“During her visit, the USS Gerald R. Ford will welcome local officials and key officials to recognize the strong and enduring alliance between the United States and Croatia,” the US Embassy in Croatia said in a statement.
The American aircraft carrier arrived in Split on Saturday morning, the Israeli newspaper reported.
The US Navy wrote in a press release that the vessel USS Gerald R. Ford arrived from Crete, where from March 23 to 26 it was refueled, replenished with supplies and also carried out repairs.
ToI recalled that a fire broke out on board the ship in March, in which two crew members were injured.
