Bulkeley departed Norfolk on April 11, deploying initially as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. But instead of returning to Virginia with the flattop for a five-week “working port visit” in July, it remained with the Florida-based destroyer Farragut in the 6th Fleet’s waters.
The carrier Harry S. Truman and her strike group left Norfolk April 11, just a year and nine months after returning form a record-setting deployment fighting ISIS.