
This week, the Navy said the USS George Washington (CVN-73) is halfway through the four-year refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the carrier. The service said reaching the halfway point in the ship’s force work package (SFWP), their portion of the overall RCOH, will help the ship sail for another 25 years. All nuclear-powered carriers go through a four-year RCOH at the mid-point of its 50-year service life. CVN-73 entered Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) shipyard to…