Owen Wilson, and others for filming of the carrier scenes for the movie Behind Enemy Lines during intermediate pre-deployment underway workups. During this two-week period, Carl Vinson crewmembers and CVW 11 crews took part in

4347-561: Was ordered to redirect from her current deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean to Haiti to contribute to the relief effort as part of Operation Unified Response . Upon receiving orders from USSOUTHCOM , the Carl Vinson battle group proceeded to Mayport, Florida where the ships loitered offshore to receive additional supplies and helicopters. The ships arrived off Port au Prince on 15 January 2010 to commence operations. CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta , pediatric surgeon Henri Ford , and two Navy doctors removed

4416-415: Was reassigned to Carl Vinson . The carrier began her next scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific with CVW-2 on 5 January 2017. House Armed Services Committee The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services , commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee or HASC , is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives . It is responsible for funding and oversight of

4485-424: Was scheduled to last 36 months. The ship moved out of dry dock to a pier side berth at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard in May 2007. Carl Vinson commenced post-refueling sea trials on 28 June 2009 and returned to Naval Station Norfolk on 1 July 2009. The Navy accepted the carrier back into the fleet on 11 July 2009, after successful completion of her sea trials. In October 2009, Carl Vinson entered

4554-456: Was serving at the time of the United States' declaration of war against the German Empire , which precipitated the United States' entry into World War I . In recognition of his efforts on behalf of the U.S. Navy, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was named the USS  Carl Vinson , an honor rarely given to a person while living . On March 15, 1980, at age 96, he attended the ship's launching. Vinson Massif , Antarctica's highest mountain,

4623-426: Was sworn in on November 3, 1914. Vinson served as a Representative from November 3, 1914, to January 3, 1965. He was repeatedly re-elected by Democratic voters for this seat. Vinson's first term in congress was characterized by his support for segregation sponsoring bills to establish separate street cars and apartments for Blacks in the District of Columbia , banning interracial marriage in the District, and repealing

4692-444: Was the completion of her evaluation of nuclear reactor operation. During this evaluation, the Naval Sea Systems Command embarks a team of proctors who put the ship's Reactor Department through a multitude of drills and exercises to test their ability to safely operate a nuclear reactor and to contain any casualty of the reactor as it occurs. This was completed on 1 July 2013. On 22 August 2014, Carl Vinson and assigned CVW-17 began

4761-399: Was the principal sponsor of the so-called "Vinson Acts", culminating in the Two-Ocean Navy Act of 1940, which provided for the massive naval shipbuilding effort in World War II. The seal of USS Carl Vinson shows an eagle, wings spread and talons extended, carrying a banner in its beak. The eagle is emblematic of the nation and the ship's motto, and also represents the power that resides in

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