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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated April 12, 2022 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), center, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), left, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) guided-missile destroyer JS Kong (DDG 173), right, JMSDF Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105), back left, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) are underway in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise in the Sea of Japan. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated February 16, 2022 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) are underway in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105) and the training vessel Hatakaze-class JS Hatakaze (TV 3520) during exercise Jungle Warfare 2022 (JWX 22) in the Philippine Sea. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mas

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows The Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993), top, the U.S Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ariake (DD 109) sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st C

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Support ship leaves Japan to join refueling mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 13,500-ton Oumi, a Maritime Self-Defense Force support ship, sails off Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Jan. 25 after leaving a base in Sasebo to join the Murasame, a destroyer that departed from a different port the previous day for antiterrorism refueling operations in the Indian Ocean.

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MSDF ship leaves Japan to resume refueling mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton Murasame, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, leaves its Yokosuka base, south of Tokyo, on Jan. 24 for the Indian Ocean to resume the antiterrorism refueling mission, as relatives of its crew members see them off. The ship will restart the mission together with the support ship Oumi next month after a three-month hiatus.

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MSDF ship leaves Japan to resume refueling mission next month

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses crew members of the 4,550-ton Murasame, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, on Jan. 24 before the ship leaves its Yokosuka base, south of Tokyo, for the Indian Ocean to resume the antiterrorism refueling mission.

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MSDF ships to leave Japan on Jan. 24-25 for refueling mission

SASEBO, Japan - Workers prepare Jan. 18 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, for the departure Jan. 25 of the Japanese fleet support ship Oumi for the Indian Ocean to resume Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in mid-February. The Oumi will join another ship, the destroyer Murasame, on its way to the region.

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Japanese MSDF vessels arrive in Cambodian port

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Members of the Cambodian Navy greet the arrival of three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels the southwestern port of Sihanoukville, the last destination in the training squadron's 155-day cruise around the world, on Sept. 6. The vessels Kashima, Murasame and Yugiri carry about 750 officers and crew, including approximately 180 newly commissioned officers.

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2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton destroyer Murasame of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF ) returns to its home port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 8 from Kuwait. The destroyer accompanied the 8,900-ton landing ship Oosumi on a mission to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Oosumi also returned to Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, the same day.

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(3)Amphibious ship with supplies for Iraq leaves for Kuwait

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious ship Oosumi (R) cruises off the Hokkaido port of Muroran on Feb. 20. It left the port for Kuwait to carry supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops stationed in Iraq. The destroyer Murasame (L) escorts it.

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(1)Amphibious ship with supplies for Iraq leaves for Kuwait

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious ship Oosumi (front) cruises off the Hokkaido port of Muroran on Feb. 20 after leaving the port for Kuwait to carry supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops stationed in Iraq. The destroyer Murasame (back) escorts it.

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(2)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - Light armored vehicles await to be loaded aboard the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi which arrived at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. Berthed at left is the destroyer Murasame, which will escort the Oosumi on its voyage to Kuwait.

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(2)MSDF destroyer leaves home port before heading to Kuwait

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Murasame cruises off Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 16 after leaving Yokosuka port for Hokkaido on its way to Kuwait to escort the MSDF amphibious ship Oosumi, which is to transport supplies to Japanese noncombat ground troops in Iraq.

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(1)MSDF destroyer leaves home port before heading to Kuwait

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Members boarding the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Murasame line up beside the vessel at Yokosuka port in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 16. The ship left the port for Hokkaido on its way to Kuwait to escort the MSDF amphibious ship Oosumi, which is to transport supplies to Japanese noncombat ground troops in Iraq.

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(2)Japan conducts missile interception drill off Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese destroyer Murasame launches an antiaircraft missile in a missile interception drill June 30 off Hawaii as part of a U.S.-led multinational naval exercise dubbed RIMPAC 2002.

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill

OFF BOSO PENINSULA, Japan - The Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (front) and the Japanese destroyer Murasame (L) spray water at the Japanese vessel Hatakaze (C) in a joint search-and-rescue drill off Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 20. In July last year, the 6,700-ton Russian warship also took part in the first joint drill with Japan, in the northern part of the Sea of Japan.

