KINILENS | The USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the US Seventh Fleet, arrived at Port Klang on July 17 for a routine port visit.

Commissioned in 1970, the vessel is the second oldest ship in the US Navy, behind the wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate USS Constitution, with approximately 1,000 crew members onboard.

It is the third US Navy ship named after the Blue Ridge Mountains, a range of mountains in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.

USS Blue Ridge’s primary role is to provide command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) support to the commander and staff of the Seventh Fleet.

The visit demonstrates the continuation of more than 65 years of economic, security, and social interaction between Malaysia and the United States.