USS George Washington Archives

November 22, 2024 3:53 PM

USS George Washington (CVN-73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan on Friday, taking up station as the Forward-Deployed…

March 14, 2019 6:09 PM - Updated: March 22, 2019 12:51 PM

The acting secretary of defense defended the Pentagon’s decision to retire a Nimitz-class carrier 25 years early during a hearing…

February 28, 2019 5:52 PM - Updated: February 28, 2019 7:02 PM

A Pentagon budget plan to sideline an aircraft carrier, rather than refuel it, and redirect money for other defense priorities would…

October 8, 2017 8:54 PM

About 7,500 Sailors and Marines with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group left San Diego Friday morning from San Diego…

August 29, 2017 2:43 PM

Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) began a 48-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding earlier this month…

May 9, 2017 12:11 PM - Updated: May 9, 2017 1:55 PM

Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) has left Newport News Shipbuilding on sea trials on Tuesday ahead of the official completion of…

November 17, 2016 4:49 PM

Lawmakers will not pass a Fiscal Year 2017 budget before the Trump administration takes office and will instead extend the…

October 6, 2016 3:40 PM - Updated: October 6, 2016 4:34 PM

More than 420 Marines on two Navy ships are preparing to head to the Caribbean if called upon to respond…

October 5, 2016 12:50 PM - Updated: October 5, 2016 5:37 PM

Three warships have scrambled from Naval Station Mayport, Fla. ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Matthew later this week, a…

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