Brilliant photos, Paul. All the tall ships are streaming out of Dunkerque today, passed some in the fairway but did not have my camera on me.
This United States Navy warship passed yesterday, photo taken at extreme range. She is the USS Mount Whitney which is an Amphibious Command Ship serving as flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. She has just spent four days in Lisbon commemorating a NATO 60th anniversary and is obviously off to show the flag somewhere else.
She is packed from end to end with electronics quote:
"The ship's afloat communications capability is second to none. MTW can receive, process and transmit large amounts of secure data from any point on earth through HF, UHF, VHF, SHF, and EHF communications paths. This technology enables the Joint Intelligence Center and Joint Operations Center to gather and fuse critical information while on the move. As the most sophisticated Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) ship ever commissioned, MTW incorporates various elements of the most advanced C4I equipment and gives the embarked Joint Task Force Commander the capability to effectively command widely dispersed air, ground and maritime units in an integrated fashion."