USS Ronald Reagan is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier, the ninth ship of her class, named in honor of former President Ronald Reagan. Upon her christening in 2001, she was the first ship named for a then-still living former president. In January 2014, the U.S. Navy announced that the Ronald Reagan will replace the USS George Washington as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group Five, the only forward-based carrier strike group home-ported at Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the United States Seventh Fleet. On 1 Octomber 2015 it docked at its new home.
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