00:00The Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier is about to break a modern record for the longest
00:07deployment of an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam War. By Tuesday, the Ford will have been at sea
00:13for 294 days, tying the record the USS Abraham Lincoln set in 2020. This video shows the Ford
00:22when it deployed in June 2025. It began by traveling across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea
00:28before continuing on to the Caribbean to support the surprise capture of Venezuelan President
00:33Nicolas Maduro in January. The ship was then called back to the Mediterranean to launch air
00:38sorties like those seen here for Operation Epic Fury, which is now in a ceasefire. If the Ford
00:44stays at sea for 333 days, it will surpass the record set by the USS Midway, which saw the longest
00:52deployment ever for a carrier in 1973 during the Vietnam War. A carrier at sea for this long isn't
01:00normal and there's been some highly publicized wear and tear on the ship, including plumbing problems
01:05and a fire on board that took more than 30 hours to extinguish. The Ford entered active service in 2017
01:12with a cost of about $13 billion. It's the Navy's newest, largest, and most advanced aircraft carrier.
01:19Another carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, is currently in the Arabian Sea, and the USS George H.W. Bush left
01:26Virginia for the Middle East this month. For more, head to Business Insider.
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