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Totally normal the dept of war (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

So apparently they believed it was smarter to keep it in the fight

They have 11 carriers in service and no other active war. West Coast to the gulf takes 40 days. Why not exchange the carrier?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    They do with George Washington coming from Japan to replace Lincoln. Bush has done the same for Ford. Nimitz is currently sailing around the Americas as a sort of good bye journey, as she will be replaced by Kennedy soon.

    The rest is training or being maintained. Generally speaking warhsips are often ordered in multiples of three. One training, one being maintained and one deployed.

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