Global Carrier Watch: U.S. Navy Deploys Major Strike Groups Worldwide
USNI's Fleet and Marine Tracker shows the U.S. Navy's major carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups deployed across multiple oceans as of May 11, 2026, including the Ford Carrier Strike Group in the Mediterranean, Abraham Lincoln CSG in the Arabian Sea, George H.W. Bush and Nimitz in the Atlantic/approaching Virginia after a circumnavigation, George Washington in the Philippine Sea, Iwo Jima ARG in the Caribbean, Boxer ARG in the Indian Ocean, and a broad mix of escort ships and independent units operating in the Red Sea, CENTCOM, Eastern Pacific, and Western Atlantic; the Nimitz is circumnavigating South America en route to Virginia after a 10-month service-life extension to 2027.
