The ANZS Commonwealth, the world's only remaining nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is the flagship of the Navy of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand. The ship was formerly the USS Carl Vinson, under the command of the United States Navy. It made its way to Australia upon hearing of the Gathering Order in 1984, and was rechristened the ANZS Commonwealth in 1995.
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The ANZS Commonwealth, formerly known as the USS Carl Vinson, during a mission in the Southern Hemisphere
- Ship country = Commonwealth of Australia & New Zealand
- Ship flag = ----
- Ship name = CoCN-1
- Ship namesake = ----
- Ship ordered = 5 April 1974
- Ship laid down = 11 October 1975
- Ship launched = 15 March 1980
- Ship commissioned = 13 March 1982
- Ship reclassified = 1995
- Ship captured = ----
- Ship status = Mediterrenean Sea, Malta-Lampedusa-Corridor (1983: Doomsday)
- Ship struck = ----
- Ship reinstated = ----
- Ship homeport = Brisbane, Australia, ANZC
- Ship motto = Vis per Mare (Strength from the Sea)
- Ship nicknames = Starship Vinson; The Battlestar; The Gold Eagle; San Francisco's Own; America's Favorite Carrier; Chuckie V.; U.S.S. Chuck Wagon; The Carl Prison; Cell Block 70
- Ship notes =
- Class and type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
- Displacement: 101,300 long tons (113,500 short tons)[1]
- Length: Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)
- Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
- Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
- Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
- Draft: Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m)
- Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m)
- Propulsion: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors; 4 × steam turbines; 4 × shafts; 260,000 shp (194 MW)
- Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
- Range: Unlimited distance; 20-25 years
- Complement: Ship's company: 3,200
- Air wing: 2,480
- Sensors and 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 and decoys: 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
- Armor: Unknown
- Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
Pre-Doomsday
The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)[...]
Doomsday
Urban legend has it that the Vinson was discovered floating freely somewhere in the South Pacific, its crew long dead, killed by some unknown means.
The reality is that the Vinson made it through Doomsday intact, crew and all, and through skill, perseverance and some luck made it to temporary harbor in the Marshall Islands before shocking Allied military forces by showing up in Brisbane harbor for the Gathering Order.
September 26, 1983
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Post-Doomsday
Japan
Evading the enemy
Guam and the Northern Marianas
Journey to the Marshall Islands
"That radio signal..."
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Gathering Order
On June 1, 1984, Order 001/1984 was given by the joint ANZUS Head Command set up in Brisbane, Australia, with the approval of the leaders of the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.
This order—today famously referred to as the “Final Gathering” Order—was sent to all reachable U.S. and NATO units.
It ordered all units capable to do so to set course for Australian, New Zealand and Hawaiian territory, otherwise all surviving units in defined geographical area were routed to the nearest suiting gathering point to which ANZUS supply convoys were sent.
At the time, the Vinson was harbored in the Marshall Islands, near the capital of...
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Into open arms
On xxxx xx, 1985 the Vinson set sail for Brisbane.
On December 8th, the Vinson Group arrived in Brisbane.
A new name
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The 2004 "Census" Mission
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Sicilian Crisis
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