YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 7, 2023) – Senior Chief Logistics Specialist Brandon Cummings, from Tonganoxie, Kan., assigned to U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), shouts out the Kansas City Chiefs Feb. 7, 2023. Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and, as 7th Fleet command ship, routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sarah C. Eaton)
U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines on June 18, 2024 for the ship’s first visit to the capital since March 2019. The U.S. Navy shares a longstanding alliance with the Philippines. In 1951, the two countries signed the Mutual Defense Treaty, vowing support and mutual defense against emergent threats to maintain freedom of the seas. The port visit acts to...
U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Jakarta, Indonesia on July 29 after a 3-day port visit; the Blue Ridge’s first visit to Jakarta since 2019.
