USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)

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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The keel was laid by Newport News Shipbuilding on November 29, 1993 and the ship was christened on September 7, 1996. HST was authorized as USS United States but her name was changed before the keel laying.

The ship is currently based at Norfolk, Virginia. The first deployment of Harry S. Truman was in Operation Southern Watch, from November 28, 2000 to May 23, 2001. The carrier deployed again for Southern Watch on December 5 2002 and then participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, returning home May 23, 2003. The ship set out from Norfolk for the Persian Gulf on October 13, 2004, and was relieved on March 19, 2005. In competition year 2004, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award, an honor given to the most battle-ready ship in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

On September 1 2005, in response to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Harry S. Truman set sail for the devastated U.S. Gulf Coast. Truman arrived in the Gulf Coast on September 4 and serves as the flagship for the Naval task force as a beginning is made in the long process of restoring New Orleans and the other affected areas. At this time it is not known how long Harry S. Truman will be on station or what her exact mission will be.

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The ship anchors outside Portsmouth, England, while her crew enjoy a port visit.

The Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Spica cruises alongside Harry S. Truman during replenishment operations in the Mediterranean Sea on November 1, 2004.

Harry S. Truman and the Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi operate near each other in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004, a multinational war exercise conducted off the coast of Morocco.

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)

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