US Sends Aircraft Carrier Into The Strait Of Hormuz, As Iran Beats Its Chest Robert Johnson Dec. 29, 2011, 7:56 AM USS John C. Stennis Iran has announced it located a U.S. aircraft carrier moving into the Strait of Hormuz during Iranian wargame exercises. The AFP reports Commodore Mahmoud Mousavi, spokesman for the exercises, says the carrier was spotted by an Iranian reconnaissance plane that took photos and video. A spokesperson for the U.S. Fifth Fleet confirmed the carrier is the USS John C. Stennis, a nearly 1,100 foot nuclear powered craft with unlimited range and 3 million gallons of...