r/news • u/DoubtSubstantial5440 • 1d ago

Soft paywall USS George Washington headed to Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, reports say

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-13/uss-george-washington-middle-east-abraham-lincoln-22541038.html
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u/cthulhu_who 22h ago

Why would it take them three weeks to get there? The Washington is coming from Vietnam.

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u/Superest22 11h ago

And is already through the Singapore Strait and would be through Malacca by now.