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USS Mount Whitney is one of two Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy and is the flagship and command ship of the United States Sixth Fleet. USS Mount Whitney also serves as the Afloat Command Platform (ACP) of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO). The ship had previously served for years as the COMSTRIKFLTLANT(NATO Designation) / US Second Fleet's command ship. She is one of only a few commissioned ships to be assigned to Military Sealift Command.
USS Mount Whitney on 27 August 2005
USS Mount Whitney on 27 August 2005
Joint Operations Center watch standers aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney in the year 2005.
Joint Operations Center watch standers aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney in the year 2005.
Officers from coalition countries meet aboard Mount Whitney while off the coast of Libya during Operation Odyssey Dawn
Officers from coalition countries meet aboard Mount Whitney while off the coast of Libya during Operation Odyssey Dawn
British Merlin helicopter overhead during BALTOPS 20
British Merlin helicopter overhead during BALTOPS 20
United States Sixth Fleet
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The Sixth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy operating as part of United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa. The Sixth Fleet is headquartered at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. The officially stated mission of the Sixth Fleet in 2011 is that it "conducts the full range of Maritime Operations and Theater Security Cooperation missions, in concert with coalition, joint, interagency, and other parties, in order to advance security and stability in Europe and Africa." The current commander of the Sixth Fleet is Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee.
The U.S. Sixth Fleet's seal
The U.S. Sixth Fleet's seal
The U.S. Sixth Fleet in 1954.
The U.S. Sixth Fleet in 1954.
U.S. ships in Sicily, 1965
U.S. ships in Sicily, 1965
The newly elected president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, tours the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) e
The newly elected president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, tours the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) escorted by Commander, Task Force 65, Captain Tom Rowden, right, while the frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) moves alongside the ship. Making her first ever visit aboard a navy vessel, President Johnson-Sirleaf visited Mount Whitney the day after her inauguration to thank the crew for making the journey in support of her country's inaugural ceremonies.