The crew of the US 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff hit a 48-year historic landmark by surpassing the ship's underway record, marking 65 days of continuous ...

Subsequently, both ships became fleet flagships. USS Blue Ridge became the Seventh Fleet command ship in 1979, and USS Mount Whitney became the Second Fleet command ship in 1981, and the Sixth ...

The second was the USS Mount Whitney, commissioned in the first weeks of 1971. The Blue Ridge was named the Seventh Fleet command ship in 1979 while the Mount Whitney became the Second Fleet ...

Joseph Aucoin, the three-star commander of the US 7th Fleet in Yokosuka ... The news follows the collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters early Monday.