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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Monday Philippines update: Amphibs may sub for GW, LCS to join aid effort, more


Ten ships, two dozen helicopters and thousands of sailors are supporting relief efforts in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the island nation Nov. 8.

But the largest of those ships may not be there much longer.

The aircraft carrier George Washington, which arrived Thursday in the Philippine Sea, is expected to remain in the region — it’s in Eastern Samar now — for “another four days or so,” according to a 7th Fleet news release, which went out late Sunday, Eastern time. The amphibious dock landing ships Ashland and Germantown are expected to arrive in East Samar late Tuesday or early Wednesday after onloading Marines and supplies in Okinawa, Japan.

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