TOKYO -- The U.S. Navy announced on Friday that the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington will return to Yokosuka, Japan, next year. It will replace the USS Ronald Reagan as the Navy's sole forward-deployed carrier, tasked with projecting American naval power in the Indo-Pacific.
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USS George Washington to return to Yokosuka to replace the Ronald Reagan
The USS George Washington departs a dry dock to moor at a pier at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia in September 2019. © U.S. Navy
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