American Carrier Left Bahrain for Persian Gulf

08.02.2012 US Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George are heading for the Persian Gulf. According to USN press service, the ships have finished 4-day stay in Bahrain and were dispatched to the Gulf for patrolling.

The carrier strike group currently deployed in the gulf includes a missile cruiser and two missile destroyers. In that mission, they are accompanied by British and French destroyers.

As is expected, at least four American and French carrier strike groups are to be deployed in the Persian Gulf and eastward the Strait of Hormuz by March or April.

Another carrier strike group led by USS Enterprise will head for the gulf in March. It is expected to arrive in the region in April. The Norfolk-based group will also include a missile cruiser and three missile destroyers.

On Feb 6, the Enterprise-led carrier group held an exercise off eastern Florida and practiced scenario of potential warfare against Iran.

Iranian Navy holds exercise in the Strait of Hormuz as well.