{"id":46228,"date":"2022-10-06T20:05:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T20:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/06\/uss-porter-says-adios-to-rota-spain\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:56:32","slug":"uss-porter-says-adios-to-rota-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/10\/06\/uss-porter-says-adios-to-rota-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Porter says adios to Rota, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The guided-missile destroyer Porter bid a permanent farewell to Rota, Spain, on Sept. 28, as it headed back to a U.S. homeport after seven years of forward-deployed service in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Porter heads to Norfolk, Virginia, it is being replaced by fellow destroyer Bulkeley<\/a>, finalizing a swap of the four destroyers based at Rota that began in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Bulkeley, the new slate of Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe ships includes Arleigh Burke, Roosevelt and Paul Ignatius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow destroyers Ross<\/a>, Donald Cook<\/a> and Carney<\/a> have all cycled out of Rota in the past few years as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Porter\u2019s departure comes as plans remain in the works to add two additional destroyers to Rota as part of an initiative announced by the White House this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\t