GW Timeline Adjusted Again

The timetable for the George Washington relocating to Japan is a moving target, and was moved again today.

"Ongoing repairs" will delay the aircraft carrier’s arrival "past August," a Commander U.S. Naval Forces Japan release stated. A "transit plan" to Yokosuka "has not been finalized," it said. Navy officials did not give any specifics on when the ship would officially take its place as the Navy’s Forward-Deployed Naval Forces’ aircraft carrier...

Repairs to George Washington are scheduled to be finished in "late August" . But a timeline for the Pacific transit remains unknown.

It will be interesting to see whether the Navy decides to shift deployment schedules to accommodate the delays.