A NUCLEAR-powered US aircraft carrier with 7,500 seamen on board is expected to join the build-up of warships amassing near North Korea.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is en route to the western Pacific after leaving San Diego port last week.
The Roosevelt will focus on maritime security operations in the Pacific and Middle East, the US military announced.
But the £3.4billion ($4.5billion) warship, known as “the Big Stick”, has been sent to boost US defence on the Korean peninsula, according to South Korean media.
It is expected to arrive in region in the coming weeks amid fears North Korea is about to test another missile or nuclear weapon.
Chief naval officer Steve Koehler, a strike amass leader on the ship, said the 7,500 mariners and marines on the vessel are "prepared as a war battling power".
"The US Navy transporter strike amass is the most flexible, fit power adrift," he said in an announcement before the ship's dispatch.
"After almost a time of preparing and reconciliation works out, the whole group is prepared as a warfighting power and prepared to complete the country's entrusting."
On the off chance that dispatched to the Korean promontory, the Roosevelt will be the second plane carrying warship to touch base in the district after the USS Ronald Reagan.
The USS Ronald Reagan is at present directing joint military activities with Japanese military close Okinawa.
A US military helicopter crash arrived in Okinawa before today hours after activities commenced.
The Regan will participate in joint drills with South Korea not long from now.
Strains have been achieving fever contribute on the Korean promontory late days with the US holding a progression of military drills.
Six US planes – including an "atomic sniffer" and two Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft – partook in the shameless show of power the previous evening.
The provocative move came after Trump proposed military activity against North Korea might be the main choice to understand the emergency.