U.S. warship, submarine to visit PH

From InterAksyon (Dec 28): U.S. warship, submarine to visit PH



USS Gridley DG-101

A U.S. warship and submarine will arrive in the Philippines on Saturday, December 29 for routine port calls, according to the U.S. Embassy in Manila. USS Gridley (DDG-101), an Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyer, will arrive in Cebu, while USS Bremerton (SSN 698), a submarine of the Los Angeles class design, will arrive in Subic Bay. The visit "highlights the strong historic, community, and military connections between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines," the Embassy said in a statement.  "This visit will allow the ship to replenish supplies as well as give the crew an opportunity for rest and relaxation," it added.

The USS Gridley DDG-101 is part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and is homeported in San Diego, California.  The ship is named for Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of the USS Olympia who was famously told by Admiral George Dewey to “fire when you are ready, Gridley” in the Battle of Manila Bay during Spanish-American War.

The USS Bremerton SSN 698 is named in honor of the city of Bremerton, Washington, home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and a city with a long association with the U.S. Navy. She is the tenth ship of the Los Angeles class design. Her keel was laid in Connecticut in May 1976.

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