The amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) maneuvers through the Bay of Bengal during La Perouse 2021.

USS Somerset  BAY OF BENGAL (April 7, 2021) – USS Somerset is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group with embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. La Perouse is an exercise during the annual French Navy midshipman deployment called Mission Jeanne d’Arc. The exercise is designedContinue reading “The amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) maneuvers through the Bay of Bengal during La Perouse 2021.”

USS Rochester (CA-124), an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser,

The third USS Rochester (CA-124), an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser, was laid down 29 May 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 28 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. M. Herbert Eisenhart, wife of the president of Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, New York; and commissioned 20 December 1946 at the Boston Navy Yard, Captain Harry Aloysius Guthrie inContinue reading “USS Rochester (CA-124), an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser,”

HMAS Melbourne closes on a suspected pirate vessel in the Arabian Sea.

USS Astoria (CA-34)

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USS MISSOURI 2010

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