US aircraft carrier deploys to Middle East to relieve USS George Washington

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US aircraft carrier deploys to Middle East to relieve USS George Washington

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The USS Theodore Roosevelt has left San Diego for the Middle East, where it will relieve the USS George Washington amid continuing tensions with Iran. The carrier is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 9.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is headed for the Middle East to relieve another carrier already in theater as tensions with Iran persist. The USS Theodore Roosevelt, the flagship vessel of Carrier Strike Group 9, left San Diego on Sunday, according to ship-watcher WarshipCam. The carrier will provide a substitute for Japan-based…

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