More details will be announced closer to the actual movement of the carriers. Prior to George Washington’s return to Japan in 2024, Ronald Reagan will depart Yokosuka and relocate to Bremerton, Washington, to conduct a scheduled docking planned incremental availability period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility after completing nearly a decade of service in the Western Pacific. This marks the second time George Washington has served as the FDNF-J aircraft carrier, arriving in Japan in 2008 as the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be forward-deployed to Japan before being relieved by Ronald Reagan in 2015.
7th Fleet, replacing USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the forward-deployed Naval Forces-Japan (FDNF-J) aircraft carrier, forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan in 2024. In coordination with the government of Japan, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) will return to U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries by Ashley Cowan/Released) In addition to defueling and refueling its power plant, George Washington completed major structural updates to the island, mast and antenna tower all aircraft launch and recovery equipment has been upgraded the ship’s hull has been repainted, including sea chests and freeboard the propeller shafts have been updated and refurbished propellers installed. 30, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is helped out of a drydock at Newport News Shipbuilding after completing a refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH).
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