U.S. Cruiser Transits Taiwan Strait Days After Chinese Naval, Air Exercises

USS Port Royal (CG-73) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on May 10, 2022. US Navy Photo

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG-73) transitioned the Taiwan Strait Tuesday, the Navy announced in a release.

Port Royal, homeported in Hawaii, conducted a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait, according to a 7th Fleet release. The cruiser, one of the Ticonderoga-class slated to exit the fleet in five years, went through a corridor in the strait that is not part of...

https://news.usni.org/2022/05/10/u-s-cruiser-transits-taiwan-strait-days-after-chinese-naval-air-exercises

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