Navy tests two-ship littoral combat group with South America deployment
JAN. 4, 2019 / 1:49 PM
By Ed Adamczyk
Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy personnel returned home after practicing a two-ship pairing exercise for future use by amphibious squadrons and ground troops.
The Navy last month deployed a new ship pairing of a destroyer and an amphibious transport dock to test a new concept that could serve as a formation in future operations.
"We safely and successfully conducted our mission," Capt. Ken Coleman, LCG-1 commodore, said in a press release. "I give full credit to our tremendous sailors and Marines. They demonstrated outstanding readiness, tactical expertise and represented our nation and Navy with great pride and professionalism."
The transporter USS Somerset, the destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer and Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Peru deployed together as Littoral Combat Group 1 in November and December. The exercise off the South American coincided with the ships' participation in ceremonies marking the bicentennial, in Valparaiso, Chile, of the Chilean Navy.
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