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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

USS Nimitz sent to Mediterranean

USS NimitzThe aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will continue its already-long deployment by conducting joint training with allied nations in the Mediterranean Sea.

The ship — in its eighth month out to sea — transited the Suez Canal on Oct. 20 into the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility, where the Navy intends to keep it for a few weeks before returning it home.

Since it left its home port in Everett, Wash., in March, the carrier has steamed through the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.

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