[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Navy.mil :

Ships and Submarines
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 284

Ships Underway (away from homeport): 127 ships (45% of total)

On deployment: 106 ships (37% of total)

Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 27 submarines (50%)

On deployment: 20 submarines (37%)
Ships Underway

Carriers:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - Pacific Ocean
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - 5th Fleet
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - 5th Fleet
USS George Washington (CVN 73) - Pacific Ocean
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) - Pacific Ocean

Amphibious Warfare Ships:
USS Essex (LHD 2) - East China Sea
USS Boxer (LHD 4) - Gulf of Aden
USS Bataan (LHD 5) - Atlantic Ocean
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This is today’s,,,

We already had carriers there...;0)

[Las Vegas Ron]

We already had carriers there...;0)

So this aticle is just so zer0 can look like a tough guy?

[dubie]

you forgot about USS BARACK OBAMA

[mad_as_he$$]

Three carriers within three days steam. By tomorrow there should be CAP on station to protect anyone that needs it. If 0 has the stones to fly it. Raptors could also make the trip from three bases in the Pacific with tankers. There were some at Kadina a few weeks back.

[familyop]

Hey, old buddy! I referenced your comment #13 of this thread behind the following link. Thanks for the info!

China condemns US warship deployment as tensions mount
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2205700/posts?page=13#13

[familyop]

Oops. That was your comment #14.

...mentioned and linked in this other thread.