金曜日, 4月 01, 2016

Forward-deployment to Yokosuka Ship Status - 03312016 update

Forward-deployment to Yokosuka Ship Status - 03312016 update

as of 04042016 ★=update

<U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship>
USS BLUE RIDGE(LCC-19/NQHS)◆
status:Underway *02/22 out
*September 3, The Blue Ridge moored at Berth 12, Fleet Activities Yokosuka after a day-long underway for Mid-Cycle Inspection (MCI) assessment with the INSURV; Anchored at A-12 for ammo offload on Sept. 8.
*February 16, 2016 USS Blue Ridge departed homeport for sea trials and ammo onload following a five-month Selected Restricted Availability (SRA); Moored at Berth 9 on Feb. 18.
*February 22, USS Blue Ridge departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka in support of exercises Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2016.
*February 24, The Blue Ridge moored at Nanko-Minami Wharf in Port of Osaka, Japan, for a three-day port visit.
*March 4, The 7th Fleet flagship moored at Berth 3, Pier 15 in Manila South Harbor, Republic of the Philippines, for a four-day port visit; Moored at Berth 6, Changi Naval Base in Singapore from March 13-21; Transited the Strait of Malacca northbound from March 21-22.
*March 26, USS Blue Ridge moored at the newly-constructed East Container Terminal in Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a five-day visit.
*March 29, Capt. Matthew C. Paradise relieved Capt. Kyle P. Higgins as CO of the Blue Ridge during a change-of-command ceremony on board the ship.
★April 3, The Blue Ridge anchored off the coast of Mumbai for a four-day port visit, its first to India after more than 11 years.

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<COMCARSTRKGRU FIVE>
USS RONALD REAGAN(CVN-76/NRGN)
status:Moored Berth12 *12/03 in
*October 15, USS Ronald Reagan departed Yokosuka for its first western Pacific patrol as part of Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF).
*From December 1-2, the Ronald Reagan conducted ammunition offload with the USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8); Returned to Yokosuka on Dec. 3.

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USS ANTIETAM(CG-54/NATM)◆
status:Underway *04/04 in
*November 4, USS Antietam anchored at A-12 for ammo onload after departing Yokosuka for a western Pacific patrol.
*November 10, CG 54 departed White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, after a scheduled port visit; Participated in ANNUALEX 27G, in the waters south of Japan, from Nov. 16-25.; Brief stop in Yokosuka on Nov. 30.
*January 23, 2016 USS Antietam departed Berth 6, Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a routine patrol.
*February 4, The Antietam anchored off the coast of Visakhapatnam, India, to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016; Participated in a bilateral underway engagement with the FS Provence (D652), in the Bay of Bengal, from Feb. 10-11.
*February 14, USS Antietam anchored in Makham Bay for a liberty port visit to Phuket, Thailand; Transited the Strait of Malacca southbound from Feb. 18-19.
*USS Antietam (CG 54) arrived in Manila for a scheduled port visit on March 8.
*March 8, USS Antietam moored at Berth 3, Pier 15 in Manila South Harbor, Republic of the Philippines, for a liberty port visit, following a two-week patrol in the South China Sea.
*March 28, USS Antietam returned to Yokosuka after completing a two-month patrol.
★April 4, The guided-missile cruiser departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka for ammo offload.?

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USS CHANCELLORSVILLE(CG-62/NCVL/*BL9)
status:moored Berth6 *03/28 in
*November 16, An MH-60R Seahawk, assigned to the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75 Det. 1, conducted a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) of a crew member of USNS Able (T-AGOS 20) to the USS Ronald Reagan, while the Chancellorsville was underway in the Philippine Sea in support of Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX) 27G.
*December 3, USS Chancellorsville returned to Yokosuka following a seven-week patrol.
*January 15, 2016 The Chancellorsville departed homeport for a western Pacific patrol.
*January 22, The guided-missile cruiser recently moored at Navy Pier, White Beach Naval Facility for a routine port call and to embark Marines from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment for transportation to Camp Fuji, Japan, to conduct exercise Fuji Viper 16-3; Returned home on Jan. 25.
*Returned to Yokosuka on Jan. 25; Anchored at Anchorage A-12? for ammo onload.
*March 1, The Chancellorsville departed Berth 6, Fleet Activities Yokosuka in support of a Multi-Sail exercise, off the coast of Guam, with Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15; Moored at Berth 2, Tango Wharf in Apra Harbor from March 4-7; Transited the Surigao Strait southbound on March 14.?
*March 16, USS Chancellorsville moored at Sepanggar Naval Base in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for a five-day port visit; Transited the Luzon Strait eastbound on March 24; Returned home on March 28.

