The U.S. military said Wednesday the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington will leave this week from Virginia for the Yokosuka naval base near Tokyo, replacing another Nimitz-class vessel, the Ronald Reagan.The George Washington, which was deployed to the base from 2008 to 2015, is due to depart from Naval Station Norfolk on Thursday, sailing through the Pacific after rounding Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, it said.Before arriving at the Japanese port city by the end of the year, the carrier is expected to sail with warships from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colom…READ FULL ARTICLE
