A formidable American carrier strike group, led by the USS Harry S. Truman, has entered the North Sea, accompanied by the destroyers USS Stout and USS Jason Dunham, and the cruiseR USS Gettysburg.
The carrier is currently the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) and is on a scheduled deployment within the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of responsibility.
“This deployment comes on the heels of the Dwight D Eisenhower Strike Group nine-month mission that highlighted the need for continuity in our sustained presence amid escalating international tensions,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, U.S. Fleet
Forces Command.
“The Truman Strike Group will contribute to the ongoing training and combat readiness of our naval forces. The operational experience gained through these deployments is invaluable for maintaining a deep bench of skilled warfighters with confidence in their system’s reliability, adaptability, and lethality in a rapidly changing security environment.”
The USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd U.S. President. Commissioned in 1998, the carrier was launched from Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia and is currently homeported at Naval Station Norfolk. It has been a key element of U.S. naval operations, participating in various deployments around the globe.
“Over 6,500 Sailors of the Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group have put in a tremendous effort to train and prepare to demonstrate the combat power and flexibility of our U.S. Naval forces and the warfighting advantage they bring anywhere in the world,” said Rear Adm. Sean Bailey, commander HSTCSG.
“We are looking forward to operations in the SIXTH Fleet area of operations and to working with our Allies and partners to continue building interoperability and deter potential adversaries and threats.”
The deployment follows months of intense training and preparation, including the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) and various underway training exercises such as Group Sail and COMPTUEX.
“At the heart of the Carrier Strike Group is the aircraft carrier, and this impressive warship remains the cornerstone of the Navy’s forward presence through sea control and power projection capabilities,” said Capt. Dave Snowden, commanding officer of Harry S. Truman.
The squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 embarked aboard Harry S. Truman include:
– The “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11
– The “Pukin’ Dogs” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143
– The “Sunliners” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81
– The “Knighthawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136
– The “Main Battery” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 144
– The “Seahawks” of Control Squadron (VAW) 126
– The “Proud Warriors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72
– The “Dragonslayers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11
– A detachment from the “Rawhides” of Fleet Logistics Squadron (VRC) 4
The U.S. Navy also say that throughout its 26 years of service, Harry S. Truman has deployed nine times to support critical missions and numerous operations and played a pivotal role in the United States’ commitment to ensuring a free and open international order that promotes security and prosperity.
This is what a RN CSG wants to be when it grows up!!
Truly formidable!
Even the US cannot afford new cruisers.
That’s true Bob. All joking aside, the USN certainly has its own challenges – crewing is one of them just like us. The Cruisers are on their last legs, LCS are a disaster, the new Constellation class frigates are running late, Zumwalt destroyers stopped at just three due to eye-watering costs of their gun/ammunition system, draw down in the number of attack boats and the list goes on.
The flight III burkes are cruisers, 10,000tons 96 strike length VLS, two helicopters, a complement of 300+.
How is that much different from the upgraded T45 with 48 VLS, 24 soft launched Sea Ceptor and 8 (or more) NSM?
The reason why USN needs RN to increase fleet size is that USN will soon have 80-90(ish) front line ships.
I’m hopeful that we get a T32 announcement as part of the investment cash.
But this does mean that the RN fighty fleet would be 25%+ of the USN. A fact worth hanging onto. OK the Constellation Class might change that if they ever enter service and in any reasonable numbers.
Couldn’t reply to your other message about EW attacks on radar picket drones.
These are fully autonomous drones, they take off, fly their mission, do inflight refueling and land fully automatically.
Jamming the connection back to the carrier just means you lose your radar screen.
Assuming up in the air you have:
1) Radar Drones
2) Tanker Drones
3) Attack Drones
With the correct set of algorithms they radar drones can fuel up the stack drones and set them off to home-on-jam with Meteor Air to Air Missiles. If they’re having trouble communicating with each other just fly closer to each other to achieve burn through.
Send off a pair of Attack Drones.
Maybe even set up a radio relay chain by sending out a group of attackers and fuel and radar drones to act as a radio link back through the jamming.
Send a relay drone back to the ship so they are kept in the loop.
Best we could hope for is 36 x F-35, 3 xAEW and couple of wildcats, with 2 x T-45 and 2 x T-26
But what will be the AEW? there is nothing in sight.
Crowsnest, presumably.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/crowsnest-early-warning-helicopter-enters-service/
It’s all gone a bit quiet about the replacement for Crowsnest. I’m more concerned about the complete lack of defensive systems on the QEs. No other navy takes that risk.
There is an initiative in sight, although I don’t like it: the STOL Protectors (MQ-9B) with AEW pods.
AEW role is going to be taken over by UAVs
There’s is zero point to having a guy in that plane looking at a radar screen in the 21st century
They should fit those heavy drone EMALS and get some distributed radar drones flying and either have autonomous refueling drones to keep them up there or have enough AEW drones to send one up while they recover the previous one
24/7 long range radar and that’s BEFORE you start taking into account the advantages of a coherent radar picture created from distributed and collaborative radar drones
If you’re wondering what that means, have a look at distributed radio telescopes like TART and VLBI, lots of small radios spread out and working together as interferometers behaves like one enormous radio.
There is 100 percent a point: Electronic warfare and ECM. An aerial attack of for example EA-18G’s on a carrier group would jam any data links and blind the carrier.
Or essentially more fifth generation aircraft than any other air wing…and more conventional air combat power than any other navy than the U.S. navy can put out.
How does the US supply its carrier fleet? Only no mention of any supply ships.
As a CSG it seems chronically short on support vessels, but its clearly joining allies for training. Something the online generals seem to forget ours do!
Don’t mention allies on here. I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it. 🤫
Believe USNS Artic is currently part of the CSG
Thanks for the info 👍
Are we sure there is a second cruiser? Leyte Gulf decommissioned a few weeks ago. Other reports suggest just 1 Tico and 2 A-Bs.
Maybe confusion is because Stout is DDG 55 and Leyte Gulf was CG 55
You’re right. Leyte Gulf is gone. The picture shows 3x Arleigh Burkes + 1 Ticonderoga.
3 Burke’s? I see one Tico, one carrier, then 2 Burke’s.
Yep typo.
US Navy News reported the departure with Gettysburg, Stout and Dunham
I was an FC in the Navy and can tell you that our weapon technology from the 60’s is still better than any other navies modern weapons. I can tell you this with extream confidence.
Cvn75 was deployed in November 2000, I think you may be confusing it with USS John C Stennis CVN-74 which departed Naval Station Norfolk on her maiden deployment in February 1998.