The ship, which specializes in electronic and signals intelligence collection, was seen monitoring a U.S.-Japan-South Korea exercise in the East China Sea.

USS George Washington, one of 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in service with the U.S. Navy, arrived home at Yokosuka naval base in Japan, located within the Greater Tokyo Area. The 100,000-ton warship was previously stationed there from 2008 to 2015.