USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 12:07 PM • Updated:
May 10, 2021 5:18 PM
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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 3, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:
296
In Japan
Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Fangfang Wen, originally from China, left, and Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Chloe Nichole Luz Rodriguez, originally from the Philippines, right, recite the Oath of Allegiance aboard USS Mustin (DDG-89) during a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony on May 7, 2021. US Navy Photo
REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
In April, Coast Guard ships had close encounters in the Persian Gulf and sailed into the Black Sea.
The missions reflect the Coast Guard s role overseas, set to grow amid competition with China.
But that will add to the service s responsibilities as it balances current missions and future needs.
Encounters far from home in April underscored the US Coast Guard s growing overseas role, which is set to expand as more attention and resources are dedicated to countering China.
On April 2, an Iranian ship repeatedly sailed in front of Coast Guard patrol boats Wrangell and Monomoy at an unnecessarily close range as they operated in the Persian Gulf, which the US deemed unsafe and unprofessional.
A former Cape Cod-based Coast Guard cutter had a tense encounter with an Iranian vessel earlier this month in the southern Persian Gulf.
The Monomoy, whose homeport was previously Coast Guard Station Woods Hole, was conducting a routine security patrol April 2 with another U.S. patrol vessel when the Harth 55, attached to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, repeatedly crossed the bows of the U.S. vessels at extremely close range, according to Rebecca Rebarich, spokesperson for the U.S. 5th Fleet.
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy’s actions were deemed unsafe and unprofessional,” Rebarich said in an email to the Times on Thursday. “Their actions increased the risk of miscalculation and collision.”
US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian gunboats in Arabian Gulf April 28, 2021
ran s Navy once again harassed US ships operating in the Arabian Gulf, this time coming within 68 yards of the ships on Monday night, prompting one of the American ships to fire warning shots, according to Cdr. Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the US Navy s Fifth Fleet. Courtesy photo
WASHINGTON Iran s Navy once again harassed US ships operating in the Arabian Gulf, this time coming within 68 yards of the ships on Monday night, prompting one of the American ships to fire warning shots, according to Cdr. Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the US Navy s Fifth Fleet.