US EditionUSS Gerald R. Ford Returns to Sea After Brief Stop in Croatia
The carrier’s five-day stop included maintenance and sailor leave as the Navy said it remains ready for future tasking.
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USS Gerald R. Ford returns to sea after brief stop in Croatia
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford returned to sea Thursday after a five-day port call in Split, Croatia, the service announced. The stop, which followed a brief visit to Naval Support Activity Souda Bay in Crete, comes as the Navy’s largest carrier has been plagued by maintenance issues that interrupted the ship’s participation in combat operations against Iran. A non-combat fire in the ship’s laundry room on March 12 injured multiple sail…
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has departed Split after five days, where it arrived for a scheduled visit and technical maintenance, according to the US Embassy in Croatia. In mid-March, it caught fire in the Red Sea, where it is supporting and conducting operations in the war against Iran. According to authorities, the fire was not related to the fighting, but broke out in the laundry. It first sailed for repairs …
The US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford left Split today, the Port of Split confirmed to Croatian media. The world's largest military ship arrived in the port of Split on Saturday for a scheduled stop and maintenance.
Washington, USA, 2 Apr 2026 (AFP) – USL Gerald Ford, an American aircraft carrier who participated in the US attacks on Iran, left Croatia after a five-day stopover, announced on Thursday the US Navy, without specifying its next destination. The world's largest aircraft carrier, which suffered from many problems, "completed the [...] Read more USS Gerald Ford's US aircraft carrier leaves Croatia first appeared on MARINE & OCEANS.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford sailed into Split on Saturday for a planned visit and technical maintenance.
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