{"id":14611,"date":"2022-06-29T16:48:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T16:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/29\/two-more-navy-destroyers-will-be-homeported-in-rota-spain\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:02:56","slug":"two-more-navy-destroyers-will-be-homeported-in-rota-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/06\/29\/two-more-navy-destroyers-will-be-homeported-in-rota-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more Navy destroyers will be homeported in Rota, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, rearranging the security priorities and alignments of Europe and NATO for the first time in decades, the Navy will grow its destroyer fleet at Naval Station Rota, Spain, from four to six warships, the White House announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But officials with the Italy-based U.S. 6th Fleet told Navy Times that those additional warships won\u2019t arrive in Rota until at least fiscal year 2024. Those two additional destroyers have not yet been named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan<\/a> told reporters that the ships \u201cwill help increase the United States\u2019 and NATO\u2019s maritime presence and all the relevant maritime domains in the Euro-Atlantic area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ballistic missile defense destroyers Ross, Roosevelt, Arleigh Burke and Porter are already stationed in Rota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow destroyer Paul Ignatius completed a homeport swap from Mayport, Florida, to Rota to replace one of those four ships earlier this month. However, the Navy has not yet announced which of the four ships Paul Ignatius is replacing as part of the standard rotation schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\t