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Navy Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington Out of Action Almost 6 Years
 

-Delays stemmed from significant, unexpected turbine generator damage, budgetary constraints, workforce shortages, and COVID-19 disruptions.

-Turbines, critical for propulsion and power generation, were not initially planned for replacement, causing extensive additional work.

-Nearly every onboard system underwent upgrades, including combat, aviation support, electrical, and propulsion systems

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-aircraft-carrier-uss-george-washington-out-of-action-almost-6-years/ar-AA1Cabt1?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=c073a9451ca84293b7946fb3cc66c872&ei=42
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address