page_title: Carrier Strike Group 11
section_title: 2005 deployment
hierarchical_section_title: Carrier Strike Group 11 / Operational history / 2005 deployment
caption_attribution_description: English: Pacific Ocean (May 11, 2005) &#8211; The guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) comes along side the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in preparation for a underway replenishment (UNREP) with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer&#8217;s Mate 2nd Class Tiffini M. Jones (RELEASED)
context_page_description: Carrier Strike Group 11 is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. Carrier strike groups gain and maintain sea control as well as project naval airpower ashore.
  The aircraft carrier Nimitz is the strike group's current flagship. Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers Lake Erie and Princeton, and Destroyer Squadron 9.
  Between 2006 and 2013, the group made four deployments to the U.S. Fifth Fleet operating in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea, as well as a surge deployment with the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the western Pacific Ocean. The group participated in bilateral exercises Malabar 2005 and Malabar 2005, Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2008, as well as joint exercise Valiant Shield 2007.
context_section_description: From 11–24 March 2005, the group conducted a pre-deployment Joint Task Force exercise off California. The group departed San Diego, California, on 7 May 2005 under the command of Rear Admiral Peter Daly.
  On 21 July 2005 in the Persian Gulf, USS Princeton (pictured) responded to a radio call from the Iranian dhow Hamid which needed engineering assistance. A team was dispatched to the Hamid where it was determined that the engine problem was due to corroded batteries that were low on power. The batteries were removed and brought back to Princeton for maintenance, cleaning, and recharging.  Princeton was able to restore the power on board Hamid, restart the engines, and then provided medical assistance and fresh water.
  On 22 September 2005, the group departed the Persian Gulf, after completing nine weeks of operations with the U.S. Fifth Fleet.  During this period, 4,500 sorties totaling over 11,000 flight hours were flown by Carrier Air Wing Eleven, including over 1,100 sorties and 6,000 flight hours bombing Iraq War targets.  The group returned home on 8 November 2005.
  2005 deployment force composition
  2005 deployment exercises and port visits
caption: USS Princeton
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