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| USS Carl Vinson |
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Commanding Officer: Capt. David M. Crocker |
| Deployments |
| 1. March 1st - November 1983 Round the World. 2. October 13th 1984 - May 24th 1985 WestPac/Indian Ocean 3. August 12th 1986 - February 1987 Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea/Bering Sea 4. June 15th 1988 - December 1988 Arabian Sea/WestPac 5. February 1990 - July 3rd 1990 WestPac/Arabian Sea 6. February 17th 1994 - August 17th 1994 WestPac/Gulf 7. May 14th 1996 - November 14th 1996 WestPac/Gulf (attacked Iraq September 3rd) 8. November 6th 1998 - May 1999 WestPac/Gulf |
| Miscellaneous |
| 3rd in the Nimitz Class Named after Congressman Carl Vinson who servrd in the US Congress for more than 50 years (1914-1965). He was the first person to witness a ship launched in his honor. September 1990 - April 1993 Complex Overhaul Puget Sound. |
| Awards |
| Meritorious Unit Commendation 1985, 1996 Adm. James Flately Memorial Award 1984, 1996 Battle E 1990, 1996 |
| Air Wing |
| Carrier Air Wing 11 (C.O. Capt. J. T. Knight) |