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 Corps F/A-18 Hornet, EA-18G Growler, MH-60R, MH-60S, and E-2C Hawkeye. The embarked air wing consists of eight to nine squadrons. Stennis and her air wing ( CVW-9) is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward-deployed. After her overhaul is completed sometime in the 2020s, she is scheduled to return to Bremerton, Washington. Her home port is temporarily Norfolk, Virginia, for her scheduled refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), which began in 2019. Stennis of Mississippi, is the seventh of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers in the United States Navy. Stennis (CVN-74), named for Senator John C. 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) Ħ,500 officers and crew (with embarked airwing).

Ship in RCOH (Refueling and Complex Overhaul) Stennis underway off the coast of southern California

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