USS Ross (DDg-71)

USS Bulkeley Leaves for Homeport Shift to Rota; USS Delbert D. Black Leaves for Maiden Deployment

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) departs Naval Station Norfolk August 4, 2022, commencing the ship’s scheduled homeport shift to Rota, Spain, as part of the U.S. Navy’s long-range plan to gradually rotate the Rota-based destroyers. US Navy Photo

USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) left Norfolk, Va., for its new home in Rota, Spain, on Thursday evening, according to a tweet from a ship spotter.

Bulkeley will be part of the Forward Deployed Naval Force-Europe ships in Rota...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/05/uss-bulkely-leaves-for-homeport-shift-to-rota-uss-delbert-d-black-leaves-for-maiden-deployment

Biden Administration Basing Two More Destroyers in Rota, Spain

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departs Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 1, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo

The Biden administration plans to station two more forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in Rota, Spain, the White House announced Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan disclosed the plans while traveling to Madrid, Spain, for the NATO summit.

“Those will help increase the United...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/28/biden-administration-basing-two-more-destroyers-in-rota-spain

Destroyer USS Donald Cook Arrives in Florida After 7 Years in Europe

Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Genaro Ortiz, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), picks up his son following the ship’s arrival to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., on July 18, 2021. US Navy Photo

Guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) is back in the U.S. after seven years as one of four forward-deployed ballistic missile defense ships based in Rota, Spain.

Cook came into Naval Station Mayport, Fla., on Sunday after operating...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/19/destroyer-uss-donald-cook-arrives-in-florida-after-7-years-in-europe

U.S., Ukraine Begin Sea Breeze 2021 Exercise with 30 Other Countries

Rota-based Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71) transits Bosphorus towards the Black Sea on June 26, 2021. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

The Navy and international partners on Monday began the annual Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea.

The drills, led by the U.S. and Ukraine, will continue through July 10, according to a Navy news release.

“This year’s iteration has the largest number of participating nations in the exercise’s history with 32 countries from...

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/28/u-s-ukraine-begin-sea-breeze-2021-exercise-with-30-other-countries

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

VIDEO: HMS Queen Elizabeth Strike Group Assembles

The full U.K. Carrier Strike Group assembled for the first time during Group Exercise 2020 on Oct. 4, 2020. Royal Navy Photo

The U.K. Royal Navy has assembled its largest carrier strike group in almost 40 years, the service announced on Monday.

HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) assembled in the North Atlantic with a mix of U.K., American and Dutch warships as the Royal Navy prepared to for the first deployment of its new carrier force.

Embarked with 15 F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters – 10 from the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/05/video-hms-queen-elizabeth-strike-group-assembles

Vice Adm. Franchetti Nominated for Joint Staff Role After Brief Time at N7

U.S. 6th Fleet Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti renders honors as she passes through sideboys during the 6th Fleet change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy on July 1, 2020. US Navy Photo

After less than two months on the job, the head of the Navy’s warfighting development office has been nominated for a new role on the Joint Staff, USNI News has learned.

Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti was nominated on Thursday to head the J5 Strategic Plans and Policy office, according to a Pentagon...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/11/vice-adm-franchetti-nominated-for-joint-staff-role-after-brief-time-at-n7

VIDEO: USS Ross Enters Black Sea, Movements Monitored by Russia

USS Ross (DDG-71) enters the Black Sea via the Bosporus on Feb. 23, 2020. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

The Russian military is tracking the movements of USS Ross (DDG-71), which entered the Black Sea over the weekend to conduct maritime security patrols.

Ross transited north through the Bosporus Strait on Sunday, the first U.S. Navy vessel to visit the Black Sea in 2020 and the first such visit since Ross conducted a similar mission in December 2019, U.S. 6th Fleet announced.

“With...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/24/video-uss-ross-enters-black-sea-movements-monitored-by-russia

Coast Guard: Russian Surveillance Ship Operating in ‘Unsafe’ Manner of East Coast

Undated photo of Russian AGI Viktor Leonov.

Russian surveillance ship Viktor Leonov has been operating in an unsafely off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina in the vicinity of U.S. naval bases, according to a U.S. Coast Guard safety bulletin issued on Sunday.

“The United States Coast Guard has received reports indicating that the RFN Viktor Leonov (AGI-175) has been operating in an unsafe manner off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia,” read the notice from Coast Guard in Charleston, S.C.

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/17/coast-guard-russian-surveillance-ship-operating-in-unsafe-manner-of-east-coast

USS Ross Tailed By Russian Corvette in Black Sea

USS Porter (DDG-78) entering the Black Sea. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71) arrived in Constanta, Romania, Monday morning, after entering the Black Sea on Friday while being tailed by a Russian corvette.

While steaming to the Romanian coast, Ross was shadowed by the Russian corvette, Vyshny Volochyok, according to an account in Russian-state media outlet RT Sputnik. Vyshny Volochyok is a 900-ton Project 21631 Buyan-M-class...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/16/uss-ross-tailed-by-russian-corvette-in-black-sea

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