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The USS Gerald R. Ford has departed Croatia after a five-day port visit, the US Navy said Thursday without specifying where the world’s largest aircraft carrier is headed next.The carrier “remains poised for full mission tasking in support of national objectives in any area of operation,” according to the Navy, which said the ship “completed scheduled repairs and received supplies to sustain operations.”For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The carrier played a major role in the US-Israeli air campaign against Iran but sailed to Crete and then Croatia after a laundry fire broke out on March 12.The blaze injured two sailors and caused major damage to some 100 beds, according to the US military. The Navy said Thursday that the “routine investigation into the ship’s laundry and berthing fire is ongoing.”The Ford’s exit from Iran operations left a gap in US forces in the region, taking the number of carriers deployed there from two to one. But
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