USS Milwaukee Celebrates Statia Day, Commemorating American History [Image 10 of 16]

NETHERLANDS

11.16.2022

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet

221116-N-N3764-0310
SINT EUSTATIUS, Netherlands - (Nov. 16, 2022) – Cmdr. Sean Davis, executive officer of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), presents Ms. Alida Francis, the government commissioner of the island of Sint Eustatius, Netherlands, with a plaque during a Statia Day ceremony, Nov. 16, 2022. Statia Day is a national holiday celebrated on the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius. It celebrates the “first salute” when Sint Eustatius, locally known as Statia, became the first country to recognize the United States as a nation 245 years ago when after the U.S. declared independence, a Continental Navy ship fired a gun salute upon entering the harbor, and the island, by order of the Dutch governor, returned the salute. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Jackson Smith/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.16.2022
• Date Posted: 11.17.2022 16:49
• Photo ID: 7518366
• VIRIN: 221116-N-N3764-0310
• Resolution: 4608x3456
• Size: 2.28 MB
• Location: NL