Navy to use comic to allay nuke carrier fears

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Navy to use comic to allay nuke carrier fears
Kyodo News Service
Posted : Thursday Jun 5, 2008 8:06:29 EDT

YOKOSUKA, Japan — The Navy in Japan said Wednesday it has produced a Japanese ”manga” comic book describing the daily life of the crew of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington, which will arrive in Yokosuka in August.

U.S. Naval Forces Japan, based in the city, plans to give away several thousand copies of the book to people in front of the base from noon Sunday in an apparent bid to dismiss safety concerns over the first nuclear-powered U.S. naval vessel to use a Japanese city as a homeport.

The book “Manga CVN73,” named after the carrier’s number in the Navy, depicts the hardships of a fictitious young U.S. sailor of Japanese descent engaging in various missions on the carrier and his experiences after the ship arrives in the port city south of Tokyo.

Two Japanese cartoonists, Harumi Sato and Hiroshi Kazusa, made the drawings.

Cmdr. Dave Waterman, the chief of the naval force’s public affairs office, told reporters that readers would learn from the comic book that the crew is professional and constantly trains so that damage control in any kind of event can be addressed.


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