Home port: Norfolk, Virginia Type of vessel: Nuclear aircraft carrier Total personnel: 5,800 approx. Aircraft: 85 Maximum speed: 30+ knots Nuclear reactors: 8 Flight deck: 4.5 acres Commissioned: November 25, 1961 ------------------------------------------------- CARRIER AIRWING EIGHT VF-41 Black Aces (FA-18 Hornets) VF-14 Tophatters (F-14 Tomcats) VFA-15 Valions (FA-18 Hornets) VFA-87 Golden Warriors (FA-18 Hornets) VS-24 Scouts (S-3 Viking) VAW-124 Bear Aces (E-2 Hawkeyes) VAQ-141 Shadowhawks (SH-60 Seahawk helicopters) HS-3 Tridents (SH-60 Seahawk and HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters)