According to information published by the US Mission to NATO on January 19, 2022, a large NATO exercise inside the Arctic Circle, Cold Response is planned for the beginning of March. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman will be part of the exercise.
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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (Picture source: U.S. Navy)
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. She is currently homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
Harry S. Truman is 1,092 feet (333 m) long, 257 feet (78 m) wide, and is as high as a twenty-four-story building, at 244 feet (74 m).
The aircraft carrier can accommodate approximately 90 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) in size, using four elevators that are 3,880 sq ft (360 m2) each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay. With a combat load, the aircraft carrier displaces almost 97,000 tons and can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers.
She is currently equipped with three 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts and two Sea Sparrow SAM launchers.
