Second carrier could (technically) join USS Carl Vinson by late May

Landing practice signals end to maintenance on USS Ronald Reagan

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The USS Ronald Reagan, based in Yokosuka, Japan, is the Navy's only forward-deployed carrier.

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei deputy editor

TOKYO -- The USS Carl Vinson, the American aircraft carrier headed to the Korean Peninsula, could have a second carrier by its side by late May -- technically speaking, at least.

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