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Platapus · 06-25-20, 09:25 AM

Due to precautions of COVID 19, Two ships of the US Navy have broken deployment duration records when the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS San Jacinto have been at sea for 161 days, breaking the previous record of 160 days. These two ships will remain at sea until they return to Virginia later this year.

The 160-day record was set in February 2002 by the USS Theodore Roosevelt, early in the Afghanistan war. The previous 152-day record was set by the Eisenhower in 1980 during the Iranian hostage crisis.

Yikes! That's a lot of time to be on a ship without visiting a port.

Plenty of practice with UNREPS

06-25-20, 09:25 AM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,957 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	US Navy ships break deployment record Due to precautions of COVID 19, Two ships of the US Navy have broken deployment duration records when the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS San Jacinto have been at sea for 161 days, breaking the previous record of 160 days. These two ships will remain at sea until they return to Virginia later this year. The 160-day record was set in February 2002 by the USS Theodore Roosevelt, early in the Afghanistan war. The previous 152-day record was set by the Eisenhower in 1980 during the Iranian hostage crisis. Yikes! That's a lot of time to be on a ship without visiting a port. Plenty of practice with UNREPS __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.