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History Of Women On The USS Eisenhower
October 11, 1975 witnessed the history-making christening of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, the third nuclear-powered and second Nimitz class aircraft carrier of the U.S Navy. The ship was named after the 34th President of the country. Following this, in 1977, the Ike was commissioned and assigned to the Atlantic fleet. |
After a series of combating operations including the war on Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait, on October 21, 1994 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower started on a six month deployment and carried in it for the first time in the history of U.S Navy combatant more than 400 women as crewmembers spread across eight teams. Since this happened, women crewmembers were deployed in over 100 additional combatants.
Controversies surfaced when 15 women on Eisenhower were diagnosed to be pregnant, giving the carrier the dubious name of ‘The Love Boat’! There were also reports of a sailor who videotaped himself having sex with a woman on board. However, the Navy was quick to defend itself saying that 12 out of the 15 women got pregnant even before boarding the ship, and the remaining 3 got pregnant during shore leave. In 1995, U.S newspapers reported that five women sailors were removed from the ship.
Captain H. Denby Starling, who was instrumental in bringing women on board Eisenhower, said that women do not seem to leave the ship as men do. In the year 2000, 60 women on board Eisenhower were sent ashore due to pregnancy, but these stay put in the Navy.
In March 2009, commemorating with the Women’s History Month, the Eisenhower held a ceremony to recognize women’s contribution in Navy in the country. The ceremony talked about among other issues and challenges faced by women while on duty. Women on Eisenhower are sailors, pilots, dental assistants, and spread over the entire crew.
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