USS Carl Vinson's Motto: 'Strength from the Sea' After several sea trials, the ship took off from Norfolk, Va., in 1983, for an eight-month world cruise, with a crew of nearly 6,000 sailors, the ...

When the USS Carl Vinson was ordered to the Middle East in March it had already been deployed for four months. Now, its deployment stretching into its eighth month, it's unclear when its 5,000 ...

PHILIPPINE SEA (April 28, 2017) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) leads the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Ashigara (DDG 178), left front, and JS Samidare ...

The San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, which is in the midst of one of its longest deployments in years, has been joined in the Arabian Sea by its sister flattop USS Nimitz, mainly ...

The USS Nimitz carrier strike group heads to the Middle East from the South China Sea, joining USS Carl Vinson amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.

San Diego’s USS Carl Vinson to end air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen President Trump said the Iran-back Houthis had agreed to stop attack ships in the Middle East.