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Saturday, July 18, 2009

GW Anchors Off Fremantle, Prepares for First Australian Port Visit

USS George Washington (CVN 73)USS George Washington (CVN 73), the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, anchored off the coast of Fremantle, Australia, as the USS Cowpens (CG 63) steamed into port July 2 to begin a scheduled five-day port visit.

This is GW's first Australian port visit in its nearly 17-year history and the first port visit of GW's inaugural summer deployment since replacing the USS Kitty Hawk last September.

The ship, along with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and their combined crew of nearly 5,000 Sailors departed their forward-deployed port at Yokosuka, Japan, June 10.

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