aircraft carrier
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In August, the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier, was sent to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln following a nine-month deployment.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Take the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which returned to port in Thailand in early September after nine months at sea.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Capt Thompson added that the deployment was a "key milestone" for both the vessel's Nato role and its "journey back to the Royal Navy's 'very high readiness' aircraft carrier".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Ford was at sea for 11 months before it returned home last May, making it the longest-deployed aircraft carrier in decades, although it didn’t go as long without a port visit as the Lincoln.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
All of them were looking up toward the north where the transport plane would come; the plane bearing the father who had flown off an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean for a year.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
