USS Mount Whitney in Scotland

The USS Mount Whitney arrived in the calm waters of Loch Long this morning.

She is a Blue Ridge class command ship of the US Navy and
 is named after Mount Whitney - a peak in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

She is part of the current Joint Warrior maritime exercise held in Scotland and was last here in 2010.


Note her Golden Anchor - an award given by the US Navy for sustaining superior levels of military retention.

She was assisted and safely berthed with the aid of the local Serco tugs.


Under Tow with Serco Tugs

 Coming Up to the Jetty


MH-60S Seahawk 


Bridge


Coming up Nicely


Crew at the Bow

Abeam of the Jetty


Bridge Party


 USS Mount Whitney

Slow Push  

Safely Berthed

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Joint Warrior Exercise - Vessels Return

We had some more vessels return to the Clyde today after their Joint Warrior exercise.

I caught two of the Danish vessels as they travelled upriver to Glasgow.

 HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) - Erskine Bridge Passing Erskine Bridge

HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) - Glasgow Bound

HDMS Esbern Snare (L17)

 HDMS Absalon (L16) at Erskine Bridge

HDMS Absalon (L16) with Tug Anglegarth Escorting

 HDMS Absalon (L16) from Erskine Bridge

Tug Anglegarth from Erskine Bridge

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