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Another week, another spate of nine-month ship deployments
Several ships have broken the record for continuous days at sea this year, and crews are enduring deployment lengths that go beyond Big Navy's readiness schedule.
Guided-missile destroyer breaks record for longest time spent at sea
The guided-missile destroyer Stout has spent 208 days at sea as of Sept. 26.
By Harm Venhuizen
Warships sail to safety as Dorian looms
The Navy also issued an emergency evacuation order Wednesday evening for all non-essential active-duty service members and their families, activated reservists and civilian Department of Defense and Navy employees for a wide swath of coastal North Carolina.
By Navy Times staff