RIMPAC 2006 Participants

Pearl Harbor (July 10, 2006) - The Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Navajo (T-ATF 169) tows the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) from the pier out to open waters for an upcoming sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. Belleau Wood will become an artificial reef near Hawaii. Eight nations are participating in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. US Navy photo.

Target Ships

• Ex-USS/USNS Mars AFS/T-AFS 1
• Ex-USS Belleau Wood LHA 3

US Navy

• USS Paul Hamilton DDG 60
• USS Chafee DDG 90
• USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72
• USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6
• USS Mobile Bay CG 53
• USS O'Kane  DDG 77
• USS Pinckney DDG 91 SSN 770
• USNS Russell DDG 59 T-AOE 7
• USS Shoup DDG 86
• USS Milius DDG 69
• USS John Paul Jones DDG 53
• USS Denver LPD 9
• USS Rushmore LSD 47
• USS Los Angeles SSN 688
• USS Chicago SSN 721
• USS Key West SSN 722

US Coast Guard

• USCGC Kittiwake WPB 87316

Military Sealift Command

Australia

• HMAS Rankin SSG 78
• HMAS Stuart FFH 153
• HMAS Manoora LPA 52

Canada

• HMCS Algonquin DDH 283
• HMCS Regina FFH 334
• HMCS Vancouver FFH 331

Chile

• CNS Almirante Blanco Encalada FF 15

Japan

• JDS Kirishima DDG 174 Recalled 29 June 06 for DPRK Crisis
• JDS Hiei DDH 142
• JDS Ariake DD 109
• JDS Samidare DD 106
• JDS Kuroshio SS 596
• 8 P-3C Aircraft

  Peru

• BAP Mariategui

  South Korea

• ROKS Jeong Un SS 067
• ROKS Moonmu Daewang DDG 976
• ROKS Kwanggaeto Daewang DD 971