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USS SHILOH(CG-67/NSLH/*BMD)◆
status:Underway *02/29 out
*July 20, USS Shiloh entered the Dry Dock #5 at Yokosuka Naval Shipyard for Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA); Undocked and moored at Berth 7 on Dec. 22.
*Underway for sea trials on Feb. 12, 2016.
*February 17, 2016 The Shiloh returned to homeport after a five-day underway for sea trials and ammo onload; Underway again from Feb. 19-20; Underway for Aviation Certification (AVCERT) from Feb. 29- March 1.
*March 8, USS Shiloh recently joined the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) ESG-7, USS Boxer (LHD 4) ARG and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Flotilla 5, off the south coast of Korea, in support of amphibious landing exercise Ssang Yong 2016, off the coast of Pohang.
★March 26, CG 67 is currently underway in the Sea of Japan in support of national tasking.

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<COMDESRON FIFTEEN>
USS BARRY(DDG-52/NNJB/*BL9.C/*BMD)◆
status:moored outboard the USS CURTIS WILBUR(DDG 54) at HMP West
*October 23, Cmdr. Jennifer L. Eaton relieved Cmdr. Zoah Scheneman as CO of the USS Barry during a change-of-command ceremony on board the ship at Berth 1, Pier 7.
*December 1, The Barry is currently moored at Berth 1, Pier 1 on Naval Station Norfolk.
*January 12, 2016 USS Barry departed Norfolk for a homeport change to Yokosuka, Japan.
*February 4, DDG 52 moored at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., for a 12-day port call to conduct a crew swap with the USS Lassen (DDG 82); Brief stop at Bravo Pier, NAS North Island for ammo onload on Feb. 16.
*February 2?, The Barry arrived in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for a routine port call; Entered the the U.S. 7th Fleet AoO on March 3.
*USS Barry (DDG 52) entered 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific March 3.
*March 11, USS Barry pulled into Apra Harbor, Guam, for a brief port call after participated in at-sea phase of a Multi-Sail 16 exercise, with Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and four Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships.
*March 14, USS Barry arrived at its new homeport of Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, for the first time after a two-month transit from Norfolk; Moored outboard the USS Curtis Wilbur at Harbor Master Pier (HMP) West on March 2?.
★April 4, The Barry departed Yokosuka for its first patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AoR).

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USS CURTIS WILBUR(DDG-54/NCDW/*BMD)
status:moored HMP West
*October 5, USS Curtis Wilbur departed homeport for a western Pacific patrol.
*October 17, DDG 54 moored at Berth 7, India Basin in Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, for a brief port call.
*October 22, The Curtis Wilbur anchored off the east coast of Busan for a two-day stop to participate in the Republic of Korea Navy’s Fleet Review on Friday; Participated in an air defense exercises (ADEX) with the ROK Navy, east of the Korean Peninsula, from Oct. 26-29.
*November 22, USS Curtis Wilbur moored at Berth 2, India Basin in Fleet Activities Sasebo for a three-day port call after participated in Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX) 27G, with the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) CSG; Inport Yokosuka from Dec. 3-4; Entered the South China Sea on Dec. ?.
*December 29, GULF OF THAILAND USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) during a replenishment at sea with Military Sealift Henry J. Kaiser-class cargo ship USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193).
*December 30, USS Curtis Wilbur moored at Chuk Samet Port in Sattahip, Thailand, for a liberty visit to Pattaya.??
*January 24, 2016 USS Curtis Wilbur moored at Pier 15, Manila South Harbor for a scheduled port visit to the Republic of the Philippines.
*January 30, 2016 Freedom of navigation operation Destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur(DDG 54) has sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, an island claimed by China in the Paracel Islands chain in the South China Sea.
*February 5, The guided-missile destroyer moored at Alava Pier in Subic Bay, Philippines, for a routine port call.
*February 12, USS Curtis Wilbur recently moored at Berth 1, Juliet Basin Wharf in Fleet Activities Sasebo for a 10-day port call to coordinate synthetic ballistic missile defense (BMD) training with JS Myoko (DDG 175), as part of the Fleet Synthetic Training - Joint (FST-J) 16-71 exercise, from Feb. 22-26.
*March 4, The Curtis Wilbur recently moored outboard the USS McCampbell (DDG 85) at Berth 2, Sierra Wharf in Apra Harbor, Guam, to participate in Multi-Sail 2016; Underway for at-sea phase on March 6-11.
*March 15, USS Curtis Wilbur moored at Berth 6, Fleet Activities Yokosuka after completing a five-and-a-half month patrol; Moved to HMP West on March 21.

