The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), is moored pierside in Singapore with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, April 4, 2017.
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Z.A. Landers) www.dvidshub.net. Original public domain image from Flickr