Aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan departs for Japan

SAN DIEGO — The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan has left the San Diego Bay and is making its way to Japan.

The San Diego Union Tribune reports that the ship departed Monday morning after 11 years in San Diego. It is replacing the carrier George Washington, which is coming back to Virginia for a mid-life overhaul.

The Navy is relocating three of its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers to different home ports. The third, the Virginia-based aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, left in March for a nine-month deployment in the Middle East. When it returns it will take the Reagan's place in San Diego.

The George Washington became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be homeported in Japan in 2008.

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