aircraft carrier
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Take the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which returned to port in Thailand in early September after nine months at sea.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
It commissioned its first aircraft carrier in 2012, its second in 2019 and its third in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Capt Thompson added that the deployment was a "key milestone" for both the vessel's Nato role and its "journey back to the Royal Navy's 'very high readiness' aircraft carrier".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
It has also had to reposition the USS George Washington vessel and its escort warships to the Persian Gulf from Japan—thus removing the Navy’s only aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Alex took off like a fighter jet launched off an aircraft carrier.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
