USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) participated in a submarine familiarization (SUBFAM) training with the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758), June 14. The SUBFAM gave the crew of ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Navy’s oldest operational warship, the flagship of the U.S. 7 th Fleet, steamed into its homeport last week after completing its first full patrol of the Indo-Pacific ...

The U.S. 7th Fleet’s flagship recently wrapped up a five-day port call on Vietnam that included a visit to the site of an Army helicopter lost during the Vietnam War. The USS Blue Ridge steamed into ...

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Twenty-eight sailors from the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), temporarily moored at Pyeongtaek Port, joined a cultural tour of Seoul, Sept. 20, to learn more about Korean history ...

With the United States Navy, there is an assumption, from within and from outside, that no costs will be spared to field a fully equipped, technologically sophisticated, and ...

An MH-60S helicopter from the ‘Golden Falcons’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 launches from the flight deck of U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) on Jan 21, 2020. US Navy ...

May 21 (UPI) --The USS Blue Ridge marked 65 days of continuous underway operations this week, the Navy announced on Thursday, surpassing a record the ship had held for 48 years. The Blue Ridge, ...

Petty Officer 2nd Class David White is serving aboard the USS Blue Ridge, operating out of Yokosuka, Japan, as an electronics technician. The 2003 Baton Rouge High School graduate maintains, repairs, ...

March 30 (UPI) --The USS Blue Ridge and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Kongo this week held an exercise testing their combined maritime skills and intercommunication capabilities, the ...

The Blue Ridge-class of amphibious command ships are just two in number, represented by the class’s flagship, the USS Blue Ridge, and the USS Mount Whitney. Laid down in 1970 and 1971 respectively, ...