USS Stockdale pulls into dwelling port in San Diego
USS Stockdale, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Service Strike Group, returned from a seven-month deployment to the third, fifth, and seventh fleet space of operations on Feb. 21, 2025. (Credit score: U.S. Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Paul LeClair)
The Navy not too long ago deployed one other warship, which efficiently repelled a number of Iranian-backed Houthi assaults, to safe the southern border.
USS Stockdale, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, left Naval Base San Diego on Friday to assist U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) southern border operations, in accordance with President Donald Trump’s current government orders.
The manager orders included a nationwide emergency declaration and clarification of the army’s position in defending the territorial integrity of the U.S.
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) underway. (U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Schneider/Launched)
“Stockdale’s departure reinforces the Navy’s position within the Division of Protection’s coordinated efforts to adjust to the order,” in keeping with an announcement from the Navy.
The ship will proceed operations with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Regulation Enforcement Detachment.
In February, Stockdale returned to San Diego after a seven-month unbiased deployment to the U.S. third, fifth and seventh Fleet areas of operation.
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USS Stockdale pulls into Naval Base San Diego on Feb. 21. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Paul LeClair)
It joined the Abraham Lincoln Service Strike Group and remained in fifth Fleet following the departure of the ABECSG.
Whereas within the fifth Fleet, Stockdale “efficiently repelled a number of Iranian-backed Houthi assaults” throughout transits of the Bab el-Mandeb strait and escorted operations of U.S.-flagged vessels within the Gulf of Aden, in keeping with the Navy.
It additionally engaged and defeated one-way assault uncrewed aerial-ship cruise missiles, in keeping with officers.
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The guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) steams by way of the Arabian Sea. (U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist third Class Phil Ladouceur/Launched)
Stockdale sustained no injury and its personnel had been unhurt.
Stockdale will substitute USS Spruance, becoming a member of USS Gravely, one other Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer that was despatched to the border in March, Fox Information Digital beforehand reported.
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“Because the DoD’s lead for implementing border-related government orders, USNORTHCOM continues to assist important Division of Homeland Safety capabilities gaps, with Stockdale making a significant contribution to those efforts,” the Navy stated.
