The carrier, which came with about 5,000 crewmembers, replaces the USS George Washington, which was the first US nuclear-powered warship based in Japan, where atomic weapons are a sensitive issue.
SAM 26000 was replaced in 1972 by another VC-137, Special Air Mission 27000, although SAM 26000 was kept as a backup until it was finally retired in 1998.
Hideo Yoshida, a retiring ship electrician from the electrical shop, also recalled a memory when the Galveston-class guided missile cruiser USS Oklahoma City(CLG 5/CG 5) was swapped with USS Blue Ridge(LCC 19) as the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship.
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