The USS Fitzgerald, a guided missle destroyer of the US Navy, arrived Monday at Manila Bay on "a five-day support mission" for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Summit, the US embassy in Manila said in a news release.
The US embassy also said the USS Fitzgerald's mission is "in conjunction with its routine patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations."
"During its short visit, there will be no scheduled liberty for US Sailors aboard," the embassy added.
The USS Fitzgerald is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer commissioned in October 1995 and has its home port in San Diego, California.
It is the same ship on which then US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario "signed the Manila Declaration calling for multilateral talks to resolve maritime disputes," the US Navy noted on its webpage for the USS Fitzgerald.
That Manila Declaration helped mark the 60th anniversary of the RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty in 2011.
The USS Fitzgerald has participated in anti-submarine warfare exercises and intelligence gathering missions, according to the US Navy.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/544575/news/nation/us-navy-guided-missile-destroyer-visits-manila-for-apec-support-mission
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