US sends command ship to Black Sea for NATO operations

WASHINGTON, 02 November 2021, (TON): Command ship Mount Whitney headed to the Black Sea for joint operations with Alliance forces. This is stated in a message posted on Twitter by the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet.

The statement said “the flagship of the Sixth Fleet [US] Mount Whitney, has begun its voyage northward into the Black Sea to conduct operations with our allies and NATO partners in the region.”

Earlier, the command of the Sixth Fleet informed about the US plans to send a command ship with officers of the fleet headquarters and the command of the NATO Strike Force and Support Forces (STRIKFORNATO) on board into the Black Sea.

The departure date was not specified.

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