>US Navy conducted another flag relay in the Black Sea. DDG-52 USS Barry entered the Black Sea on 18 November 2008 and the flagship of the 6th Fleet LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney returned to the Med on 19 november 2008. 
This is the third Black Sea cruise of USS Barry since August 2008. Apparently the grounding in Samsun during her last deployment did not caused any serious problems. She can stay until 8th December.
While in the Black Sea USS Mount Whitney visited Varna Bulgaria, Constanta, Romania and Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Here is a photo of USS Mount Whitney passing through Bosphorus in a cold, grey winter morning.
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