Stennis (CVN 74) was contracted on 29 March 1988, and the keel was laid on 13 March 1991 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia. The ship was christened on 11 November 1993, in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis (D-Mississippi) who served in the Senate from 1947 to 1989.
Stennis (CVN 74) was contracted on 29 March 1988, and the keel was laid on 13 March 1991 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia. The ship was christened on 11 November 1993, in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis (D-Mississippi) who served in the Senate from 1947 to 1989.
Stennis was referred to as an "unwavering advocate of peace through strength" by President Ronald Reagan, when the ship's name was announced in June 1988. The circular shape signifies the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier's unique capability to circle the world without refueling while providing a forward presence from the sea.
In February 1995 they approved the design. ==Ship's name controversy== The ship's name was originally approved by then-president Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Stennis (CVN 74) was contracted on 29 March 1988, and the keel was laid on 13 March 1991 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia. The ship was christened on 11 November 1993, in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis (D-Mississippi) who served in the Senate from 1947 to 1989.
Stennis (CVN 74) was contracted on 29 March 1988, and the keel was laid on 13 March 1991 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia. The ship was christened on 11 November 1993, in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis (D-Mississippi) who served in the Senate from 1947 to 1989.
Stennis (CVN 74) was contracted on 29 March 1988, and the keel was laid on 13 March 1991 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia. The ship was christened on 11 November 1993, in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis (D-Mississippi) who served in the Senate from 1947 to 1989.
Stennis of Mississippi. She was commissioned on 9 December 1995.
Stennis was commissioned on 9 December 1995 at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and she conducted flight deck certification in January 1996.
In February 1995 they approved the design. ==Ship's name controversy== The ship's name was originally approved by then-president Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Stennis was commissioned on 9 December 1995 at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and she conducted flight deck certification in January 1996.
Included among these events was the first carrier landing of an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on 18 January 1997. ===1998=== On 26 February 1998 with Carrier Air Wing Seven embarked, John C.
Included among these events was the first carrier landing of an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on 18 January 1997. ===1998=== On 26 February 1998 with Carrier Air Wing Seven embarked, John C.
Stennis left Norfolk for her maiden deployment, transiting the Suez Canal on 7 March and arriving in the Persian Gulf on 11 March 1998.
Stennis departed the Persian Gulf on 19 July 1998 for her new home port of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, arriving on 26 August 1998.
In October 1998, she entered a six-month maintenance and upgrade period at North Island, returning to sea in April 1999.
In October 1998, she entered a six-month maintenance and upgrade period at North Island, returning to sea in April 1999.
During the maintenance period, a jet blast deflector collapsed, severely injuring two sailors. ===1999=== In May 1999, the ship ran aground in a shallow area adjacent to the turning basin near North Island.
The cleanup cost was about $2 million. ===2000=== On 7 January 2000, John C.
During the deployment, the ship made port visits to South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Tasmania and Pearl Harbor, before returning to San Diego on 3 July 2000. Following the September 11 attacks, John C.
In 2000 and 2001, John C.
In 2000 and 2001, John C.
Stennis was part of Carrier Group 7. ===2001=== On 21 May 2001, the ship served as "the world's largest and most expensive outdoor theater" for the world premiere of the Disney film Pearl Harbor.
More than 2,000 people attended the premiere on the ship, which had special grandstand seating and one of the world's largest movie screens assembled on the flight deck. On 12 November 2001, two months earlier than scheduled, the ship left on her third deployment to the U.S.
Fifth Fleet area of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, returning to San Diego on 28 May 2002.
From June 2002 to January 2003, JCS underwent a seven-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). ===2004=== From 24 May to 1 November 2004, John C.
From June 2002 to January 2003, JCS underwent a seven-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). ===2004=== From 24 May to 1 November 2004, John C.
This marked the first time since 2003 that there were two aircraft carrier battle groups in the region simultaneously. On 23 May 2007, John C.
US Navy officials said it was the largest such move since 2003. On 31 August 2007 John C.