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MSDF ships to leave Japan on Jan. 24-25 for refueling mission

SASEBO, Japan - Workers prepare Jan. 18 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, for the departure Jan. 25 of the Japanese fleet support ship Oumi for the Indian Ocean to resume Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in mid-February. The Oumi will join another ship, the destroyer Murasame, on its way to the region. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship leaves Japan to resume refueling mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton Murasame, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, leaves its Yokosuka base, south of Tokyo, on Jan. 24 for the Indian Ocean to resume the antiterrorism refueling mission, as relatives of its crew members see them off. The ship will restart the mission together with the support ship Oumi next month after a three-month hiatus. (Kyodo)

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MSDF ship leaves Japan to resume refueling mission next month

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses crew members of the 4,550-ton Murasame, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, on Jan. 24 before the ship leaves its Yokosuka base, south of Tokyo, for the Indian Ocean to resume the antiterrorism refueling mission. (Kyodo)

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Support ship leaves Japan to join refueling mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 13,500-ton Oumi, a Maritime Self-Defense Force support ship, sails off Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Jan. 25 after leaving a base in Sasebo to join the Murasame, a destroyer that departed from a different port the previous day for antiterrorism refueling operations in the Indian Ocean. (Kyodo)

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MSDF destroyer returns to Japan from Middle East

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Murasame destroyer returns to the MSDF's base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Feb. 11, 2021, after an information-gathering mission in the Middle East.

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Japanese MSDF vessels arrive in Cambodian port

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Members of the Cambodian Navy greet the arrival of three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels the southwestern port of Sihanoukville, the last destination in the training squadron's 155-day cruise around the world, on Sept. 6. The vessels Kashima, Murasame and Yugiri carry about 750 officers and crew, including approximately 180 newly commissioned officers. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill

Off Boso Peninsula, Japan - The Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (front) and the Japanese destroyer Murasame (L) spray water at the Japanese vessel Hatakaze (C) in a joint search-and-rescue drill off Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 20. In July last year, the 6,700-ton Russian warship also took part in the first joint drill with Japan, in the northern part of the Sea of Japan.

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Support ship leaves Japan for Middle East

The Murasame, a Maritime Self-Defense Force support ship, leaves Yokosuka, eastern Japan, on Aug. 30, 2020, for the Middle East on an information-gathering mission.

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(2)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - Light armored vehicles await to be loaded aboard the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi which arrived at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. Berthed at left is the destroyer Murasame, which will escort the Oosumi on its voyage to Kuwait. (Kyodo)

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(2)MSDF destroyer leaves home port before heading to Kuwait

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Murasame cruises off Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 16 after leaving Yokosuka port for Hokkaido on its way to Kuwait to escort the MSDF amphibious ship Oosumi, which is to transport supplies to Japanese noncombat ground troops in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan conducts missile interception drill off Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese destroyer Murasame launches an antiaircraft missile in a missile interception drill June 30 off Hawaii as part of a U.S.-led multinational naval exercise dubbed RIMPAC 2002.

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(1)MSDF destroyer leaves home port before heading to Kuwait

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Members boarding the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Murasame line up beside the vessel at Yokosuka port in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 16. The ship left the port for Hokkaido on its way to Kuwait to escort the MSDF amphibious ship Oosumi, which is to transport supplies to Japanese noncombat ground troops in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(1)Amphibious ship with supplies for Iraq leaves for Kuwait

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious ship Oosumi (front) cruises off the Hokkaido port of Muroran on Feb. 20 after leaving the port for Kuwait to carry supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops stationed in Iraq. The destroyer Murasame (back) escorts it. (Kyodo)

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Japanese destroyer heads home after 3-month antipiracy mission

Crew members aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sawagiri wave their hats from the deck to send off fellow MSDF destroyer Murasame (background) in Djibouti, eastern Africa, on July 30, 2015. Murasame was on its way back to Japan after completing a three-month antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, east Africa. The duty is passed on to Sawagiri. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton destroyer Murasame of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF ) returns to its home port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 8 from Kuwait. The destroyer accompanied the 8,900-ton landing ship Oosumi on a mission to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Oosumi also returned to Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, the same day. (Kyodo)

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(3)Amphibious ship with supplies for Iraq leaves for Kuwait

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious ship Oosumi (R) cruises off the Hokkaido port of Muroran on Feb. 20. It left the port for Kuwait to carry supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops stationed in Iraq. The destroyer Murasame (L) escorts it. (Kyodo)

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(2)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - Light armored vehicles await to be loaded aboard the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi which arrived at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. Berthed at left is the destroyer Murasame, which will escort the Oosumi on its voyage to Kuwait. (Kyodo)