USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) (known informally as "Ike") is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of the ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower. The vessel was initially named simply as USS Eisenhower, much like the lead ship of the class, Nimitz, but the name was changed to its present form on 25 May 1970.^[6] The carrier, like all others of her class, was constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding Company in Virginia, with the same design as the lead ship, although the ship has been overhauled twice to bring her up to the standards of those constructed more recently.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower underway in the Atlantic Ocean
History
United States
Name	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Namesake	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Cost	$4.5 billion (2019 dollars)
Laid down	15 August 1970
Launched	11 October 1975
Sponsored by	Mamie Doud-Eisenhower[1]
Commissioned	18 October 1977
Renamed	from Eisenhower
Reclassified	CVN-69, 30 June 1975
Homeport	Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 368962000 Callsign: NIKE Hull number: CVAN-69
Motto	Greater Each Day
Nickname(s)	Mighty Ike Ike
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	101,600 long tons (113,800 short tons)[2][3]
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)
Height	244 feet (74 m)
Draft	Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m) Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m)