"The USS Mount Whitney has arrived in Poti, " Wood said at his midday briefing.

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The USS Mount Whitney is the third American naval ship to deliver supplies to Georgia.

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The Mount Whitney is the command ship for the Sixth Fleet of the U.S. Navy, which calls it the most sophisticated vessel of its kind ever commissioned.

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In addition to the Mount Whitney, U.S. ships under Odyssey Dawn included the Kearsarge and Ponce and the guided-missile destroyers USS Stout and USS Barry, along with logistics and refueling ships.

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Samuel Locklear aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney.

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Today, however, with the 6th Fleet reduced to just one ship, my old flagship the USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), there is not much deterrence, particularly when it is conducting an exercise in the Baltic Sea.

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The ship, the USS Mount Whitney, is the Navy's only Joint Command Ship and is considered to be the most sophisticated ship ever commissioned in terms of communication, control, command, computers and intelligence capabilities, according to the Navy's Web site.

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