USS Wahington CVN-73 is scheduled to relieve USS Kitty Hawk at Yokuska, Japan in January 2008.
Kitty Hawk CV-63 will then proceed NAS North Island for decommissioning and FFT to Bremerton, WA. for mothballs.
BREMERTON, Wash. - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) returned to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash. Aug. 31, after a successful seven and a half month deployment.
While deployed, Stennis supported Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OIF), maritime operations, coalition operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), Expeditionary Strike Force (ESF) training and recently, exercise Valiant Shield 2007.