U.S. Navy Tracks 292 Deployed Ships as 2 Carrier Strike Groups Operate in Arabian Sea
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Updated · USNI News · Jun 1
U.S. Navy Tracks 292 Deployed Ships as 2 Carrier Strike Groups Operate in Arabian Sea
3 articles · Updated · USNI News · Jun 1
292 battle force ships were deployed underway as of June 1, with 68 ships on deployment and the Navy’s heaviest concentration centered on the CENTCOM region.
2 carrier strike groups — Abraham Lincoln and George H.W. Bush — were operating in the Arabian Sea, alongside Tripoli ARG and multiple independently deployed destroyers and littoral combat ships.
In Asia, George Washington left Yokosuka for the East China Sea and Boxer departed Singapore for the South China Sea, while Blue Ridge also got underway from Japan.
In the Caribbean, Nimitz headed to Kingston for Southern Seas 2026 as Iwo Jima’s 10-month deployment wound down, leaving Fort Lauderdale in the region.
Elsewhere, Mount Whitney reached Portsmouth, Essex sailed from San Diego, Makin Island returned there, and Kearsarge arrived in New Orleans for Sail 250.
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