From front to back, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM multipurpose frigate Mohammed VI (701), Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), Spanish Navy first-in-class guided-missile frigate ESPS Santa Maria (F81), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117), steam in formation while transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, Oct. 1, 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: | 10.01.2025 |
Date Posted: | 10.20.2025 09:05 |
Photo ID: | 9362049 |
VIRIN: | 251001-N-IF194-4119 |
Resolution: | 3348x2232 |
Size: | 1.8 MB |
Location: | STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR |
Web Views: | 36 |
Downloads: | 3 |
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