NAVAL STATION NORFOLK — After a nearly eight-month deployment, the USS Gettysburg returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Friday.
The Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, set sail in September 2024 as a part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier strike group.
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Video caption provided by the U.S. Navy: The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, June 6, following an eight-month deployment with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG). The HSTCSG operated across U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations, conducting combat operations in the Red Sea and exercises with NATO Allies. While deployed, HSTCSG completed more than 13,000 sorties and 25,000 flight hours, and the ships sailed over 240,000 nautical miles combined.
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Clay Whaley
The group included the USS Harry S. Truman, which returned to Norfolk June 1, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Stout and USS Jason Dunham, and Carrier Air Wing 1 with nine embarked squadrons.
The strike group carried out missions across Europe and the Middle East, exercises with NATO and combat operations in the Red Sea amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and Iran-backed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
