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, return June'08 Tarawa decomm Mar'09.
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. 5Mar'10 relieved by Nassau. 5Nov'10 Into Yard period. Exercises Oct'11.
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. Feb'11 Thailand. 18Mar'11 Disaster Relief
Essex (LHD 2) * John Paul Jones (DDG 53)
Germantown (LSD 42) Chafee (DDG 90)
Harpers Ferry (LSD 49)
Tortuga (LSD 46)
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Boxer Amphibious Readiness Group (BoxArg) Based in San Diego;
Jan '09 deployed. Takes on Anti-pirate role. as CTF151. 24June Boxer relieved by Bataan. 28July'09 returns.
Boxer deploys 22Feb'11 for WestPac; arrives 6Mar'11. Returns Oct'11.
Boxer (LHD 4)
Green Bay (LPD 20)
Comstock (LSD 45)
13th Marine Expeditionary Unit : TACS 11, HSCS 23, ACU 1 & 5, BMU 1, FST 3
USNS Rappahannock (T-AO-204)
Makin Island Expditionary Strike Group 3 Deploys 14Nov'2011. Relieves Batann group 10Jan'12.
Makin Island (LHD 8)
Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)
New Orleans (LPD 18) July'10 Three months to west coast So. America.
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group, KSG ESG Deploys 13Aug'10 Pakistani relief. 2Mar'11 parts to Med towards Libya 16May home.
Kearsarge (LHD 3) towards Libya
Carter Hall (LSD 50)
Ponce (LPD 15) towards Libya
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group Eight. Norfolk .
Nassau Strike Group (NASSG) Deployed Feb. 19-20 to 5th and 6th Fleet areas. Mar 5 relieves Bonhomme Richard
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) Amphibious Read Group
4May'08 Deploy. 4Nov'08 returned. 5Mar'10 exercises. 22May'10 deploys.
29Nov '10 returning.
Peleliu (LHA-5) Cape St. George (CG-71)
Dubuque (LPD-8) Halsey (DDG-97)
Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) Benfold (DDG-65)
15th MEU
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. 19Nov'09 relieved by Bonhomme Richard. and heads home.
08Dec'09 returns. March 2011 to deploy early from Norfolk to Med (Libya) to relieve Kearsarge ARG.
Deploys April. Relieved by Makin Island group 10Jan'12.
Bataan (LHD- 5)
Mesa Verde (LPD-19)
Whidbey Island (LSD-41)
22nd MEU
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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