Cocoa Native Debon Arana Deployed Aboard U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman

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Cocoa native and U.S. Navy Hull Technician 3rd Class Debon Arana connects a fire hose to a wye gate on a fire station aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is operating as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Marvin Gabriel)

SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and Mayport, Florida, Dec. 1, and Cocoa native and U.S. Navy Hull Technician 3rd Class Debon Arana is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is operating as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked to a strong and ready Navy.

Elements of the strike group, commanded by Rear Adm. Curt Renshaw, include flagship USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), commanded by Capt. Gavin Duff; the nine squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, staffs of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8 and the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56).

In addition, the strike group will include the guided-missile destroyers of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28 commanded by Captain Todd Zenner which include, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), USS Cole (DDG 67), USS Gravely (DDG 107), and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109).

The Royal Norwegian Navy’s Fridtjof-Nansen class frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310) will join the strike group, and operate as part of the strike group throughout the entire deployment.

Harry S. Truman is 1,092 feet long, 257 feet wide and is as high as a 24-story building, at 244 feet. The supercarrier can accommodate approximately 90 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres in size, using four elevators that are 3,880 square feet each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay. With a combat load, HST displaces almost 97,000 tons and can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers.

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