Commissioned in 1977, the "Ike" is the second of the Nimitz-class carriers and a ship that has never shied from the fight. From the frozen North Atlantic to the Persian Gulf, CVN-69 maintained America's presence in every major theater of the Cold War era and beyond. Her sailors weathered some of the longest consecutive deployments in Navy history, earning the pride and salt that comes with it. If you were on the Ike, you earned every day of it.