The USS Gerald R Ford has departed Croatia after a five-day port visit, the US Navy has said without specifying where the world’s largest aircraft carrier is headed next, AFP reports.

The carrier “remains poised for full mission tasking in support of national objectives in any area of operation,” according to the Navy, which says the ship “completed scheduled repairs and received supplies to sustain operations”.

The carrier played a major role in the US-Israeli air campaign against Iran, but sailed to Crete and then Croatia after a laundry fire broke out on March 12. The blaze injured two sailors and caused major damage to some 100 beds, according to the US military.

The Navy says the “routine investigation into the ship’s laundry and berthing fire is ongoing”.

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