RIMPAC 2022 Fleet Sails in Formation [Image 1 of 37]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.28.2022

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Wesley Richardson 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) From left, U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), U.S. Navy Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331), Royal Malaysian Navy Kasturi-class corvette KD Lekir (F 26), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Takanami (DD 110), and U.S. Navy medium displacement unmanned vessel Sea Hunter sail in formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 28. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wesley Richardson)

• Date Taken: 07.28.2022
• Date Posted: 07.29.2022 21:53
• Photo ID: 7343162
• VIRIN: 220728-N-ZW128-1036
• Resolution: 5688x3200
• Size: 1.03 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN