{"id":16093,"date":"2020-05-04T13:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/04\/us-navy-surface-ships-enter-the-barents-sea-for-the-first-time-since-mid-1980s\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:02:07","slug":"us-navy-surface-ships-enter-the-barents-sea-for-the-first-time-since-mid-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/05\/04\/us-navy-surface-ships-enter-the-barents-sea-for-the-first-time-since-mid-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy surface ships enter the Barents Sea for the first time since mid-1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four U.S. Navy ships and a U.K. Royal Navy ship sailed into frigid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/03\/05\/in-a-thawing-era-icex-2020-kicks-off-up-north\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arctic waters <\/a>of the Barents Sea on May 4 to conduct maritime security operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the first time a U.S. Navy surface ship has operated in the Barents Sea since the mid-1980s, according to a Navy news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ships participating in the maritime operation in the Arctic include the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyers Donald Cook, Porter and Roosevelt, supported by the Supply-class fast combat support ship Supply (T-AOE 6), the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American surface ships were joined by the U.K.&#8217;s Type 23 Duke class frigate HMS Kent.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/25\/navy-warships-roaming-arctic-waters\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Normandy-MAIN.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy warships roaming Arctic waters<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Officials say that they haven&#039;t spotted any Russian vessels.  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In April, Porter was operating in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation in the Barents Sea follows several intercepts between Russian and U.S. aircraft over the last two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F-22s on several occasions between March and April have intercepted Russian reconnaissance aircraft operating new Alaska. 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