Since it is already contaminated, the Ronald Reagan will be moved to and left in Japan.
"2011
USS Ronald Reagan returning to San Diego Bay after a deployment, 2011
The ship departed for an Asian deployment on 2 February 2011. On 11 March 2011, Reagan was in the Korean peninsula region for a long-planned exercise off Korea, but was redirected towards Japan to provide support after the massive 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The ship, stationed off Sendai, was used as a floating refueling station for Japanese military and coast guard helicopters flying relief missions in the area.[28] US Navy helicopters also flew relief missions from the carrier. On 13 March 2011, the ship measured 0.6 mR/hr direct gamma shine from clouds 130 miles from Fukushima Daiichi.[29] members of the crew blamed their cancers on the event.[30] On 14 March 2011, the ship was forced to relocate to avoid a radioactive plume from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents which had contaminated 17 crewmembers of three helicopter crews.[31][dead link] On 23 March, the Reagan's crew performed radiation decontamination by scrubbing down any surface that could have been contaminated, including the flight deck and aircraft to remove any removable radiation hazards.[32] On 4 April 2011, Japan's minister of defense, Toshimi Kitazawa, accompanied by US ambassador to Japan John Roos, visited the ship to thank its crew for its assistance as part of Operation Tomodachi. Said Kitazawa, "I have never been more encouraged by and proud of the fact that the United States is our ally."[33] The ship returned to San Diego on 9 September 2011.[34] In January 2011[clarification needed], the Navy announced that the USS Ronald Reagan would be transferred to the Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard in Bremerton, WA for scheduled repair and maintenance beginning January 2012.
2012 and 2013
On 10 January 2012 the Reagan's official home port was changed to Bremerton, Washington, where she stayed for a little over a year[35] until returning to her home port of San Diego on 21 March 2013.[36] In 2013, 51
2014
On 14 January 2014, the Navy announced that the USS Ronald Reagan would replace the USS George Washington as the only forward deployed carrier at Yokosuka, Japan. This move will occur sometime in 2015.[37]
In popular culture
The Ronald Reagan is featured in the 2012 blockbuster "Battleship" as the flagship of Admiral Shane trapped outside the barrier surrounding Hawaii along with the other ships participating in the RIMPAC exercise. The Reagan later launches all it's fighters to destroy the remains of the alien battleship which was about to destroy the USS Missouri (BB-63)."
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