1.媒体来源:
外媒 U.S. Naval Institute
2.记者署名:
By: Sam LaGrone
3.完整新闻标题:
Essex Amphibious Ready Group Leaves 5th Fleet; No U.S. Capital Ship in Middle
East
美军主力舰已全数撤出中东
4.完整新闻内文:
Essex Amphibious Ready Group Leaves 5th Fleet; No U.S. Capital Ship in Middle
East
By: Sam LaGrone
以美军两栖突击舰“艾塞克斯号”（USS Essex，LHD-2）的海军两栖待命支队（
amphibious ready group，ARG）已经结束中东部署行动，目前位处印度洋海域，加上“
杜鲁门号”（USS Harry S Truman，CVN-75）航舰战斗群留守地中海海域，美军目前没有
主力舰在中东部署任何主力舰。
艾塞克斯号两栖待命支队由艾塞克斯号、两栖船坞运输舰波特兰号（LPD-27）以及两栖
登陆舰珍珠港号（LSD-52）组成，在中东部署4个月后，上周已经离开并进入印度洋执行
例行演训。
而先前杜鲁门号航舰战斗群原要穿越地中海与苏伊士运河，前往中东部署，不过为让欧洲
盟友能对美国在区域安全上的承诺放心，在美国国防部长奥斯汀（Lloyd Austin）命令下
，原计画取消，杜鲁门号航舰战斗群续留希腊与意大利之间的爱奥尼亚海（Ionian Sea）
海域巡弋待命。
当时外界普遍猜测，是为因应俄罗斯和乌克兰边境局势紧张而做此部署。
这是自2020年11月下旬以来，美国海军又再度出现中东没有部署主力舰的状况。
USS Essex (LHD-2), front, transits the Indian Ocean with the guided-missile
destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG-77) on Jan. 9, 2022. US Navy Photo
The three-ship Essex Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Unit left the Middle East last week after operating in the region since late
September, according to USNI News’s Fleet and Marine Tracker.
USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Portland (LPD-27), and amphibious dock landing ship
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) are now operating in the Indian Ocean after four
months in U.S Central Command.
The ARG was steaming with USS O’Kane (DDG-77) in the Indian Ocean with Essex
on Jan. 9, according to a Navy photo.
With the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group operating in the Mediterranean
Sea, it’s the first time the U.S. has not had a carrier strike group or ARG
in U.S. 5th Fleet since late November 2020, according to the Fleet Tracker.
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), Carrier Air Wing 2 and its escorts were ordered
by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to remain in the Mediterranean, rather than
proceed to CENTCOM, as tensions between Ukraine and Russia continue to simmer.
Japan-based USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) was the last U.S. carrier in 5th
Fleet, departing in mid-September. Essex relieved the Iwo Jima ARG and the
24th MEU, which left the region after supporting the withdrawal of U.S.
ground forces in Afghanistan.
The San Diego-based Essex ARG quietly deployed on Aug. 12, with the 11th MEU.
The 11th MEU is comprised of Battalion Landing Team 1/1, Marine Medium
Tiltrotor Squadron 165 (Reinforced), Marine Attack Squadron 214, and Combat
Logistics Battalion 11.
5.完整新闻连结 (或短网址):
https://tinyurl.com/mrx9w7vy
6.备注:
拜登不想管油田了呢