7 US aircraft carriers are at sea for the first time in years — here's what they're doing

For the first time in years, seven of the US Navy's 11 nuclear aircraft carriers are at sea simultaneously, according to USNI News.

The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) are in the Western Pacific on operational deployments. They have full air wings and carrier escorts.

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) are in the Eastern Pacific, while the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and the brand-new USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) are in the Atlantic. Those four carriers are on training missions or doing workups before deployments.

All the carriers — including the ones converging on the Western Pacific — are on planned operations, but they all come during President Donald Trump's 12-day trip to Asia. Below, you can see what each carrier is up to.

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