USS Lake Erie Homeports in San Diego for its Missile Defense Mission

12/03/2014

12/03/2014:Lake Erie (CG 70) perform morning colors before departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego.

Lake Erie is replacing guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as a rotational Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) destroyer out of San Diego.

 Credit:Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Hawaii:8/29/14

  • In the second photo, Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) man the rails as the ship prepares to depart Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego.
  • In the third photo, a Sailor aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) lowers the “Don’t Tread on Me flag” as the ship departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego.
  • In the fourth through seventh photos, Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) watch as the ship prepares to depart Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego.