10 September 2022 Ross Completes Homeport Shift to Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, marking the end of a nearly 10 year tour of her time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) Destroyer, Sept. 10, 2022...
07 September 2022 USS Ross (DDG 71) concludes time as a FDNF-E ship ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of operations, marking the end of her time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) Destroyer, Sept. 6, 2022...
29 January 2022 USS Ross Arrives in France TOULON, France - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Toulon, France for a scheduled port visit, Jan. 29...
30 December 2021 USS Ross Departs Rota, Spain to Begin 12th Patrol NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 27, 2021, marking the beginning of its 12th Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) area of operations in support of...
27 July 2021 USS Ross Completes 11th Patrol in U.S. Sixth Fleet, Returns to Rota, Spain ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) returned to Naval Station Rota, Spain, following completion of its 11th Forward-Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, July 26, 2021...
11 July 2021 Breeze 2021 Kicks off In the Black Sea VARNA, Bulgaria - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Varna, Bulgaria for exercise Breeze 2021, July 11, 2021...
26 June 2021 USS Ross enters Black Sea for Exercise Sea Breeze BLACK SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) entered the Black Sea to participate in the 21st iteration of Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 (SB21), June 26, 2021...
14 June 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Africa ships participate in Exercise African Lion MEDITERRANEAN SEA - U.S. Sixth Fleet ships, Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), and expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) are participating in U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) largest and premier...
04 June 2021 USS Ross Conducts Live Fire Missile Exercise OUTER HEBRIDES - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fired a Standard Missile – 2 (SM-2) at a subsonic sea skimming target during a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise (LFWAP), June 1, 2021, proving the ship is capable of air defense in a maritime environment...
27 May 2021 A Ceremony to Remember – USS Ross Sailor Reaffirms his Baptism in the Faroe Islands NORTH SEA - Splitting the distance between Iceland and Norway, about four degrees latitude south of the arctic circle, there sits a small, remote archipelago named the Faroe Islands. These islands, an autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark, host a community known for its sheep and...