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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Aircraft carrier Reagan now in Japanese waters

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)More 7th Fleet units are arriving to assist in tsunami-devastated regions this weekend, fleet officials said Saturday, with the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan now on the scene.

Crews aboard two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters with Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 14 delivered 1,500 pounds of rice and bread, donated by residents of Ebina City, to Shiroishi City in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, 7th Fleet said in an update posted on its Facebook page. The squadron is based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi.

The destroyers McCampbell and Curtis Wilbur are nearing Miyagi, where they will help Japanese authorities with at-sea search-and-rescue and recovery missions, fleet officials said.

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