Qualla: USS Harry S. Truman https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/d/uss-harry-s-truman-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: USS Harry S. Truman https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman USS Harry S. Truman: Introduction https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman/ Photo credit Pre-Comissioning crew of CVN 75., Public domain. There is a fragment of red cloth that flies from a halyard at the back of USS Harry S. Truman whenever she is at general quarters. Crossed cannons, a scarlet background, three words: "Give 'em hell." The phrase is a quote from Truman's 1948 re-election campaign - a heckler in the crowd shouted it at him, and the press caught the moment. The cannons come from the guidons of the 129th Field Artillery Regiment, in which Truman commanded Battery D during World War I. When a battery flag from the muddy fields of France becomes the battle flag of a 97,000-ton nuclear supercarrier, you have either a perfect tribute or a slightly unhinged one. The crew of CVN-75 think it is the former. They fly it often.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/d/uss-harry-s-truman-wp/dq9d-uss-harry-s-truman-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full USS Harry S. Truman: Built at Newport News https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman/ Photo credit United States Navy, Chief Photographer's Mate Greg McCreash, Public domain. Her keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding on November 29, 1993. She was launched on September 7, 1996, and commissioned on July 25, 1998 at Naval Station Norfolk. President Bill Clinton gave the keynote address. The build cost was more than $4.5 billion in 2007 dollars. She ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/d/uss-harry-s-truman-wp/dq9d-uss-harry-s-truman-built-at-newport-news.mp3 0:06 2 full USS Harry S. Truman: Twenty-Five Years of Deployments https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman/ Photo credit United States Navy, Chief Photographer's Mate Greg McCreash, Public domain. Truman's operational history reads like a chronicle of the post-9/11 era. She flew the early 2003 strikes into Iraq from the eastern Mediterranean. She provided desalinated water for Hurricane Katrina relief on the Gulf Coast in September 2005. From 2015 into 2016 her air wing dr...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/d/uss-harry-s-truman-wp/dq9d-uss-harry-s-truman-twenty-five-years-of-deployments.mp3 0:06 3 full USS Harry S. Truman: The Decommissioning That Did Not Happen https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman/ Photo credit United States Navy, Chief Photographer's Mate Greg McCreash, Public domain. In February 2019 the Pentagon announced that Truman's mid-life refueling and complex overhaul - tentatively scheduled for 2024 - might be cancelled as a cost-saving measure, retiring the ship more than two decades ahead of schedule. The proposal would have left the carrier fleet ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/d/uss-harry-s-truman-wp/dq9d-uss-harry-s-truman-the-decommissioning-that-did-not-happen.mp3 0:06 4 full USS Harry S. Truman: An Eight-Month Deployment https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman/ Photo credit United States Navy, Chief Photographer's Mate Greg McCreash, Public domain. On September 23, 2024, Truman deployed for what would become one of the most operationally demanding cruises of her career. She entered the Oslofjord on November 1, transited the Suez Canal on December 14, and on December 21 began combat sorties against Houthi positions in Yemen ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/d/uss-harry-s-truman-wp/dq9d-uss-harry-s-truman-an-eight-month-deployment.mp3 0:06 5 full USS Harry S. Truman: Under Attack https://qualla.com/uss-harry-s-truman/ Photo credit United States Navy, Chief Photographer's Mate Greg McCreash, Public domain. In March 2025 the Houthis began targeting the carrier directly with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. Truman came under attack at least six times during her deployment. On April 28, while maneuvering hard during a Houthi attack, she lost an F/A-18E Super Hornet ove...

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