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USS JOHN S. McCAIN(DDG-56/NJSM/*BMD)
status:moored Berth8 *Berth Shift 01/28
*March 31, 2015 The guided-missile destroyer entered the Dry Dock #6 at Yokosuka Naval Shipyard for an Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (E-DSRA).
*January 28, 2016 The John S. McCain undocked and moored at Berth8.

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USS FITZGERALD(DDG-62/NFTZ/*BMD)
status:moored *04/04 in
*December 15, Cmdr. Robert E. Shu relieved Cmdr. Christopher S. England as CO of the Fitzgerald during a change-of-command ceremony on board the ship.
*December 21, The Fitzgerald moored outboard the USS McCampbell (DDG 85) at Harbor Master Pier (HMP) East.; Berth Shift to HMP West on Jan. 15, 2016.?
*February 29, 2016 USS Fitzgerald anchored off Yokosuka for ammo onload following a two-month Continuous Maintenance Availability (CMAV).
*March 4, DDG 62 moored outboard the USS Benfold (DDG 65) at Berth 1, Sierra Wharf in Apra Harbor, Guam, to participate in a Multi-Sail exercise; Underway for at-sea phase on March 7-11; Inport Apra Harbor again from March 11-14.
★March 22, USS Fitzgerald participated in a photo exercise (PHOTOEX) with the Republic of Korea Navy ships, while underway in the Yellow Sea, commencing an annual joint exercise Foal Eagle; Inport Sasebo, Japan, from March 26-29; Returned home on April 4.

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USS STETHEM(DDG-63/NCBD/*BMD)
status:moored Berth3 *04/04 in
*November 22, The Stethem joined the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) CSG, in the north Philippine Sea, for ANNUALEX 27G; Participated in a Photo Exercise (PHOTOEX) on Nov. 23; Returned to Yokosuka on Nov. 24; Underway again on Nov. 30; Moored outboard the USS Lassen (DDG 82) at HMP West on Dec. 4; Moved to Berth 3 on Jan. 5, 2016.
*January 25, 2016 USS Stethem departed homeport in support of emergent national tasking; Moored at Berth 3 from Jan. 29-30.
*January 29, 2016 USS Stethem moored at Berth 3, Fleet Activities Yokosuka after a four-day underway.
January 30, 2016 USS Stethem departed Yokosuka.
*Returned to Yokosuka on Feb. 12.
*February 26, USS Mustin departed Yokouka for local operations. Returned to Yokosuka moored HMP East.
*February 18, USS Stethem anchored at A-10 for a brief stop to onload ammunition before underway for local operations; Moored at Berth 3 on Feb. 20; Moored at HMP East after a day-long underway in Sagami Wan on Feb. 26; Underway again on Feb 26.
★March 31, DDG 63 moored outboard the USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) at Berth 6, Fleet Activities Yokosuka after a three-day underway for local operations; Underway again on April 1; Moored at Berth 3 on April 4.

