220122-N-PV401-1042 PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) From left to right, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101), Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 5
220122-N-PV401-1042 PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) From left to right, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101), Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), and America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) transit the Philippine Sea, Jan. 22, 2022. Operating as part of Pacific Fleet, units assigned to Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups, America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups alongside JMSDF, are conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Elizabeth Grubbs)
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Keywords: 70, 72, 181, cvn, ddh, jmsdf, philippine, sea