The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has set a new record for the longest post-Vietnam War-era deployment. A nearly 10-month span at sea has seen it add to both the military raid in Venezuela and Operation Epic Fury.
AP reports the warship’s 295th day out of port surpassed the previous longest deployment by an aircraft carrier in the past 50 years.
That mark was set when the USS Abraham Lincoln was sent out for 294 days in 2020 during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, according to data compiled by U.S. Naval Institute News, a news outlet run by the U.S. Naval Institute, a nonprofit organization.
USS Gerald Ford arrived in Split as part of a planned visit and technical maintenance after a months-long mission and war operations in the Middle East on March 29, 2026 in Split, Croatia. (Samir Jordamovic/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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