US Navy ship docks at Tien Sa port (Da Nang)
On the morning of April 7, a fleet of US Navy ships docked at Tien Sa Port (Da Nang). The fleet included the guided-missile destroyer USS McCain (DDG-56) and the multi-purpose rescue ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50), belonging to Destroyer Squadron 7, Logistics Force Western Pacific.
On the morning of April 7, a fleet of US Navy ships docked at Tien Sa Port (Da Nang). The fleet included the guided-missile destroyer USS McCain (DDG-56) and the multi-purpose rescue ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50), belonging to Destroyer Squadron 7, Logistics Force Western Pacific.
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| Welcoming ceremony at Tien Sa port. |
During the visit, the US Navy and the Vietnam People's Navy will jointly conduct cooperation, training, and professional exchange programs in the fields of military medicine; diving medicine and hyperbaric chamber seminars; search and rescue training; diving and repairing and overcoming shipboard damage; combat casualty care tactics... with the participation of sailors from the Western Pacific Logistics Force; Destroyer Squadron 7; sailors from the 5th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit; Mobile Diving and Rescue Team...
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| US Navy ship docks at Tien Sa port (Da Nang). |
According to the schedule, the US Navy also has sports exchange activities with Da Nang students and the Naval Region 3 Command; community concerts at Bien Dong Park (Son Tra District, Da Nang City); community activities at the Da Nang Orphanage; English exchange...
This is the first visit of the US Navy to Da Nang in 2014 and the second visit of the destroyer USS McCain to Da Nang.
Two US Navy ships are expected to leave Da Nang on April 12.
According to QĐND
