USS Harry S. Truman

USS *Harry S. Truman* (CVN-75)
	USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 11 September 2018
History
United States
Name	Harry S. Truman
Namesake	Harry S. Truman
Ordered	30 June 1988
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Cost	$4.5 billion
Laid down	29 November 1993
Launched	7 September 1996
Christened	7 September 1996
Acquired	30 June 1998
Commissioned	25 July 1998
Renamed	from United States, February 1995
Home port	Norfolk, Virginia
Identification	MMSI number: 368800000; Callsign: NHST; ; Hull number: CVN-75;
Motto	The Buck Stops Here
Nickname(s)	HST
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	103,900 long tons (105,600 t)
Length	Overall: 1,092 ft (332.8 m); Waterline: 1,040 ft (317.0 m);
Beam	Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m); Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m);
Draft	Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m); Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m);
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors (HEU 93.5%); 4 × steam turbines; 4 × shafts; 260,000 shp (190 MW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range	Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement	Ship's company: 3,532; Air wing: 2,480;
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar; AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar; AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar; AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars; AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar; AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars; 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems; 4 × Mk 95 radars;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite; SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures;
Armament	2 × Mk 57 Mod3 Sea Sparrow; 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile; 3 × Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	90 fixed wing and helicopters

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and is named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. She is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

Harry S. Truman was launched on 7 September 1996 by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, and commissioned on 25 July 1998 with Captain Thomas Otterbein in command.

Built at a cost of more than $4.5 billion in 2007 dollars ($6.54 billion today), Harry S. Truman (also known as HST within the Navy) is 1,092 feet (333 m) long and 257 feet (78 m) wide, and is as high as a 24-story building, at 244 feet (74 m). The supercarrier can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers and around 90 aircraft. Aircraft move between the hangar bay and the 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) flight deck on four 3,880 ft² (360 m²) elevators. With a combat load, HST displaces almost 97,000 tons, including two 30-ton Mark II stockless anchors taken from USS Forrestal; each link of the anchor chain weighs 360 pounds (160 kg). She is armed with three 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts and two Sea Sparrow SAM launchers. The ship is powered by two Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors that can propel the ship more than three million miles before refueling. The ship's quartet of five-bladed, 66,220-pound (30.04 t) propellers that can produce speeds over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).

Since 2001, Harry S. Truman has been deployed in support of many conflicts and operations, including Operation Joint Endeavor, Operation Deny Flight, Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Inherent Resolve. In 2025, the aircraft carrier was attacked six times by ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis.