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Why the USS John F. Kennedy Comes to Port Later than Expected
The second USS John F. Kennedy was scheduled for delivery in 2022 but fell behind due to delays caused by the pandemic; now, ...
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USS Ronald Reagan goes into dry dock, expected to emerge in late 2026
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has begun a maintenance stint that will keep it from deployment for 17 ...
The US Navy is still grappling with elevator problems on its new Ford-class supercarriers
Continued problems with the advanced weapons elevators could affect the delivery of the Navy's next Ford-class carrier, Navy ...
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USS Nimitz Sets Sail For Likely Final Deployment
Ford class carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79 ... unbeknownst to the crew, transports the ship back to December 1941. Launching reconnaissance sorties to investigate a lack of communications ...
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From USS Nimitz to USS Ranger: Aircraft carriers homeported in Bremerton over the decades
VA in 2026 and proposes to homeport the Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) as early as 2029. Although two carriers with their thousands of crew members means a busy homeport, it's not the ...
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USS Nimitz departs Bremerton for its likely last deployment
The Navy is proposing to homeport the service's newest Ford-class USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in 2029. As of its departure on Friday, the USS Nimitz has called ...