Saturday, April 29, 2017

Vinson CSG conducting maneuvers with JMSDF Warships

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers transit the Philippine Sea with teh Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group.



PHILIPPINE SEA (April 28, 2017) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Ashigara (DDG 178) and JS Samidare (DD 106), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transit the Philippine Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Z.A. Landers/Released)