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USS Nimitz Strike Group to Return to Pacific for First Time Since 2013

21:50 GMT 26.05.2017 (Updated: 11:42 GMT 06.08.2022)

© REUTERS / Sean M. Castellano/Courtesy U.S. NavyThe Republic of Korea destroyers Sejong the Great and Yang Manchun, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer, USS Michael Murphy and USS Stethem, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transit the western Pacific Ocean on May 3, 2017. Picture taken on May 3, 2017

The Republic of Korea destroyers Sejong the Great and Yang Manchun, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer, USS Michael Murphy and USS Stethem, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transit the western Pacific Ocean on May 3, 2017. Picture taken on May 3, 2017 - Sputnik International

The USS Nimitz Strike Group will be deployed in the Pacific for the first time since 2013, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet said in a press release on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The USS Nimitz Strike Group will depart next week for its first deployment in the Pacific since 2013.

"USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Kidd (DDG 100) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) are scheduled to depart their homeports of Naval Station Kitsap-Bremerton and Naval Station Everett, respectively, June 1, for a regularly scheduled deployment," the release stated.

The crew members of the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, stand at attention as it arrives at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan - Sputnik International

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The strike group last deployed in 2013, and then underwent a 20-month maintenance and modernization that was completed in October 2016.

The three vessels will briefly stop at Naval Air Station North Island to meet up with the other ships and units of Carrier Strike Group 11. Nimitz is the flagship carrier of the strike group.

The Nimitz Strike Group is part of the US Third Fleet, which operates in the eastern and northern Pacific Ocean areas including the Bering Sea and the Arctic.