USS John C. Stennis

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USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), named for Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi, is the seventh of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 9 December 1995. Her temporary home port is Norfolk, Virginia, for her scheduled refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), which began in 2019. After her overhaul is completed in 2026, she is scheduled to return to Bremerton, Washington. Her RCOH includes a major Sensor upgrade; the AN/SPS-48 is being removed and replaced with the AN/SPY-6(V)2 EASR Rotating Radar. The new radar removes the AN/SPS-49 Radar. The new SPY-6 gives the ship better visibility and tracking capabilities and greatly reduces weight and response times.

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