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Carrier USS John C. Stennis Leaves Kitsap-Bremerton for Great Green Fleet Deployment
Carrier USS John C. Stennis Leaves Kitsap-Bremerton for Great Green Fleet Deployment
... goes on in the source:Carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) departed Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Wash. for a seven-month Western Pacific deployment on Friday, Navy officials told USNI News.
The Stennis Carrier Strike Group (CSG) will be the center of the Great Green Fleet “a year-long initiative highlighting the Navy’s efforts to transform its energy use to increase operational capability,” read a statement from the service.
The concept will have the ship’s escorts deploy with biofuels made from beef fat and petroleum.
“These biofuels have been procured by Department of the Navy at prices that are on par with conventional fuels, as required by law, and are certified as ‘drop-in’ replacements that require no engine modifications or changes to operational procedures,” .
The carrier is bound for San Diego to link up with the rest of the strike group that includes guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) and guided-missile destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG-106), USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110), and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93.)
“Stennis last deployed on an unplanned, surge deployment from August 2012 to May 2013. She then entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton for a docking-planned incremental availability, which completed in November 2014,” read the statement.
The following is a Jan. 15, 2015 release from USS John C. Stennis public affairs.
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