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May 14, 2007 uss carl vinson refueling and complex overhaul is scheduled to last more than three years and will be the ships only rcoh in a 50year life span. Navy aircraft carrier uss carl vinson cvn 70 and the ships from its carrier strike group are set to return to their homeports of naval air station north island and naval base san diego, june 23, following a fiveandahalfmonth deployment to the western pacific. Uss carl vinson cvn 70 began 1995 inport at naval air station. The uss carl vinson was supposed to be headed toward the korean peninsula last week to project pentagon power, but instead has recently been seen cruising thousands of miles away. George washington cvn 73 naval cruise book, class of 1996, page 15 of 720 has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Download for free on all your devices computer, smartphone, or tablet. Cvn70 uss carl vinson westpac 1996 us navy ship squadron cruise patch. It played host to the first ncaa basketball game on an aircraft carrier on 111111 between the university of north carolina and michigan state university.
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