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USS George Washington (CVN-73) has been redelivered to the US Navy after six years of undergoing aOverhaul (RCOH) is normally scheduled to last four years, but was extended by a range of factors, such as delays caused by Covid, the worse than expected material condition of the ship, and the removal of critical parts to support more serviceable aircraft carriers.

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