7th Fleet cruisers transit Taiwan Strait

TAIWAN STRAIT (AUG 28, 2022) Ensign Minor Wetzel, from La Canada, California, right, takes ship bearing as Ensign Patrick Brady, from Dephaven, Minnesota, searches for surface contacts in the bridge as Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) conducts routine Taiwan Strait Transit. Antietam is deployed to 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Santiago Navarro)
TAIWAN STRAIT (AUG 28, 2022) Ensign Minor Wetzel, from La Canada, California, right, takes ship bearing as Ensign Patrick Brady, from Dephaven, Minnesota, searches for surface contacts in the bridge as Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) conducts routine Taiwan Strait Transit. Antietam is deployed to 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Santiago Navarro)

7th Fleet cruisers transit Taiwan Strait

U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs
August 29, 2022

TAIWAN STRAIT – Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam (CG 54) and USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) are conducting a routine Taiwan Strait transit August 28 (local time) through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law. These ships transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State. The ship’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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