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Flight deck. Original specifications. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is the lead ship of the two Blue Ridge -class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy, and is the flagship of the Seventh Fleet. Her primary role is to provide command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) support to the commander and staff of the ...
The Blue Ridge class is the first and only class of amphibious command and control ships to be specifically designed as such from the keel up. The Blue Ridge class resulted from almost seven years of planning and construction work. Under the designation SCB-248 (later SCB-400.65), the hull of the Iwo Jima -class amphibious assault ship was used ...
Daniel Johnson (naval officer) Daniel H. Johnson is a former assistant district attorney in Wake County, North Carolina and a veteran of the United States Navy who received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for saving the life of a crewmate on the USS Blue Ridge in 1999. As a result of that incident, both of Johnson's legs were amputated below ...
William R. Merz. William Rhode Merz[1] (born March 10, 1963) [2][3] is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who last served as deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy from August 6, 2021 to October 7, 2022. [4][5] He previously served as commander of U. S. Seventh Fleet from 2019 to 2021. [6][7]
Sasebo Naval Base in Nagasaki Prefecture, USS Essex (LHD-2) and its Expeditionary Strike Group. Yokosuka Naval Base inside of Tokyo Bay, is home to the Seventh Fleet, composed of 11 warships, including USS George Washington (CV-73) and command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). Task Force Fuji, Camp Fuji Marines and sailors
Crew: 36 officers, 442 enlisted. Staff: 138 officers, 123 enlisted. Armament. 2 × 5"/38 caliber guns. 4 × twin 40 mm AA guns. USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2) was an Appalachian -class amphibious force flagship in the United States Navy. She was named for the southeasternmost ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and North Carolina.
Dec. 25—The first officer to commission from University of Hawaii's new Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program will serve aboard a Pearl Harbor-based warship for her first assignment.
USS Mount Whitney. USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) is one of two Blue Ridge -class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy and is the flagship and command ship of the United States Sixth Fleet. USS Mount Whitney also serves as the Afloat Command Platform (ACP) of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO).