Six aircraft carriers are now at sea, according to the Navy, despite the USS Theodore Roosevelt being still benched by COVID-19 in Guam.
The United States has 11 carriers in total, but typically fewer than half are deployed.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) (L) the Royal Navy air defense destroyer HMS Defender (D 36), and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) transit the Strait of Hormuz in this handout photo on Nov. 19, 2019. Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
