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Huge Vessel USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Crete

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the second of a new class of sea-based ships called Expeditionary Sea Bases, docked at Crete's Souda Bay base on Tuesday. The huge vessel set sail from Virginia on July 27, for its inaugural deployment following...

US Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in Joint Drills with Hellenic Navy

The Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) participated in surface exercises with the Hellenic Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, from July 24-28, 2020. The exercises included formation steaming, tactical maneuvers, and communications drills, and allowed the participating forces...

Northern Greek Port of Alexandroupolis Hosts Its First-Ever US Navy Vessel (video)

The newly expanded port of Alexandroupolis, in northeastern Greece, hosted its first American warship on Tuesday. The USNS Carson City, with a 90-member crew, docked at the port as a result of the signing of the Greece-US Defense Cooperation Agreement...

U.S. Sixth Fleet Flagship Sails to Thessaloniki (Photos)

USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet, has sailed to Thessaloniki for the ongoing International Trade Fair, where the United States is the honored country. Reported to be the most sophisticated Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence...

US Navy Conducts Exercise in Eastern Med

The U.S. Navy is conducting a major exercise in the Mediterranean at a time when tensions are worsening between Turkey and Cyprus over drilling rights. The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima arrived off the coast of Israel on March...