Amphibious warships USS Bataan (LHD-5) and USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) transited the Suez Canal on Thursday after almost five months of operating in the Middle East, US 6th Fleet announced. The two ships, “will join the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). With the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), these ships will re-aggregate as the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the Eastern Mediterranean,” reads the statement from the US 6th Fleet. Since Aug. 6, the pair of ships with the embarked North Carolina-based 26th MEU have been operating in US 5th Fleet at first as a
USS Bataan and USS Carter Return to Eastern Mediterranean After 5 Months in the Middle East
