5th Fleet Focus: Order of Battle

Order of Battle in the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility.

The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group

USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
USS Gettysburg (CG 64)
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)
USS Stout (DDG 55)
USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98)
USS James E. Williams (DDG 95)
USS Philadelphia (SSN 690)


Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group

USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)
USS Ponce (LPD 15)
USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44)
USS Vicksburg (CG 69)
USS Porter (DDG 78)
USS Carr (FFG 52)
USS Miami (SSN 755)


Task Force 150

FGS Augsburg (F 213)
FS Commandant Ducuing (F795)
FS La Motte Picquet (D645)
PNS Tippu Sultan (D 185)
USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41)

In Theater

Ocean 6
USS Wasp (LHD 1)
RSS Persistence (L 209)
HMS Richmond (F 239)
HMS Campbeltown (F 86)
HMAS Anzac (F 150)
USS Scout (MCM 8)
USS Gladiator (MCM 11)
USS Ardent (MCM 12)
USS Dexterous (MCM 13)
HMS Ramsay (M 110)
HMS Blyth (M 111)


Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)

TCG Orucreis (F245)
HMS Northumberland (F238)
NMM Aliseo (F574)
HS Aegeon (F460)
SPS Canarias (F86)
FGS Rhoen (A1443)
USS Laboon (DDG 58)


FYI: I am unaware of any reporting regarding the location of SNMG-2, I just know it crossed the Suez nearly 2 weeks ago and has not returned. SNMG-2 could be heading to the Pacific for all I know, but it is listed as a potential regional task force as it is speculated to be somewhere in the Indian Ocean. For all the current events near Pakistan, this is a safe assumption until more information is released.

Additionally, the official Navy status page indicated all week long every CVN/CV and LHA/LHD not in dry dock was at sea this week. There are valid reasons for each individual platform as they are all in various stages of operational readiness, but the high level readiness of both the United States Navy and Royal Navy has been a topic of conversion of several naval observers lately. While there are obvious conclusions one could jump to with so many destabilizing events around the world this week, the only factual conclusion that can be drawn from this information is the absolute and total success of the Fleet Response Plan implimented several years ago.