ACIBC - Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition

ACIBC Fact Sheet: America's Strength Around the World

There are currently 11 active duty carriers in the United States Navy. The newest carrier in the fleet is the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) commissioned in January 2009. The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is currently under construction.

	USS Enterprise (CVN-65) First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Commissioned 25 November 1961 Due for decommissioning in 2014
	USS Nimitz (CVN-68) In active service Commissioned 3 May 1975
	USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) In active service Commissioned 18 October 1977
	USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) In active service Commissioned 13 March 1982
	USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) In active service Commissioned 25 October 1986
	USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) In active service Commissioned 11 November 1989
	USS George Washington (CVN-73) In active service Commissioned 4 July 1992
	USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) In active service Commissioned 9 December 1995
	USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) In active service Commissioned 25 July 1998
	USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) In active service Commissioned 12 July 2003
	USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) Commissioned 10 January 2009
	Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Under construction Commissioning scheduled for 2015

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