USS Porter (DDG-78)

USS Arleigh Burke Arrives in Spain, USS Donald Cook Will Head to Mayport

A Sailor removes a mooring line from a bollard to assist the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) in getting underway while pier-side at Naval Station Norfolk Mar. 26. US Navy Photo

Destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) pulled into Naval Station Rota, Spain over the weekend as it officially becomes part of the Forward Deployed Naval Force-Europe (FDNF-E).

In a news release, U.S. 6th Fleet said the guided-missile destroyer pulled into Rota on Sunday after exercising in the Atlantic...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/12/uss-arleigh-burke-arrives-in-spain-uss-donald-cook-heading-back-to-mayport

French Carrier Strike Group Begins 2021 Deployment

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle sets on Feb. 21 2021. French Navy Photo

The French Navy’s (Marine Nationale) carrier strike group set sail on Sunday for a four-month operational deployment called Clemenceau 21.

Aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) and its escorts will operate in the Eastern Mediterranean for several months before sailing to the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf and then returning home to France in June. A focus of the Clemenceau 21 mission will be the fight...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/23/french-carrier-strike-group-begins-2021-deployment

NATO Anti-Sub Exercise Dynamic Manta 2021 Will Include French Carrier Strike Group, U.S. Attack Boat

FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) deploying on Jan. 21, 2020 from Touloun, France. French Navy Photo

NATO kicked off its annual Dynamic Manta anti-submarine warfare exercise today in the Mediterranean, with this year’s iteration including an American nuclear-powered attack sub and the French carrier strike group as it passes by the exercise’s operating area off Sicily.

The exercise, which runs through March 5, includes submarines, surface ships and aircraft from eight nations: Belgium, France, Germany,...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/22/nato-anti-sub-exercise-dynamic-manta-2021-will-include-french-carrier-strike-group-u-s-attack-boat

Two U.S. Destroyers in Black Sea, Russians Say U.S. Military Presence Boosts Instability

USS Porter (DDG-78) entering the Black Sea on Jan. 28, 2021. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission.

Two U.S. guided-missile destroyers are operating in the Black Sea along with a U.S. oiler, service officials announced on Thursday.

According to ship spotters USS Porter (DDG-78) sailed through the Bosphorus, joining USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) and the fleet oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO-203), which entered the region within the last several days.

Porter and Cook are part of the U.S. Navy’s...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/28/two-u-s-destroyers-in-black-sea-russians-say-u-s-military-presence-boosts-instability

U.S., Ukrainian Navies Conduct Drills in the Black Sea

USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) enters the Black Sea on September 15, 2020. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission.

Destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) performed drills in the Black Sea with the Ukrainian navy on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy announced.

Ukraine’s Island-class cutter Starobilsk (P191) and the Gurza-M class (Project 58155) gunboats Nikopol (P176) and Kastopol (P180) participated in the exercise, according to a Navy press release. Starobilsk is a former U.S. Coast Guard cutter that was transported...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/29/u-s-ukrainian-navies-conduct-drills-in-the-black-sea

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 17, 2020

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug 17, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:298Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
541973

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3rd...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/17/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-17-2020

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 10, 2020

USNI News Image

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug 10, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:298Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
582179

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3rd...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/10/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-10-2020

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 3, 2020

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug 3, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:301Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
642791

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3rd...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 27, 2020

USNI News Image

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 27, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:301Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
6436100

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3rd...

U.S.-Ukraine Sea Breeze Exercise Starts as Russian Black Sea Fleet Holds Snap Drills

USS Porter (DDG-78) enters the Black Sea on July 19, 2020. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

Naval drills led by the U.S. and Ukraine kicked off today in the Black Sea, while Russia called for a series of nearby snap naval drills.

Sea Breeze, the bilateral U.S.-Ukraine maritime exercise, kicked off its 20th series on Monday.

“It started in 1997, and for the Ukrainian side, this [was] the main tool for entering NATO,” Rear Adm. Oleksiy Neizhpapa, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, said via a...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/20/u-s-ukraine-sea-breeze-exercise-starts-as-russian-black-sea-fleet-holds-snap-drills

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