U.S. Navy’s USS George Washington Aircraft Carrier To Visit Vietnam

An EA-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while transiting the Luzon Strait, July 22, 2026(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Crowley)After operating in the contested South China Sea earlier this week, the United States Navy’s only forward-deployed nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington (CVN-73), is now heading to Vietnam and is expected to arrive in Da Nang on Thursday. The port call will also likely last through Monday.CVN-73 began its current

deployment in May, and spent much of the past month in the Philippine Sea

before it transited the Luzon Strait into the South China Sea.First Visit to Vietnam

in Three YearsThe USS George Washington

will be just the fourth U.S. Navy carrier to visit Vietnam in more than five