The US Navy is increasing its presence in the Baltic Sea. The thunder of gunfire from a joint shooting exercise with the German Navy in the Bay of Lübeck had just been heard when a second destroyer appeared: the US guided missile destroyer “Porter” was sent directly from the USA to the Baltic Sea.
Rostock/Kiel. Little time in tense times: Less than two weeks following taking command, Commander Joseph S. Hamilton had to gather the crew of his guided missile destroyer “Porter” in the southeastern US state of Virginia and get the ship ready for sea. The order was: Deployment in the Baltic Sea.
