Refurbished Stennis leaves Bremerton Tuesday

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Refurbished Stennis leaves Bremerton Tuesday
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 12, 2009 15:29:16 EST

BREMERTON, Wash. — The aircraft carrier John C. Stennis leaves Puget Sound Tuesday for a deployment to the western Pacific.

In 2007 the Bremerton-based carrier spent nearly eight months participating in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. After returning it underwent a $240 million upgrade.

The Kitsap Sun reports the work included replacing the ship’s four propellers, which weigh 30 tons apiece. The Stennis also has a new nonskid surface on the flight deck, upgraded Sea Sparrow defense missiles and 850 new computers.

The carrier and its strike group trained last fall off Southern California.


Article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_stennis_deploy_011209/%2e