#USS Sterett (DDG-104)

[judgemark45]

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett DDG 104 steams out of the San Diego harbor, May 1. USS Sterett is homeported at Naval Base San Diego. May 1, 2024.

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US Navy Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Arrives in the Philippines

imitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Kidd (DDG 100) and USS Sterett (DDG 104) arrived in the Philippines for a scheduled port visit Jan. 5. This visit marks an additional demonstration of…

[j-r-macready]

SS Sterett participates in IMCMEX. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 31, 2014) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), center, participates in International Mine-countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) with the mine countermeasures ships USS Devastator (MCM 6) and USS Dextrous (MCM 13) and the Royal Navy mine-countermeasure vessels HMS Penzance (M 106), top, and HMS Chiddingfold (M 37). Sterett is deployed as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric Coffer/Released) 141031-N-GW139-784 Join the conversation www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp www.facebook.com/USNavy www.twitter.com/USNavy navylive.dodlive.mil pinterest.com plus.google.com

[nicholassabalos]

Final exams…..

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 2, 2020) -- United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) formally celebrates final completion of all readiness exercises, and being certified for imminent overseas deployment, with a fly-over of some of its air wing off the coast of California.

The supercarrier, with it’s nearly 6,000 men and women onboard, will be deploying overseas to the Pacific and Indian Oceans very soon on a regularly-scheduled six-to-seven-month voyage. The crew has already had to endure a lengthy onboard quarantine to guard against the COVID-19 coronavirus.

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) will be escorted overseas by guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59); and guided-missile destroyers USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), USS Sterett (DDG-104), and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114).

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducting final pre-deployment training off the California coast recently.

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>>Top photos: #1 & #3 -- Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Keenan Daniels, USN; #2 -- Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sarah Christoph, USN

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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) escort warships....a 360-degree bubble of protection for the aircraft carrier:

USS Princeton (CG-59)....providing, primarily, anti-air threat protection for the carrier out for hundreds of miles.

USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)....providing, foremost, anti-surface ship threat and anti-submarine protection for the carrier. (Note: This is one of the oldest of the Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers....approaching her 30th birthday.)

USS Sterett (DDG-104)....also providing anti-surface threat and anti-submarine protection, as well as additional anti-air cover.

USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114)....advanced anti-surface, anti-air and anti-submarine protection. (Note: This is one of the newest, and most capable, of the Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers.....on active duty only two years....since 2018.)

[airmanisr]

Air Force, Navy train in the South China Sea by Robert Sullivan Via Flickr: Two U.S. Air Force Rockwell International (now part of Boeing) B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, through the South China Sea, operating with the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), June 8, 2017. The joint training, organized under Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence program (CBP), allows the Air Force and Navy to increase interoperability by refining joint tactics, techniques and procedures while simultaneously strengthening their ability to seamlessly integrate their operations.

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[2560x2028] Mast of USS Sterett (DDG 104)

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ANDAMAN SEA (May 26, 2017) Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), and the Royal Thai Navy frigate HTMS Naresuan (FFG 421) and the corvette HTMS Long Lom (FS 533) conduct a transit exercise as part of Exercise Guardian Sea 2017. Sterett is part of the Sterett-Dewey Surface Action Group and is the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward. U.S. 3rd Fleet operating forward offers additional options to the Pacific Fleet commander by leveraging the capabilities of 3rd and 7th Fleets. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder/Released)

[usapat]

Guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) returns to its homeport of Naval Base San Diego after a more than 10-month deployment to U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet, which included freedom of navigation operations and participation in Operations Freedom’s Sentinel, Inherent Resolve and Octave Quartz.

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U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jeremy Roque of Temecula cleans a close-in weapons system aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett. (Courtesy of the U.S. Navy)

U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jeremy Roque of Temecula is serving aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104).

USS Sterett is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. It is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce, according to a news release.

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-on January 20, 2021 at 11:20AM by Staff report

[judgemark45]

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) transits alongside the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) during a replenishment-at-sea

[militaryleak]

US Navy Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Conducts Maritime Operations in South China Sea

U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 led by its flagship, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), is operating in the South China Sea following a successful scheduled port visit to the Republic of Singapore. While in the South China Sea, the strike group is conducting maritime security operations, which include flight operations with fixed and rotary wing aircraft, maritime strike exercises, and coordinated tactical training between surface and air units. Carrier operations in the South China Sea are part of the U.S. Navy's routine presence in the Indo-Pacific. CSG 1 consists of CVN 70, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1, which includes Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Hopper (DDG 70), USS Kidd (DDG 100), USS Sterett (DDG 104), and USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).

U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 led by its flagship, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), is operating in the South China Sea following a successful scheduled port visit to the Republic of Singapore. While in the South China Sea, the strike group is conducting maritime security operations, which include flight operations with fixed and rotary wing aircraft, maritime…

[nicholassabalos]

Forever dauntless....

INDIAN OCEAN (July 21, 2020) -- United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) crosses the vast oceans on its way to front-line duties on the other side of the world from its homeport in San Diego, CA....10,000 miles (16,000 km) away.

Operated by nearly 400 men and women, the ship will likely get back home just in time for the 2020 Holiday Season....five months hence.

Meanwhile, they remain “Forever dauntless”....

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>>Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums, USN

[airmanisr]

170411-N-QE566-001 by U.S. Pacific Fleet Via Flickr: PEARL HARBOR (April 11, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) moors to the pier at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Sterett is part of the Sterett-Dewey Surface Action Group and is the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward. The U.S. 3rd Fleet operating forward offers additional options to the Pacific Fleet commander by leveraging the capabilities of 3rd and 7th Fleets. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Corwin Colbert)

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ARABIAN SEA (April 22, 2012) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) transit the Arabian Sea. Sterett is deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tim D. Godbee/Released)

[usapat]

The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) fires its Mark 45 5-inch gun and Mark 38 25mm machine gun during a live fire exercise.

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