USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
USNI News: Navy Considering Extending USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Past 2027
The Navy is weighing if it will extend the life of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) past its planned 2027 inactivation date, USNI News has learned.
While Ike is listed as departing the fleet just a year after USS Nimitz (CVN-68) as part the latest long-range shipbuilding plan, service officials are considering the viability of squeezing one more deployment out of the 46-year-old aircraft carrier before its planned inactivation, a defense official told USNI News.
The largest limiting factor will be the amount of nuclear fuel left in the carrier, USNI News understands. The carriers are planned to sail in the fleet for 50-years with a mid-life refueling and overhaul. The service keeps the exact level of fuel aboard each carrier secret.
In a statement to USNI News, the service said it considers Nimitz-class carrier life extensions on a hull-by-hull basis.
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WNU Editor: It looks like global tensions with Russia and China are influencing the US Navy to change its decommissioning plans.
This is the current US Navy plan for the USS Nimitz and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower .... US Navy to Decommission USS Nimitz in 2026, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in 2027, 2 Independence-class LCS Set for Foreign Sales, according Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan (Aviation Geek Club).
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