Foreign vessels have also visited the city over the years, including a historic trip by US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman back in 2018.
We have had a look back through our picture archive, and Getty Images, to find some historic pictures of Royal Navy and foreign aircraft carriers visiting Portsmouth over the years.
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![A police boat patrols water around the US warship USS Harry S. Truman, anchored in the Solent.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE0M2YzODQxLTc3MTgtNDJjOS04ZmRlLTE1NjM2NjA5ZWY2ZTo3OTYxMGY0Zi1iYzU5LTQ2OTctODQyZC0wY2ExNzI0MDY2ZWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
21. USS Harry S. Truman
A police boat patrols water around the US warship USS Harry S. Truman, anchored in the Solent.Photo: The News archive
![HMS Courageous entering Portsmouth Harbour in 1939](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI2NDhmM2I0LTFmN2QtNDM0MC05MWY1LThiNGU1Y2YyODkxOTpmMjE3YzQ3Ny02YjNkLTQ1N2UtOWI5MS05YTU3ZmZkM2JjZDk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
22. HMS Courageous
HMS Courageous entering Portsmouth Harbour in 1939Photo: The News archive
![Portsmouth harbour entrance with an aircraft carrier somewhere between 1937 - 1940](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI1ODEzY2JjLWYzYmYtNDgwMC1hMTdkLTA5MzRlOWI3NzdiOTo2NmM5OGIzNi02MGE5LTRlOWYtOGI4Yy1mNzFiYTkwYmMyMzY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
23. Aircraft carriers in Portsmouth
Portsmouth harbour entrance with an aircraft carrier somewhere between 1937 - 1940Photo: The News archive
![Friends and families wave as HMS Formidable returns to Portsmouth following her tour in the Far East in August 1946.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ2Mjc3MThlLWRhMjktNDk1Zi1iZGQ4LWFjOGYxODYzMGQ5MzpiM2NiOWQ2MS0zZGNhLTQ3N2UtOGUxNC1lYWYzN2FhMGQzOTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
24. HMS Formidable
Friends and families wave as HMS Formidable returns to Portsmouth following her tour in the Far East in August 1946.Photo: The News archive