CVN-69 USS Eisenhower (285)

The previous article showed the atlas of the first ship of the "Nimitz" class aircraft carrier, and this issue showed the atlas of the second ship "Dwight David Eisenhower", which was published in two articles due to the large number of pictures.

The carrier is named after dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th U.S. President who led the United States through World War II.

In fiscal year 1970, Congress approved the construction of the USS Eisenhower, which began construction on August 15, 1970 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dock Company, launched on October 11, 1975, and commissioned on October 18, 1977.

The first two CVAN-68 Nimitz and CNAN-69 Eisenhower were budgeted as "attack aircraft carriers", which were based on the U.S. Navy's attack aircraft carrier (CVA) and anti-submarine (CVS) dual-track system; in the early 1970s, the World War II era Essex-class aircraft carriers that served as CVS were gradually decommissioned. On June 30, 1975, the U.S. Navy transferred the original CVS air anti-submarine unit (including fixed-wing anti-submarine aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters) to the CVA, and collectively referred to them as multi-purpose aircraft carriers (CVs). As a result, the first two ships of the Nimitz class were changed to CVNs, and subsequent ships were used in the budgeting.