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There are no plans for her decommissioning at any point in the future. Jan 24, 2017 video from a family cruise aboard uss carl vinson cvn70 29 december 2016. This cruise book documents the uss carl vinson s tstafepcomputex deployment of 2005. Vinson had schemed and politicked to ensure that america was building a twoocean navy larger than all the major navies of the world combined. Nimitzclass aircraft carrier uss carl vinson cvn transits the strait of hormuz.
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