U.S Navy • Carrier Strike Group Operations with Indian Navy • Indian Ocean

U.S Navy • Carrier Strike Group Operations with Indian Navy

Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) conduct flight operations and steams alongside their Indian Navy counterparts in the Indian Ocean. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, consisting of flagship USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Princeton and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), along with the Indian Navy ships Rana, Sahyadri, Shivalik and Kamorta, are currently participating in a cooperative deployment Indian Ocean.