SAN DIEGO -- Three San Diego-based mostly warships that accompanied the aircraft service united states of americaJohn C. Stennis on a seven-month deployment back domestic Thursday.
The guided-missile cruiser usacellular Bay and destroyers americaStockdale and united statesWilliam P. Lawrence left San Diego Jan. 20 and have been a part of what Navy brass called the "excellent eco-friendly Fleet," a nod to the "first-rate White Fleet" that showcased U.S. naval energy in the early twentieth century beneath President Theodore Roosevelt.
The vessels have been powered with the aid of a fuel mix that covered pork fats provided via farmers in the Midwest. The fats was purchased at a aggressive expense via a partnership between the branch of the Navy and U.S. department of Agriculture.
The cellular Bay is termed for a Civil conflict naval fight. The Stockdale honors Vice Adm. James Stockdale, who gained the Medal of Honor for main prisoners of conflict throughout the Vietnam conflict. The William P. Lawrence is named
for a further vice admiral who turned into also a Vietnam POW, and later commander of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Helicopters that operated on the ships got here home Tuesday at Naval Air Station North Island.
The Stennis stopped at North Island Wednesday before its homecoming in Bremerton, Wash.
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