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Photos from USNavyEurope’s Twitter
USS Oak Hill (LSD-51), a landing ship of the United States Navy, entered the Black Sea waters.
During #USSOakHill's 🇺🇸 transit to participate in Romanian-led 🇷🇴 amphib ex #SpringStorm in #BlackSea: Turkish flag 🇹🇷 hoisted & @USMC Marines from #26MEU take in the spectacular view #WeAreNATO #SteadyPresence #ReadyForces pic.twitter.com/jcZWXzzvrg
— U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (@USNavyEurope) March 7, 2018
The statement by the press service of the U.S. sixth fleet says that the landing ship will take part in the military exercise, Spring Storm, from March 8 to 15 near Constanta, Romania.
The aim of the exercise is to enhance the U.S.-Romania combat proficiency and strengthen the interoperability of the maritime forces.
#USSOakHill (LSD 51) and embarked @26MEU will be participating in exercise #SpringStorm to enhance U.S.-Romania combat proficiency and strengthen interoperability of maritime forces. #ForceEmployment #EnduringRelationships
ℹ️https://t.co/3GTmdBfIsE pic.twitter.com/NFctBHK28W
— U.S. Fleet Forces (@USFleetForces) March 7, 2018
Oak Hill is a part of the amphibious-ready U.S. navy ships in the Mediterranean Sea. It also includes the universal amphibious assault ship, USS Iwo Jima, and amphibious transport dock, USS New York.
Almost 2,500 U.S. marines are on board the ship.
