Navy Ships To Support Humanitarian Assistance Mission In Georgia

Aug 21, 2008 -- MEDITERRANEAN SEA — Two U.S. Navy ships and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter are getting underway to transport humanitarian assistance supplies to Georgia. These deployments are part of the larger United States response to the government of the Republic of Georgia's request for humanitarian assistance after conflicts between Georgian and and Russian forces.

Navy guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul: Tugboats come alongside as the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrives in Souda Bay. McFaul is in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility and is scheduled to support humanitarian assistance operations in Georgia. (DoD photo by Paul Farley)

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Guided missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74), homeported in Norfolk, VA, departed from Souda Bay, Crete Wednesday and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716), based in Charleston, SC, and Command and control ship, USS Mount Whittney, based in Gaeta, Italy, will depart later this week with humanitarian supplies bound for Georgia.

The ships are scheduled to transit into the Black Sea and arrive in Georgia
within a week.

Thousands of blankets, hygiene items, baby food and infant supplies will be transported to Georgia to save lives and alleviate human suffering.

Source: US Navy