The United States has 11 nuclear-powered supercarriers in service, so why are fewer than half currently deployed?

NORFOLK, Va. — After 327 days, the Norfolk-based USS Mitscher’s deployment ended Tuesday morning. Pulling in to Naval Station Norfolk, the ship was greeted with the pomp and circumstance you would ...

USS Mitscher returns from 11-month deployment Posted: June 16, 2026 | Last updated: June 16, 2026 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) returned to Naval Station Norfolk ...

Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima returned to Naval Station Norfolk from a 10-month deployment. NORFOLK — Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima returned Saturday to Naval Station ...

NORFOLK — Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima returned Saturday to Naval Station Norfolk from a 10-month deployment spent mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Originally bound for Europe ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Norfolk after an 11-month deployment, the Navy’s longest ...

The world’s largest aircraft carrier finally returned to its home port in Virginia Saturday after a record 11-month deployment after overcoming Iranian threats, a dangerous fire – and big plumbing ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford returned home to Norfolk after a record 326-day deployment. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed sailors home and honored the strike group. The carrier supported major US ...

After nearly 11 months at sea, the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group returned home Saturday, marking the end of a record-breaking deployment that Navy officials said was the longest for a ...