05 January 2023 Blue Ridge Sailor Performs Maintenance Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Ryan Misuraca, from Las Vegas, brazes a potable water pipe in the hull technician shop aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Jan. 5, 2023.
22 October 2021 U.S. Navy, German Navy sail at sea together, meet ashore Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Tulsa (LCS 16) sailed with Germany Navy frigate FGS Bayern (F 217) in the Philippine Sea, and Tulsa hosted Bayern crewmembers for ship tours while moored at Naval Base Guam, Oct. 18 & 21.
21 May 2020 Blue Ridge Sails Through Underway Record The crew of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff hit a 48-year historic landmark by surpassing the ship’s underway record, marking 65 days of continuous underway operations, May 17. Blue Ridge’s previous record of 64 days was set during the Vietnam War