26 February 2022 U.S. Navy Ships Participate in Bilateral Drills with Italian Navy ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and guided-missile destroyers USS Forest Sherman (DDG 98) and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) conducted bilateral maneuvering and communication exercises with Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi (C551),...
18 November 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Staffs Complete Operations in the Mediterranean and Black Seas GAETA, Italy - The U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) flagship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and embarked SIXTHFLT and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) staffs, returned to Gaeta, Italy, Nov. 18...
08 November 2021 USS Mount Whitney and USS Porter Arrive in Batumi, Georgia BATUMI, Georgia - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Batumi, Georgia for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 8, 2021...
05 November 2021 USS Mount Whitney Departs Istanbul, Enters Black Sea BLACK SEA - U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) departed Sarayburnu Pier, Istanbul and entered the Black Sea, Nov. 4...
30 July 2021 USS Mount Whitney Arrives in Croatia SPLIT, Croatia - The U.S. Sixth Fleet flag ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and staff arrived in Split, Croatia, for a port visit on July 30, 2021, before kicking off Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021...
27 July 2021 Mount Whitney and Sixth Fleet Underway for Large Scale Exercise GAETA, Italy - USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and embarked Sixth Fleet staff sailed from Gaeta to prepare for Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021, July 27...
23 June 2021 U.S. Navy Assumes Command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 KIEL, Germany - For the first time, the U.S. Navy assumed command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) during a change of command ceremony held onboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and via video teleconference on June 19, 2021...
03 June 2021 USS Mount Whitney Visits Oslo, Norway OSLO, Norway - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) made a scheduled logistics stop to Oslo, Norway, June 1, 2021...
14 May 2021 U.S. 2nd Fleet Embarks USS Mount Whitney for Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 NORFOLK, Va. - Staff members attached to Joint Force Command Norfolk (JFCNF) and U.S. 2nd Fleet (C2F) embarked aboard the U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) to kick-off Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 (STDE21), May 12...