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USS Vella Gulf conducting sea trials after repairs
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The USS Vella Gulf, a five-inch cannon fires aboard the guided-missile cruiser is pictured in 2018, has left port for sea trials after being docked for repairs. Photo by James Norket/U.S. Navy
April 22 (UPI) The USS Vella Gulf returned to sea this week after being docked for repairs, the Navy said.
The guided-missile cruiser is undergoing sea trials to test the ship s system efficiency and ensure proficiency at sea, 2nd Fleet spokeswoman Lt. Marycate Walsh said in a statement obtained by Navy Times and USNI News.
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The Vella Gulf is part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and deployed to the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 19, but left the convoy near the Canary Islands on Feb. 26 due to a fuel oil leak later blamed on corrosion.
Vella Gulf gets underway again following a spate of technical problems 1 day ago The guided-missile cruiser Vella Gulf conducts operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 6 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. ( MC3 Andrew Waters/Navy) The guided-missile cruiser Vella Gulf is finally underway after enduring multiple technical issues that prevented it from deploying for months. “USS Vella Gulf returned to sea today to conduct sea trials following repairs to a recent engineering casualty,” 2nd Fleet spokeswoman Lt. Marycate Walsh said in a statement Wednesday. “Sea trials will test the ship’s system efficiency and ensure proficiency at sea.”
Newly deployed sailors are now getting counseling assistance aboard ship 2 hours ago The cruiser Vella Gulf and the destroyer Laboon, right, come alongside the fleet-replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha in the Atlantic Ocean Jan. 15. Crew members of both ships have benefited from a new Navy program to provide emotional support to deploying sailors. (MC2 Dean Cates/Navy) The Navy has started providing sailors mental health support in the early stages of deployments so they are better equipped to manage common stressors they may encounter while getting underway. Under the Navy’s new Departure & Separation Program, sailors on six surface ships were provided access to licensed counselors and specially trained educators during their first two to six weeks of deployment.