NavyTimes:

The guided-missile destroyer Stout reached a record 208 days at sea, Sept. 26, as part of a deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, near the Middle East and North Africa.

Their deployment surpassed the previous record of 207 days, set earlier this year by aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and guided-missile cruiser San Jacinto, according to a Navy news release.

In efforts to mitigate the risk of sailors contracting COVID-19, fewer port visits and more time training at sea have become the norm…

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