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Sailors clean out pad eyes on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 7, 2014. The Stennis is completing a docking-planned incremental availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Sailors clean out pad eyes on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 7, 2014. The Stennis is completing a docking-planned incremental availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Sailors clean out pad eyes on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 7, 2014. The Stennis is completing a docking-planned incremental availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

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