USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall in Mediterranean on Way to Middle East
By: Heather Mongilio
July 27, 2023 3:51 PM • Updated: July 27, 2023 10:54 PM
USS Bataan (LHD-5) and USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) are in the Mediterranean Sea, having crossed through the Strait of Gibraltar Wednesday.
Bataan, along with Carter Hall and elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is being dispatched to U.S. Central Command as part of the U.S. response to Iran’s continued seizure of commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
From the Mediterranean Sea, Bataan and Carter Hall will transit the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea.
Destroyers USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) and USS McFaul (DDG-74), which are part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, are already in the region as part of the U.S. response.
https://news.usni.org/2023/07/27/uss-bataan-uss-carter-hall-in-mediterranean-on-way-to-middle-east
