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The '''USS ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' (CVN-69)''' was a [[United States of America]] {{class|Nimitz}} [[aircraft carrier]] [[Sailing vessel|seagoing vessel]] in [[US Navy]] service in the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century|21st centuries]]. |
The '''USS ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' (CVN-69)''' was a [[United States of America]] {{class|Nimitz}} [[aircraft carrier]] [[Sailing vessel|seagoing vessel]] in [[US Navy]] service in the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century|21st centuries]]. |
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| − | In [[1995]], [[Captain]] [[Leon Ruszkowski]] of the {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt}} noted the ''Eisenhower''{{'}} location as being 3,000 [[mile]]s away from his ship in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] while his crew attempted to ascertain the origin of [[airplane]] [[fighter]]s entering their [[RADAR]] range, meaning that the planes could not be from that friendly vessel. ({{n|TNG|Ghost Ship}}) |
+ | In [[1995]], [[Captain]] [[Leon Ruszkowski]] of the {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt}} noted the ''Eisenhower''{{'}}s location as being 3,000 [[mile]]s away from his ship in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] while his crew attempted to ascertain the origin of [[airplane]] [[fighter]]s entering their [[RADAR]] range, meaning that the planes could not be from that friendly vessel. ({{n|TNG|Ghost Ship}}) |
==Background== |
==Background== |
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| SEAGOING CRAFT | |
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| USS Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
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| Class: | Nimitz-class |
| Registry: | CVN-69 |
| Affiliation: | United States of America US Navy |
| Launched: | 1970 |
| Status: | active (21st century) |
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) was a United States of America Nimitz-class aircraft carrier seagoing vessel in US Navy service in the 20th and 21st centuries.
In 1995, Captain Leon Ruszkowski of the USS Theodore Roosevelt noted the Eisenhower's location as being 3,000 miles away from his ship in the Mediterranean Sea while his crew attempted to ascertain the origin of airplane fighters entering their RADAR range, meaning that the planes could not be from that friendly vessel. (TNG novel: Ghost Ship)
Background
The Eisenhower was based on a real ship in service at the time of the book's writing in 1987. Although author Diane Carey could not have known then that the ship would be diverted from its normal Mediterranean patrols to the Persian Gulf because of the war of the early 1990s, it is still likely that the ship could indeed have been within 3,000 miles from the Mediterranean in 1995, although it would have to take place sometime before June 1995 when Eisenhower would enter drydock for a two-year overhaul. Information in this article about the Eisenhower's class, registry and real-life service dates is based on historical data, only the ship's name and location were mentioned in the novel.
External link
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.