From left to right, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), fast-combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), Norwegian Navy replenishment oiler HNoMS Maud (A 530), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72), sail in formation behind the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Aug. 23, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the warfighting effectiveness, lethality, and readiness of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and defend U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Alyssa Joy)
| Date Taken: | 08.23.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.24.2025 10:40 |
| Photo ID: | 9274040 |
| VIRIN: | 250823-N-IF194-2169 |
| Resolution: | 5464x3643 |
| Size: | 2.16 MB |
| Location: | NORTH SEA |
| Web Views: | 75 |
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