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.
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Under Tow with Serco Tugs
Coming Up to the Jetty
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MH-60S Seahawk
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Bridge
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Coming up Nicely
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Crew at the Bow
Abeam of the Jetty
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Bridge Party
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USS Mount Whitney
Slow Push
Safely Berthed
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