U.S. Carrier George Washington Begins Trials

May 13 2010

Japan

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier, which is based in Japan, left Yokosuka on Tuesday for sea trials ahead of a planned summer deployment, reports the Navy NewsStand.

The carrier has just finished a four-month period of selective restricted availability (SRA), which included upgrades, corrective and preventative maintenance to air-conditioning units, fire fighting systems, aircraft elevators, navigation systems and crew habitability spaces.

The flight deck was also...

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