20 US Navy Ships Went to Japan After the March 11 Radiation Emegrency

Comment from Admin ENENews February 12, 2015 at 12:45 pm · Reply http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2011/May/japan.htm The U.S. Navy sent 20 ships, 140 aircraft and 19,000 personnel to support Operation Tomodachi… Ships included those in the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group. At the center of this support were seven MSC Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force ships and MSC-chartered high-speed vessel Westpac Express. The relief effort began March 13 when Reagan arrived off Sendai… ————- Radiation dose 'estimates' were calculated for: USNS Bridge USNS Carl Brashear USNS Matthew Perry USNS Pecos USNS Rappahannock USNS Richard E. Byrd USNS Safeguard USS Blue Ridge USS Chancellorsville USS Cowpens USS Curtis Wilbur USS Essex USS Fitzgerald USS George Washington USS Germantown USS Harpers Ferry USS John S. McCain USS Lassen USS McCampbell USS Mustin USS Preble USS Ronald Reagan USS Shiloh USS Stethem USS Tortuga https://registry.csd.disa.mil/registryWeb/Registry/OperationTomodachi/DisplayEstimatedAreaDoses.do