Carrier USS John C. Stennis Leaves Kitsap-Bremerton for Great Green Fleet Deployment

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January 18, 2016

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by Sam LaGrone (US Naval Institute News) Carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) departed Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Wash. for a seven-month Western Pacific deployment on Friday, Navy officials told USNI News.

The Stennis Carrier Strike Group (CSG) will be the center of the Great Green Fleet “a year-long initiative highlighting the Navy’s efforts to transform its energy use to increase operational capability,” read a statement from the service.

The concept will have the ship’s escorts deploy with biofuels made from beef fat and petroleum.

“These biofuels have been procured by Department of the Navy at prices that are on par with conventional fuels, as required by law, and are certified as ‘drop-in’ replacements that require no engine modifications or changes to operational procedures,” read a description of the initiative.

The carrier is bound for San Diego to link up with the rest of the strike group that includes guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) and guided-missile destroyers USSStockdale (DDG-106), USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110), and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93.) READ MORE and MORE (Biofuels International)

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