Three U.S. Navy destroyers, the USS Porter, the USS Donald Cook and the USS Roosevelt, along with a frigate from the U.K., the HMS Kent, and a U.S supply vessel, entered the Barents Sea off Russia’s northwestern Arctic coast April 4. This marked the first time U.S. warships have entered the area since the Cold War in the 1980s. The entry into the sea was announced in a statement released by the U.S Navy’s Sixth Fleet.
International Business Times: US warships sail into Barents Sea
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transits the Dardanelles Strait, Feb. 19, 2019.
