7th Fleet Cruiser Transits Taiwan Strait

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220510-N-NO824-1009 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Jessika Stanback)

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220510-N-NO824-1009 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

220510-N-NO824-1004 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Ensign John Rodeheffer takes a bearing reading from the bridge wing of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Jessika Stanback)

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220510-N-NO824-1004 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Ensign John Rodeheffer takes a bearing reading from the bridge wing of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

220510-N-NO824-1003 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Jessika Stanback)

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220510-N-NO824-1003 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

220510-N-NO824-1011 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Olivo, from Lot, Oklahoma, and Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Michael Bergado from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, signals takeoff to the pilot of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Easyriders” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, during flight quarters aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) as the ship conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Jessika Stanback)

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220510-N-NO824-1011 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Olivo, from Lot, Oklahoma, and Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Michael Bergado from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, signals takeoff to the pilot of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Easyriders” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, during flight quarters aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) as the ship conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

220510-N-NO824-1022 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Sailors retrieve chock and chains from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Easyriders” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, prior to takeoff on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) as the ship conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Jessika Stanback)

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220510-N-NO824-1022 TAIWAN STRAIT (May 10, 2022) Sailors retrieve chock and chains from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Easyriders” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, prior to takeoff on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) as the ship conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10. Port Royal is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit May 10 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law. The Ship transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State. Port Royal's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows.

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