Large ASW Destroyer "Kerch". (Photo: D.Starostin)
Monday, January 3, 2011
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
The guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) steams in the Gulf of Aqaba while providing support for the President’s visit to Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt and Aqaba, Jordan for summits with Arab leaders. Vandegrift was on station to provide added security. ( (Photo: U.S. Navy/Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jose E. Ponce)
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) arrives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for a scheduled port visit. The port call will provide the crew with an opportunity for sightseeing and cultural exchanges. This visit marks the first U.S. Navy ship visit to Vietnam in 30 years, since 1973. It symbolizes the normalization of relations between the two nations. Vandegrift is an Oliver Hazard Perry Class guided missile frigate and is a part of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Carrier Strike Group, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Gary B. Granger)
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) returns to her forward deployed operating base, Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, after completing a regularly scheduled underway period. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman)
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
Sailors aboard the guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) man the rails as the ship departs the pier for the last time as a homeported vessel of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. After being part of Destroyer Squadron Fifteen for nearly 10 years, the Vandegrift is moving to its new homeport of San Diego. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton)
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
The guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) departs the pier for the last time as a homeported vessel of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. After being part of Destroyer Squadron Fifteen for nearly 10 years, the Vandegrift is moving to its new homeport of San Diego. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul J. Phelps)
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
Sailors aboard the guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) man the rails as the ship departs the pier for the last time as a homeported vessel of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. After being part of Destroyer Squadron Fifteen for nearly 10 years, the Vandegrift is moving to its new homeport of San Diego. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton)
USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship, USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) steams away after participating in an underway replenishment (UNREP) with the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71). Arctic and Cape St. George are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael W. Pendergrass)
USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) executes a berth shift during a brief port visit to Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. Arctic is homeported in Earle, N.J. and has a crew of 176 civilians and 59 military personnel. Arctic is the third ship in the Supply-class of fast combat support ships and is the fifth supply ship to carry the name of the region surrounding the North Pole. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Paul Farley)
USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the “Dragon Whalers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Eight (HSC-28), picks up ordnance from the deck of the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras)
USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) conducts an underway replenishment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras)
USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
An MH-60S Seahawk, attached to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, performs a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) and the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are on a scheduled deployment in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jay C. Pugh)
USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) for a nighttime replenishment at sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin)
USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) sails in the Persian Gulf at dusk. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David A. Brandenburg)