原子力空母横須賀配備を公式発表

米原子力空母Ｇ・ワシントン、横須賀配備へ　０８年に

　米海軍は２日、神奈川県の横須賀基地を事実上の母港とする通常型空母キティホークの後継艦に原子力空母ジョージ・ワシントンをあて、０８年に配備すると発表した。実現すれば日本に初めて配備される原子力空母になる。

米海軍も空母の戦闘能力から後継艦の候補を絞り込んだうえ、原爆投下を指示したトルーマン大統領の名を冠した空母などを除外したという。

米海軍が正式に横須賀への原子力空母配備を発表しちゃいましたよ・・・。
米海軍の配慮を考慮しても、日本政府は益々強まるであろう横須賀での反対行動をどうやって収めるつもりなの？

こちらがニュースで述べていた米軍発表文です。↓

USS George Washington to Replace USS Kitty Hawk as U.S. Navy’s Forward Deployed Carrier

Story Number: NNS051202-06
Release Date: 12/2/2005 8:00:00 PM

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy announced Dec. 2 that USS George Washington (CVN 73) will replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the forward-deployed aircraft carrier in the western Pacific and will arrive in Yokosuka, Japan, in 2008.

George Washington is currently homeported in Norfolk, Va., and is receiving necessary maintenance and upgrades at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding to facilitate this forward deployment.

The forward deployment of George Washington will not necessitate a change in the assigned air wing in Japan, nor in the composition of the air wing. Carrier Air Wing 5 will remain the forward-deployed air wing.

This rotation is part of the Navy’s long-range effort to routinely replace older ships assigned to the Navy’s forward-deployed naval forces with newer or more capable platforms. It is part of an ongoing effort to consider the nature of all forward deployed forces when looking at the unpredictable security environment in the western Pacific.

George Washington was commissioned July 4, 1992. The ship returned from its sixth deployment in July 2004. It deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf in support of the global war on terrorism.

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040603-N-5319A-007 Arabian Gulf (Jun. 3, 2004) - Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) embarked aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) are parked in formation on the flight deck during a strike group photo while operating in the Arabian Gulf. The Norfolk, Va. based aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho (RELEASED)