{"id":82693,"date":"2025-06-17T16:34:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/17\/uss-blue-ridge-leaves-guam-after-port-visit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:30:01","slug":"uss-blue-ridge-leaves-guam-after-port-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/06\/17\/uss-blue-ridge-leaves-guam-after-port-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Blue Ridge leaves Guam after port visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. 7th Fleet\u2019s flagship Blue Ridge set sail from Guam on Tuesday after a regularly scheduled port visit that began Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/News-Stories\/display-news\/Article\/4218504\/blue-ridge-departs-guam-following-port-visit\/\" rel=\"\">according<\/a> to a Navy release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vessel departed Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on April 3 to conduct a planned patrol of the Indo-Pacific, a region it regularly traverses to help mitigate threats, provide support to allied nations and enhance future war-fighting capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGuam is a strategic hub for the U.S. Navy and serves an important role in ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific,\u201d said Capt. 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