U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS MONTEREY transits Istanbul towards Black Sea

U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS MONTEREY (CG-61) transits Istanbul towards Black Sea on 19/03/2021 carrying Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74’s SwampFox MH-60R Seahawk on deck. Launched on 23 October 1988 at Bath Iron Works, Maine, USS Monterey is one of the 22 active Ticonderoga-class cruisers of the U.S. Navy. Based in Norfolk, she’s part of the Dwight Carrier Strike Group.