US aircraft carrier docks in Vietnam

[Daehawk]

Well this is pretty damn historic. The USS Carl Vinson, a 90,000 ton nuclear carrier, has docked in famous Danang. A US ship that big hasn't been there in over 40 years.

https://www.voanews.com/a/uss-vinson-on ... 80602.html



A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is paying a visit to a Vietnamese port for the first time since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, seen by many as both countries' efforts to stem expansionism by China in the South China Sea.

The nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson with more than 6,000 crew members, accompanied by a cruiser and a destroyer, anchored off the central Vietnamese port city of Danang Monday for a five-day visit.

[Isgrimnur]

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