The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, here en route to a port visit in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will move to Japan in 2015. (MC3 Joshua Scott/US Navy)
US Navy Tweaks Pacific Carrier Force -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
Starting next year, the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) will call Yokosuka, Japan its home port.
The U.S. Navy announced on Tuesday that it is replacing the aircraft carrier it forward deploys in Japan with a more recently commissioned one, in what the Navy portrayed as part of its effort to strengthen the U.S. military posture in the region.
According to the press release announcing the decision, “the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) will replace USS George Washington (CVN 73) in Japan and become part of the U.S. 7th Fleet forward-deployed naval forces (FDNF) in Yokosuka, Japan.” The George Washington will return to Virginia to begin its mid-life refueling complex overhaul. The USS Theodore Roosevelt will be moved from Northfolk, Virginia to San Diego to replace the departing USS Ronald Reagan as the U.S. 3rd Fleet’s rotational carrier.
Although the Navy didn’t release specific timelines for when the transition would take place, Stars and Stripes reports that the move will occur sometime next year.
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More News On The USS Ronald Reagan Being Deployed To Japan In 2015
Navy realigns carrier fleet: Ronald Reagan to replace GW in Japan -- Stars and Stripes
Reagan replacing Washington in Japan -- CNN Staff
US Carrier Reagan To Replace GW in Japan; Roosevelt to San Diego -- Defense News
U.S. to replace nuclear-powered aircraft carrier near Korea -- Global Post/Yonhap News Agency
USS Ronald Reagan to head to Japan to replace USS Washington in Yokosuka -- Japan Daily Press
USS Reagan to replace George Washington at Yokosuka -- Japan Times
NNS: USS Ronald Reagan to Replace USS George Washington in Japan, Underscoring Pacific Rebalance Strategy -- Pacific News Center
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