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USS Blue Ridge makes port visit to Vladivostok, Russia
Stars and Stripes
July 5, 2006
The USS Blue Ridge pulled into Vladivostok, Russia, on Monday for the first time in four years for a scheduled port visit.
The visit confirms “close, cooperative relationship” between the U.S. Navy and the Russian Pacific fleet, said Vice Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Seventh Fleet commander, in a news release.
While in Vladivostok, the Blue Ridge’s 1,000 crew and staff members will sightsee and do community service projects with their hosts, the release said.