USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• In 1996, it was used in scenes from the movie Executive Decision featuring the VF-84 Jolly Rogers F-14 aircraft launching from its deck.
• In September 2008, this carrier was used during an episode of the TV show NCIS. The carrier's number, 74, was clearly seen during the scenes on the carrier deck, but during characters' dialog, they did not name the carrier, using a fake name instead.
• In the 2009 science fiction movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the USS John C. Stennis was seen during the film's final battle in Egypt. This constitutes a major continuity error, since earlier in the film the carrier is seen suffering catastrophic impact damage and then sinking (the ship's pennant number being clearly visible on the island in the scene). However, in news broadcasts related to the sinking, the ship is referred to as the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
• In the second time the Stennis was attacked on screen, in 2002's The Sum of all Fears she is crippled by Russian bombers equipped with anti-ship missiles.
• In Revenge of the Fallen, the Stennis is contacted as the leader of a battlegroup in the Gulf of Aqaba to authorize a railgun strike that destroys a massive Decepticon named Devastator.
• In the 2011 game Homefront, the carrier is seen half sunk just outside of Modesto, California.
• A flyby of the Stennis while stationed at Naval Air Station North Island is also featured in a segment of the Soarin' Over California ride at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California and at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
• In the Tom Clancy novel Debt of Honor, the carrier is crippled by a Japanese Torpedo, though it is repaired.
• A number of episodes of the television series JAG includes the fictitious USS Patrick Henry which has the Stennis' hull number CVN-74.