PHILIPPINE SEA (July 11, 2023) – 7th Fleet’s flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) sails alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD-117), July 11. Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles Oki)

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