The USS Washington aircraft carrier CVN73 belongs to the USS. military forces stationed in Japan. Like the previous USS. Reagan aircraft carrier CVN76, its home port is located in Yokosuka Port in Sagami Bay, Tokyo, Japan. According to the announcement released by the Japanese port management department, the USS Washington aircraft carrier will leave Yokosuka Port on the 10th. According to information obtained by Fenghuomae Station, the USS Washington aircraft carrier will accept carrier-based aircraft wings in the Pacific Ocean and begin formal combat deployment. Previously, the US Navy aircraft carrier had already launched a maritime navigation test activity before the deployment, and is now about to deploy. The original home port of the USS Washington aircraft carrier was in Norfolk on the east coast of the United States. Since the USS Reagan aircraft carrier was going to return to the United States for repair and renovation, the USS Washington entered Japan.
The US Navy has normal combat deployment of aircraft carriers in the Asia-Pacific region, and the USS Washington is only one of them. Judging from the laws of US Navy aircraft carrier deployment, each aircraft carrier can only be deployed for 6 months within a year. For this reason, the US Navy will also have other combat deployments in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to aircraft carriers, the US Navy also has amphibious assault ship strike groups to cruise in the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, it uses the LHA6 American amphibious assault ship. According to the information obtained by Fenghuoqian Station, the US Navy has used the LHA7 Tripoli amphibious assault ship to replace the deployment of the LHA6 American amphibious assault ship in the Asia-Pacific region.
Just as the US Navy's USS Washington aircraft carrier was about to be deployed, the PLA was already in a tit-for-tat rhythm. According to an announcement issued by the Japanese Ministry of Defense's General Staff Supervision Department on June 9, the PLA aircraft carrier Shandong ship has appeared in the Western Pacific waters. Like the previous Liaoning aircraft carrier, it also performs combat cruise missions in the Pacific waters through the strike group mode. According to the announcement issued by the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group formation has been active in the waters between Iwo Jima and Nanto Island. Now the Shandong ship is also heading straight to the waters outside the second island chain, so the PLA's dual aircraft carriers are going to gather outside the second island chain.
The People's Liberation Army aircraft carrier Liaoning has achieved a breakthrough because it is the first combat cruise in the Pacific waters outside the second island chain. According to public reports, the People's Liberation Army has already achieved combat cruise missions across the second island chain. Now the aircraft carrier strike group has also achieved operations across the second island chain, so it is of greater significance. Judging from the direction of the Shandong ship, it is also very likely that it will cross the second island chain so that it can move in the waters near Nanbird Island. According to the information released by Japan, the People's Liberation Army aircraft carrier Shandong ship crossed the Bashi Channel and entered the Western Pacific Ocean.
People's Liberation Army aircraft carriers have been active in the Western Pacific waters before, but they have not adopted the combat deployment of dual aircraft carriers. Now both the Liaoning and Shandong ships have been active in the Pacific waters, thus demonstrating the comprehensive combat capabilities of the PLA aircraft carrier strike group. In addition, there were ships that had crossed the Miyako Strait and entered the Pacific waters. At present, the ships gathered by the PLA near the second island chain have nearly a thousand vertical launch systems. Obviously, the PLA's maritime strike group formation has strong deterrence capabilities.
