Lt. Cmdr. Austin Fleming said Kodiak was a point of interest for the military exercise because of its infrastructure. “We’re looking at the cruise ship terminals, where they have the ports that can support taking onboard a Navy ship,” he said.
A rear view of a Phalanx close-in weapons system, a radar-aimed 20mm cannon, aboard the USS Lake Champlain. “We try to pull back in about once a week and just stay topped off,” he said. “ keeps the fruit and vegetables fresh, keeps gas in the tank, keeps us ready if we do get called somewhere else.”
Lt. j.g. Mallorie Miller, the main propulsion officer on board, said she’s excited to visit Alaska but it wasn’t always smooth sailing to get here.“This last week in the Gulf of Alaska was a little bit rough for some of us,” she laughed. “Some people don’t have their sea legs yet so it was getting used to that.
About two-thirds of the ship’s crew were able to leave the ship at a time to explore the town, with the rest remaining on board to keep the ship running while docked. Kodiak is the Lake Champlain’s second port visit in Alaska, after a stop in Seward. After it leaves the island, the crew will be at sea in the Gulf of Alaska before heading south.
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