Length: 30"

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) is the ninth nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth in the Nimitz class. The keel was laid by Newport News Shipbuilding Nov. 29, 1993 and the ship, named after the 33rd President of the United States, was christened Sept. 7, 1996.
The ship was launched Sept. 13, 1996 and delivered to the U.S. Navy June 30, 1998. Truman was commissioned July 25, 1998.
In August 1998, Truman got underway for the first time as a U.S. Navy carrier to conduct flight deck certifications, an evolution designed to test the ship?s ability to successfully launch and recover aircraft.