A Pentagon official said the carrier would probably conduct the exercises over the next week or so.
For the remainder of this assignment, she screened TF 77 while the carriers conducted air operations.
In March 1964, the carrier conducted sea trials out of Boston.
Upon entering service, the new carrier conducted attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz late in 1944.
The Korean War armistice had been signed two months earlier; and, therefore, the carrier conducted training operations rather than combat missions.
From then until early summer, the carrier conducted normal operations along the east coast and in the Caribbean area.
During this time, the carrier conducted normal training operations off the island of Crete and held two major underway replenishment operations.
After the two-month overhaul, the carrier conducted sea trials.
On 9 February, the carrier and her accompanying battle group conducted exercise "Beacon Flash 83".
Of the few sorties the carrier has conducted, most have been solo missions and without a large escort.