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By Ryan Chan
China News Reporter
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A United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea this week, following a bilateral naval exercise with Washington's ally the Philippines.
A Chinese aircraft carrier has moved to a dry dock for maintenance after sea trials over the past nine months and a French aircraft carrier completed a war game in the Eastern Indian Ocean. It is scheduled to continue its transit toward the Pacific Ocean.
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Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region. As of January 24, the locations of 12 vessels were publicly available via military disclosures, as well as open-source imagery captured by satellites or ship-spotters. The U.S. military has the world's largest "flattop" fleet with 11 in service. China ranks second with three.
U.S. Navy
USS Carl Vinson: South China Sea
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According to photos published by the U.S. Navy, the Carl Vinson conducted routine flight operations while underway in the South China Sea on Friday. It participated in the Maritime Cooperative Activity in the region with the Philippines from January 17 to 18.
USS George Washington: Yokosuka, Japan
The George Washington remained pierside at Yokosuka naval base, its home port in the Greater Tokyo Area, during its second deployment to Japan as of Friday, according to a local government website that tracks port visits by American nuclear-powered warships.
USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Abraham Lincoln: San Diego, California
The Theodore Roosevelt and the Abraham Lincoln remained pierside at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, as of Thursday, according to a website that records America's aircraft carrier deployments.
USS Nimitz: Eastern Pacific Ocean
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According to photos published by the U.S. Navy, the Nimitz was underway in the Third Fleet's area of operations for routine training operations this week. The Third Fleet's operating area covers the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said on its website.
USS Ronald Reagan: Bremerton, Washington
Photos published by the U.S. Navy showed the Ronald Reagan remained at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, as of Tuesday as it hosted a tour for the U.S. Army.
People's Liberation Army Navy
CNS Liaoning: Qingdao, Shandong
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A satellite image captured on Friday showed the Liaoning, the first operational Chinese aircraft carrier, moored at its home port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province.
CNS Shandong: Sanya, Hainan
No clear satellite image of Sanya in China's southern Hainan province is available after January 16. It is the home port of the Shandong, China's second aircraft carrier.
CNS Fujian: Shanghai
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The Fujian, China's most advanced but yet-to-be-commissioned aircraft carrier, was inside a dry dock at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai in eastern China on Wednesday, a satellite photograph showed. The aircraft carrier has recently completed its sixth sea trial.
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
JS Kaga: Kagoshima City, Japan
The Kaga, a helicopter destroyer undergoing conversion into an aircraft carrier, arrived in waters near Kagoshima City on the main Japanese island of Honshu on Friday, according to a ship spotter's photos and data from MarineTraffic.
JS Izumo: Yokohama, Japan
Japanese media said the Izumo, which is the Kaga's sister ship, will remain at a shipyard in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, for conversion into an aircraft carrier until 2027. A photo shared on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday showed it was docked at the shipyard.
French Navy
FS Charles de Gaulle: Eastern Indian Ocean
A French naval group led by the Charles de Gaulle concluded a multinational exercise on Friday. Code-named La Perouse, the exercise took place in Indonesian waters around the Lombok Strait, which connects the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
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