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USS Leyte Gulf returns to Norfolk Naval Station after deployment

The ship deployed on March 27, 2019, as part of Carrier Strike Group 12 in support of maritime stability and security.

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NORFOLK, Va. — The Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) returned to Norfolk Naval Station Saturday morning. It's ending its nine-month deployment to the U.S. 6th and 5th Fleet areas of operation.

The ship deployed on March 27, 2019, as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 in support of maritime stability and security.

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During its deployment, Leyte Gulf participated in numerous interoperability and partnership-building exercises with sister services and allied Navies in both the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets.

Leyte Gulf navigated over 50,000 nautical miles and completed multiple strait and choke point transits, to include the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el Mandeb, and the Strait of Hormuz.

Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaysee Lohmann

(Dec. 15, 2019) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), back, participates in a replenishment-at-sea between the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the fast-combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) in the Red Sea, Dec. 15, 2019. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

Leyte Gulf is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.

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