U.S. orders 3rd carrier to Persian Gulf, says Nimitz to 'replace' Eisenhower
The USS Nimitz
MANAMA, BAHRAIN — The U.S. Navy said Thursday that it had ordered an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf to replace one of two patrolling the region, as the United States wound down naval war games on Iran's doorstep.
The Nimitz carrier strike group will sail from San Diego for the gulf on Monday, a navy spokesman said. It will replace the Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Strike groups typically include four or five frigates and destroyers and a submarine.
"You are looking at the early part of May that you would have the transition. It would be without any overlap. There is no plan to overlap them at all," Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Davis said by telephone from naval headquarters in Washington.
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