Tug boats pull USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) out of dry dock as the aircraft carrier transits down the James River to a pier-side docking at Northop Grumman Newport News Shipyard in Virginia May 9, 2007. Carl Vinson is currently undergoing its scheduled refue ling complex overhaul, an extensive yard period that all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers go through near the mid-point of their 50-year life cycle.

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Tug boats pull USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) out of dry dock as the aircraft carrier transits down the James River to a pier-side docking at Northop Grumman Newport News Shipyard in Virginia May 9, 2007. Carl Vinson is currently undergoing its scheduled refue ling complex overhaul, an extensive yard period that all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers go through near the mid-point of their 50-year life cycle.

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