The Pentagon Reportedly Decided to Retire USS Harry S. Truman Aircraft Carrier Two Decades Early

The Pentagon reportedly plans to send one of its Nimitz-class aircraft carriers into early retirement, shrinking the carrier fleet to save billions of dollars. The US military will scrap plans for a mid-life overhaul of one of its carriers, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius reported Tuesday. The carrier is the USS Harry S. Truman, which was scheduled to have its nuclear reactor core refueled in 2024, Breaking Defense’s Sydney Freedberg reported Wednesday. The Truman, which entered service in 1998, was