The aircraft carrier USS George Washington returned to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, after nearly a decade away for a midlife nuclear refueling and maintenance period at Newport News, Va.

USS George Washington (CVN-73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan on Friday, taking up station as the Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Japan aircraft carrier for the second time.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan as the United States’ only forward-deployed aircraft carrier,

The American aircraft carrier USS George Washington has arrived at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, for permanent deployment, Azernews reports.

USS George Washington (CVN-73) will arrive in its new homeport of Yokosuka, Japan, on Friday, returning to the port almost nine years after being relieved as the Forward Deployed Naval Force–Japan (FDNF-J) aircraft carrier by USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in 2015.

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived at the U.S. naval base here on Nov. 22 for its second deployment to the city.

An American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on Friday returned to its home port in Japan, a security ally of the United States, for forward deployment to patrol waters near China. USS George Washington,

The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has returned to Yokosuka, Japan, to serve as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. This marks a return to Japan for the ship,