USS mount whitney, Pictures, Videos, Latest news

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Launched : 8 January 1970
Commissioned : 16 January 1971
Status : Active in service as of 2008
Homeport : Gaeta, Italy

The USS Mount Whitney a Blue Ridge class command ship, is the flagship of the United States Navy's Sixth Fleet. She is also the command and control ship for the Commander Joint Command Lisbon and the Commander Striking Force NATO. She had previously served for years as the Second Fleet's command ship

On Friday, the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet, including the USS Mount Whitney, arrived to Poti, a key Georgian port, to deliver tons of humanitarian aid.