<P> In early April 2004 , it was announced that Fitzgerald would be one of fifteen destroyers and three cruisers that would be deployed to counter ballistic missile threats worldwide . She arrived in Yokosuka , Japan on 30 September 2004 , to join the U.S. 7th Fleet after participating in a personnel exchange known as `` Super Swap '' . One - hundred forty sailors from the destroyer O'Brien transferred to Fitzgerald and 95 of Fitzgerald 's sailors joined the decommissioning unit for O'Brien . She is now home - ported at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka , Japan , and is part of Destroyer Squadron 15 . </P>
<P> In early April 2004 , it was announced that Fitzgerald would be one of fifteen destroyers and three cruisers that would be deployed to counter ballistic missile threats worldwide . She arrived in Yokosuka , Japan on 30 September 2004 , to join the U.S. 7th Fleet after participating in a personnel exchange known as `` Super Swap '' . One - hundred forty sailors from the destroyer O'Brien transferred to Fitzgerald and 95 of Fitzgerald 's sailors joined the decommissioning unit for O'Brien . She is now home - ported at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka , Japan , and is part of Destroyer Squadron 15 . </P>
where is the uss fitzgerald based out of
where is the uss fitzgerald based out of
Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka , Japan
Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka , Japan