Updated at 3:44 p.m., Thursday, May 28, 2009<\/p>\n
Advertiser Staff<\/p>\n
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis arrived at Pearl Harbor this morning for a port visit after a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific.
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The Stennis, with nearly 5,000 crew and air wing members, is based out of Bremerton, Wash.<\/p>\n
Stennis left Bremerton on Jan. 13 for what was supposed to be an approximately six-month tour. It picked up Carrier Air Wing 9 during a stop in San Diego.<\/p>\n
The regularly scheduled deployment is part of the Navy’s Fleet Response Plan, which is designed to allow the Navy to rapidly respond on short notice.<\/p>\n
A sailor on the Stennis died April 24 while the carrier was moored at Changi Pier in Singapore when he was crushed between a small boat and the ship’s hull, the Navy said.<\/p>\n
The sailor was conducting a routine procedure to secure drains from the ship’s catapult system at the time, officials said. Stennis had arrived in Singapore on the same day.<\/p>\n
The Navy also relieved of duty the ship’s executive officer five days later in an action that was unrelated to the death of the sailor, the Associated Press said.<\/p>\n
AP said Cmdr. David L. Burnham was relieved of duty by the commander of the carrier strike group for undisclosed personal misconduct.<\/p>\n
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Updated at 3:44 p.m., Thursday, May 28, 2009 USS Stennis arrives at Pearl Harbor Advertiser Staff The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis arrived at Pearl Harbor this morning for a port visit after a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific. Advertisement The Stennis, with nearly 5,000 crew and air wing members, is based out … <\/p>\n