Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan cannot leave Yokosuka base due to a breakdown
The degree of complexity of the breakdown and its nature is not specified, but it is known that the aircraft carrier will need repair work.
As the newspaper writes, the group was supposed to advance 15 in May due to increased tensions in the Korean Peninsula area due to North Korean missile tests. Her route is not disclosed.
"Ronald Reagan" - one of the world's largest aircraft carriers, the flagship of the Fifth Strike Group of the US Navy in Japan and is stationed at the military base Yokosuka. He is capable of carrying 80 combat aircraft and up to 5,5 thousands of personnel. The aircraft carrier is equipped with two nuclear reactors, it is the ninth ship of the Nimitz class.
Others news arrived from Newport: after four years of repair, the USS aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln returned to the US Navy. The ship completed the passage of sea trials and took up combat duty, reports "Warspot" with a link to the portal navaltoday.com
Abraham Lincoln is the fifth of ten Nimitz type aircraft carriers built. The ship was laid down on November 3, 1984, and four years later came off the slipways. Part fleet the aircraft carrier entered on November 11, 1989, after which he served in the Pacific Ocean and the Persian Gulf for twenty-four years. In March 2013, the ship went on the so-called “medium repair”, during which its nuclear reactors were restarted, and the airborne and combat systems were updated.
- navaltoday.com
Information