From June 2002 to January 2003, JCS underwent a seven-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). ===2004=== From 24 May to 1 November 2004, John C.
Stennis conducted her fourth major overseas deployment, participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2004 in the Gulf of Alaska, Rim of the Pacific (RimPac) Exercise off Hawaii, exercises with Kitty Hawk off Japan and goodwill visits to Japan, Malaysia and Western Australia.
Shortly after returning from deployment to San Diego, JCS changed her home port to Naval Station Bremerton, Washington on 19 January 2005.
Stennis arrived in the area on 19 February 2007, joining in the United States Fifth Fleet area of operations.
This marked the first time since 2003 that there were two aircraft carrier battle groups in the region simultaneously. On 23 May 2007, John C.
US Navy officials said it was the largest such move since 2003. On 31 August 2007 John C.
Stennis departed Bremerton for a 6-month deployment to the western Pacific on 13 January 2009.
Burnham was reassigned to a base in San Diego, pending an investigation. After participating in exercises with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and the Republic of Korea, as well as joint exercise Northern Edge 2009, John C.
Stennis returned from deployment in early July 2009.
Carrier Air Wing 9 debarked on 6 July at NAS North Island, prior to the ship's arrival at her homeport of Bremerton on 10 July. ===2011=== On 30 March 2011, a VMFAT-101 F/A-18C Hornet suffered an uncontained catastrophic engine failure, exploded and caught fire just before launch from John C.
There was no major damage to the carrier but the aircraft was a total loss. On 18 December 2011, the final command-and-control mission for U.S.
naval support for Operation New Dawn. ===2012=== On 3 January 2012, Iranian General Ataollah Salehi warned John C.
Crew from the destroyer then boarded the fishing vessel (upon permission in Urdu from the captain), and arrested all of the pirates with no casualties. On 2 March 2012, John C.
Stennis returned home from her 7-month deployment to homeport Bremerton, Washington. On 7 July 2012, crew members were informed that John C.
Stennis would be returning to the Middle East in August, much sooner than expected. On 27 August 2012, John C.
Stennis departed to the Middle East originally for six months, but was extended to eight. ===2013=== On 1 April 2013, the ship arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore.
Local ITE students were invited for a guided tour inside the aircraft carrier. Following that the ship sailed to Pearl Harbor, where she performed a week long tiger cruise to San Diego At 12:45 on 3 May 2013, John C.
Stennis completed her Docking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) on 5 November 2014.
After a six-day sea trial, the ship certified on 10 November as a Naval Operational asset. ===2015=== In mid-January 2015, John C.
On 1 September, the carrier arrived back at Bremerton, Washington. ===2016=== On 15 January 2016, John C.
On 26 April 2016, China denied John C.
Stennis arrived back to homeport, Naval Base Kitsap, finishing a Western Pacific deployment and RIMPAC exercise. ===2017=== From February to August 2017, John C.
Stennis was in overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. ===2018=== On 2 August 2018, the Navy announced that John C.
will move from San Diego to Naval Base Kitsap to go through a period of maintenance at Puget Sound and will replace Carl Vinson at San Diego. On 12 December 2018, John C.
Her [port] is temporarily Norfolk, Virginia, for her scheduled refueling complex and overhaul, which began in 2019.
Stennis launched her first combat sorties in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel in Afghanistan. ===2019=== On 16 May 2019, John C.
After her overhaul is completed sometime in the 2020s, she is scheduled to return to Bremerton, Washington. ==Mission and capabilities== {| align=right style="background:silver" | colspan=4 align=center | International radio call sign ofUSS John C.
Stennis arrived in her new home port of Norfolk, Virginia in preparation for her refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) in 2020.
RCOH is expected to be completed sometime in the mid 2020s. ==John C.
As of 2021, the ship's name was the subject of renewed controversy due to conservative Senator Stennis's outspoken opposition to civil rights and racial equality, and his extensive record of legislative support for racial segregation.
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