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USS BENFOLD(DDG-65/NECB/*BL9/*BMD)◆
status:Underway *02/26
*January 23, 2016 The guided-missile destroyer departed Yokosuka for local operations; Moored at Harbor Master Pier (HMP) East on Jan. 24; Underway again on Feb. 1.
*February 1, 2016 The guided-missile destroyer departed homeport in support of emergent national tasking.?
*February 5, USS Benfold moored at Daiichi Wharf in Port of Otaru, Hokkaido Prefecture, for a scheduled port visit in conjunction with the annual Sapporo Snow and Ice Festival.
*February 7, USS Benfold (DDG 65) departs from Ishikari Bay, Otaru, Japan. Benfold is currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of operations; Returned to Yokosuka on Feb. 9; Brief underway on Feb. 16.
*February 26, DDG 65 departed HMP East, Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a routine western Pacific patrol; Arrived in the Guam Op. Area on March 1.
*March 4, USS Benfold moored at Berth 1, Sierra Wharf in Apra Harbor, Guam, for a two-day port call; Inport Apra Harbor again on March 11-14.
*March 22, The Benfold joined the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) CSG for a photo exercise (PHOTOEX) in the Sea of Japan, with the Republic of Korea Navy ships, commencing an annual joint exercise Foal Eagle.
★March 25, USS Benfold moored at Berth 1 in Busan Naval Base, ROK, for a two-day port call.

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USS McCAMPBELL(DDG-85/NMCB)◆
status:Underway *01/15 out
*January 15, 2016 The McCampbell departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka in support of Guam Exercise (GUAMEX).
*USS McCAMPBELL(DDG-85) HSM-51 Det. TA-51,02 *Landing Ship Yokosuka Anchorage
*January 19, 2016 Moored at Sierra Wharf in Apra Harbor, Guam from Jan. 19-20.
*February 4, USS McCampbell anchored off Visakhapatnam, India, to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR), hosted by the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy, from February 4-9; Transited the Strait of Singapore eastbound on Feb. 15; Departed South China Sea on Feb. 22.
*USS McCampbell (DDG 85) conducted a routine patrol in international waters of the South China Sea, completed a similar patrol Feb. 22.
*February 26, The guided-missile destroyer recently pulled into Apra Harbor, Guam, for a routine port call.
*March 4, USS McCampbell recently moored at Berth 2, Sierra Wharf in Apra Harbor for the in-port phase of an annual Multi-Sail exercise; Underway for at-sea phase on March 7-11; Inport Apra Harbor again from March 11-14.
*USS McCampbell (DDG 85) will serve as the flagship for the exercise.
★March 19, DDG 85 moored at Pyeongtaek Naval Base, Republic of Korea, for a three-day port visit before participating in annual joint exercise Foal Eagle.

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USS MUSTIN(DDG-89/NHMH)
status:moored Berth9 *02/24 in
*January 5, 2016 The Mustin recently moored outboard the USS Shiloh (CG 67) at Berth 7; Mooved to HMP West on Jan. 7; Underway again on Jan. 15.
*January 20, DDG 89 pulled into Apra Harbor, Guam, for a brief stop to refuel before participating in GUAMEX, an annual bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships; Inport Apra Harbor again from Jan. 21-23; Transited the Makassar Strait southbound on Jan. 28; Entered the South China Sea on Jan. 31.?
*February 13, USS Mustin moored at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal 1 in Hong Kong, China, for a three-day liberty port visit; Returned to Yokosuka on Feb. 24.

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■USS Lassen leaves Yokosuka, Japan after nearly 10 Years in the Forward Deployed. - 01/06

USS LASSEN(DDG-82/NLSN)
status:Underway
Future Home Port:Mayport, Florida

*January 6, 2016 USS Lassen, with an embarked Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75 Det. 1, departed Yokosuka for a homeport change to Mayport, Florida, after forward-deployed to Japan for more than 10 years.
*January 11, DDG 82 moored at Port of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, for a routine port call.
*January 22, USS Lassen pulled into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a scheduled port visit.
*February 1, The Lassen moored at Berth 2, Pier 3 on Naval Base San Diego, Calif., for an 11-day port call to conduct a crew swap with the USS Barry (DDG 52).
*February 4, DDG 52 moored at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., for a 12-day port call to conduct a crew swap with the USS Lassen (DDG 82); Brief stop at Bravo Pier, NAS North Island for ammo onload on Feb. 16.
*February 24, USS Lassen anchored off Cabo San Luca, Mexico, for a four-day liberty port visit; Moored at Berth 2 in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, for a brief stop to refuel on March 4.
*USS Lassen (DDG 82) arrived in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to begin conducting counter illicit trafficking operations in support of Operation Martillo, March 2.
*March 13, The guided-missile destroyer recently moored at Pier C in Port of Acajutla, El Salvador, for a brief port call.
★March 31, The Lassen moored at Vasco Nunez de Balboa Naval Base for a liberty port visit to Panama City.