The Battle Fleet is organized, since 2004, as independent
Carrier Strike Groups and Expeditionary Strike Groups. The new ESG has great
independence of operation and consists of
an Amphibious Ready Group with the addition of a supporting cruiser, destroyers and submarine. Although the same ships tend to operate together, these ships are assigned
to an ESG label at each deployment. It is easier to use (Flagship) Strike Group.
Supporting ships are not known until deployment and can receive other assignments before and during deployments. Units shown in gray were together on the last deployment
Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) Chosin (CG 65) relieves San Antonio (LPD-17) 6Nov'09 as flagship of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF)
established at Manama, Bahrain, 8 Jan '09 specifically for counter-piracy operations.
At this point 14 nations have sent ships to counter piracy.
Vella Gulf (CG 72) Mahan (DDG 72)
Monterey (CG 61) Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1)
28June'09 Anzio (CG 68) relieved Gettysburg (CG 64) as the flagship.
Expeditionary Strike Group 1 (ESG-1) San Diego. 6Nov'07 Deploy. May 3'08 Freemantle
Tarawa (LHA-1) Port Royal (CG-73)
Cleveland (LPD-7) Hopper (DDG 70)
Germantown (LSD-42) Ingrahm (FFG-61)
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Bonhomme Richard (BHR) Amphibious Ready Group -- 10Aug'09 exercises. 24Sept deploys. 11Nov'09 relieves
Bataan.
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)
Cleveland (LPD 7)
Rushmore (LSD 47)
Wasp (LHD-1) Deployed to Europe 9April'09
Essex Expeditionary Strike Group (Amphibious Ready Group, Task Force 76) forward deployed
at Sasebo, Japan. HQ Okinawa. Mar'08 Spring Quals in Okinawa.
Essex (LHD 2) * John Paul Jones (DDG 53)
Juneau (LPD 10) Chafee (DDG 90)
Harpers Ferry (LSD 49)
Tortuga (LSD 46)
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Expeditionary Strike Group 5 (ESG-5) Based in San Diego;
Jan '09 deployed. Takes on Anti-pirate role. as CTF151. 24June Boxer relieved by Bataan. 28July'09 returns.
Boxer (LHD 4) Lake Champlain(CG 57) (SSN)
New Orleans (LPD 18) Chung-Hoon (DDG 93)
Comstock (LSD 45) USCGC Boutwell (WHEC 719)
13th Marine Expeditionary Unit : MMHS 163, CLB 13, BLT 1/1
HSCS 21m NBG 1, ACU 5 & 1, BMU 1, FST 5
Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group, KSG ESG Jan'08 in Med, heading home. May'09 11-month maintence.
Kearsarge (LHD 3) Porter (DDG 78) Miami (SSN 755)
Gunston Hall (LSD 44) Carr (FFG 52)
Ponce (LPD 15)
22th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group Eight. Norfolk .
Nassau Strike Group (NASSG) Deployed Feb. 19-20 to 5th and 6th Fleet areas.
Amphibious Squadron Six Philippine Sea (CG 58
Nassau (LHA 4) Bulkeley (DDG 84)
Nashville (LPD 13) Ross (DDG 71)
Ashland (LSD 48) Albany (SSN 753)
Peleliu (LHA-5)
4May'08 Deploy. 4Nov'08 returned
Peleliu (LHA-5) Cape St. George (CG-71)
Dubuque (LPD-8) Halsey (DDG-97)
Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) Benfold (DDG-65)
Belleau Wood Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) Based in San Diego.
Belleau Wood (LHA 3) Mobile Bay (CG 53) Charlotte (SSN 766)
Denver (LPD 9) Preble (DDG 88)
Comstock (LSD 45) Hopper (DDG 70)
ARG. 2nd Fleet, Atlantic . 26Aug'08 Deployed . 25 Mar'09 Returned
LHD 7 Iwo Jima Vella Gulf (CG-58)
LPD 17 San Antonio Roosevelt (DDG 80)
LSD 50 Carter Hall Ramage (DDG 61) Hartford (SSN 768)
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Oak Hill (LSD-51), based at Little Creek,
CG-69 Vicksburg
DDG-80 Roosevelt, Mayport.
Bataan Expeditionary Strike group (ESG). Yard time. 5May'08 returns to fleet .
24June'09 transit Suez, relieves Boxer. Nov 19 relived by Bonhomme Richard, heads home.
Military Sealift Command operates more than 114 noncombatant, civilian-crewed ships that replenish Navy ships at sea, chart ocean bottoms, conduct undersea surveillance, strategically pre-position combat cargo at sea around the world, and move 95 percent of military equipment and supplies used by deployed U.S. forces.
* USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8), fast combat support ship, 754 feet, provides food, fuel, supplies and ammunition to a carrier strike group with 160 civilian crew and 60 sailors.
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