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USS George Washington Aircraft Carrier Redelivers Following Extended Refueling Overhaul

Friday, May 26th, 2023

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USS George Washington Aircraft Carrier Redelivers Following Extended Refueling Overhaul

USS George Washington (CVN-73), is back in port as of May 25, 2023 and was successfully redelivered to the U.S. Navy. (Photo: Newport News Shipbuilding via U.S. Navy)

HII [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) completed a 69-month refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) work on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) aircraft carrier and redelivered the ship to the Navy on May 25. CVN-73 is the sixth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and is now scheduled to go back to the U.S. 7th Fleet for deployment in 2024 as the Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Japan aircraft carrier. There it will replace the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in that forward-deployed role. CVN-76 previously relieved CVN-73…

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