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CORONADO, Calif. (Sept. 8, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Naval Base Coronado enroute to Norfolk, Va., to begin a refueling complex overhaul period. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 7, 2015) Lt. E. M. Frank, left, and Lt. A. E. Tingley signal to launch an EA-18G Growler, assigned to the "Patriots" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway participating in a Composite Training Unit Exercise in preparation for a future deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class E. T. Miller/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 7, 2015) Sailors remove chocks-and-chains from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the "Proud Warriors" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HMS) 72 before takeoff from the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Bulkeley is underway participating in a Composite Training Unit Exercise with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class M. J. Lieberknecht/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 5, 2015) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman A. S. Mckay and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class C. W. Price install a rocket into a launcher on the aft mess decks aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway participating in a Composite Training Exercise in preparation for a future deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Emily M. M. Blair/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 5, 2015) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Elana Hunter signals amphibious assault vehicles to launch from the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 (DB-15). DB-15 is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in operations expected of an amphibious task force while also building U.S. and coalition operational interoperability. The exercise will test staffs in the planning and execution of amphibious operations in a series of live training events at sea and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Cyr/Released)

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test bd said:

Jeff,...ahh...I do not mean to embarrass you.... that's not in San Diego. I believe that is GW in Norfolk VA on the Charles River some years ago.

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ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 9, 2015) An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 passes the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) and the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anna Van Nuys/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 5, 2015) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Fighting Swordsmen of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 prepares to take off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting flight deck certifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Utah Kledzik/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 8, 2015) Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Arjay Centeno, left, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jacob Thomas, both assigned to the Liberty Bells of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115, perform corrosion prevention on an E-2C Hawkeye in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan C. Burke/Released)

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BLACK SEA (Sept. 8, 2015) A Ukrainian KA-27 helicopter touches down aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) during exercise Sea Breeze 2015. Sea Breeze is an air, land, and maritime exercise designed to improve maritime safety, security, and stability in the Black Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Sean Spratt/Released)

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ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 7, 2015) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Robert Dowdle, from Norfolk, stands watch in the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60). Normandy is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations as part of Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. DiNiro/Released)

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FORBIN said:

For size of ships matter with the Panama Canal

Nicragua Canal if it is built allow more big ships up to 250000 t and a beam of 60 m allow passage of US CVN but they would pass however ?

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test bd said:

Whether or not the ships, CVN's, would be allowed passage through a canal in Nicaragua would be an agreement between the US and Nicaragua.

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Canal Port Vision said:

When completed, the project will handle post-Panamax ships -- the supertankers (Suezmax liquid-bulk tankers), modern US Navy aircraft carriers, the largest container ships, and liquefied natural gas carriers, that are now unable to transit the Panama Canal.

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14, 2015) Quartermaster Seaman Christian Burns, left, from Ahtabula, Ohio, and Quartermaster 3rd Class Jakorre Jackson, from Miami, stand bow-spotter watch aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11). Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke/Released)

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BLACK SEA (Sept. 11, 2015) A Ukrainian KA-27 Helicopter lands aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75). Donald Cook is participating in exercise Sea Breeze 2015, an air, land and maritime exercise designed to improve maritime safety, security and stability in the Black Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sean Spratt/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept.14, 2015) The guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) performs a live-fire exercise using a phalanx close-in weapons system. Anzio is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class C. A. Hawley/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2015) The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12). Carney is the fourth Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be forward deployed to Rota, Spain, to serve as part of the President's European Phased Adaptive Approach to ballistic missile defense in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2015) Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 transport a pylon across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise in preparation for a future deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman J. M. Tolbert/Released)

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SAN DIEGO (Sept. 11, 2015) Hospitalman Rachel Standish and Seaman Bobby Pegram, both assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25), prepare to execute colors on the morning of the 14th anniversary in memory of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks on U.S. Somerset is the ninth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship and is named in honor of the crew and passengers of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville, Pa., in Somerset County during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vladimir Ramos/Released)

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WATERS OFF THE COAST OF HAWAII (Sept. 11, 2015) Yeoman 3rd Class Elexis Rogers, from Jacksonville, Fla., sings the national anthem at the commencement of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan's (CVN 76) Sept. 11 Patriot's Day remembrance event. The ship's diversity committee and fiscal year 2016 chief petty officer selectees sponsored the event to mark the 14th anniversary of the terrorist attacks which occurred Sept. 11th, 2001. Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ben Farone/Released)

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ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 11, 2015) Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Timothy Grier plays plays taps during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephane Belcher/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2015) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class P. Beauvaisgonzalez, assigned to the Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, performs maintenance on a fuel tank in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise in preparation for a future deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman B. Siens/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 13, 2015) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Dakota Collette, center, instructs Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Avery Collins on firing a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is operating in Southern California waters, preparing to deploy around South America as a part of Southern Seas 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Mai/Released)

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