Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 26)
27 Aug 2014

US Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Vella Gulf leaving Bosphorus in the early morning hours of 26 August 2014.

US Navy Ticonderoga cruiser USS Vella Gulf leaving Bosphorus in the early morning hours of 26 August 2014.

USS Vella Gulf entering Dardanelles in the afternoon. Here the pilot boat can be seen amidships. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

USS Vella Gulf entering Dardanelles in the afternoon. Here the pilot boat can be seen amidships. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

Russian landing ship 150 Saratov returning from Mediterranean in the morning hours of 26 August 2014. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

Russian large landing ship 156 Yamal heading to Mediterranean on 25 August 2014. Photo: Alper Böler. Used with permission.
On 26 August 2014 US Navy cruiser USS Vella Gulf ended her third deployment to the Black Sea. The same day the Russian landing ship Saratov returned to the Black Sea. The two ships must have passed each other somewhere in the vicinity at the northern entrance of the Bosphorus.
Date | Number | Name | Direction | Nationality |
02.01.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Northbound | Russia |
02.01.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Northbound | Russia |
18.01.2014 | 151 | Azov | Southbound | Russia |
18.01.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Southbound | Russia |
27.01.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Southbound | Russia |
01.02.2014 | 151 | Azov | Northbound | Russia |
01.02.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Northbound | Russia |
05.02.2014 | 20 | Mount Whitney | Northbound | USA |
05.02.2014 | 50 | Taylor | Northbound | USA |
07.02.2014 | 810 | Smetlivy | Northbound | Russia |
10.02.2014 | 151 | Azov | Southbound | Russia |
10.02.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Southbound | Russia |
20.02.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Southbound | Russia |
20.02.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound | Russia |
26.02.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Northbound | Russia |
26.02.2014 | 127 | Minsk | Northbound | Russia |
27.02.2014 | 20 | Mount Whitney | Southbound | USA |
04.03.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Northbound | Russia |
04.03.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Northbound | Russia |
05.03.2014 | U-130 | Hetman Sahaidachny | Northbound | Ukraine |
08.03.2014 | 103 | Truxtun | Northbound | USA |
09.03.2014 | 50 | Taylor | Southbound | USA |
22.03.2014 | 103 | Truxtun | Southbound | USA |
23.03.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Southbound | Russia |
23.03.2014 | 127 | Minsk | Southbound | Russia |
23.03.2014 | 12 | Olenegorskiy Gorniak | Southbound | Russia |
28.03.2014 | A-645 | Alize | Northbound | France |
03.04.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Southbound | Russia |
03.04.2014 | 12 | Olenegorskiy Gorniak | Northbound | Russia |
10.04.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Southbound | Russia |
10.04.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound | Russia |
11.04.2014 | 75 | Donald Cook | Northbound | USA |
11.04.2014 | A-759 | Dupuy de Lôme | Northbound | France |
11.04.2014 | 138 | PM-138 | Southbound | Russia |
12.04.2014 | A-645 | Alize | Southbound | France |
12.04.2014 | MB-304 | MB-304 | Southbound | Russia |
17.04.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Southbound | Russia |
17.04.2014 | 127 | Minsk | Southbound | Russia |
17.04.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Southbound | Russian |
23.04.2014 | 50 | Taylor | Northbound | USA |
25.04.2014 | 75 | Donald Cook | Southbound | USA |
29.04.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Northbound | Russia |
29.04.2014 | Kruzenshtern | Northbound | Russia | |
29.04.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Northbound | Russia |
30.04.2014 | A-759 | Dupuy de Lôme | Southbound | France |
XX.04.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Northbound | Russia |
XX.04.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Northbound | Russia |
30.04.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Southbound | Russia |
30.04.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound | Russia |
01.05.2014 | 810 | Smetlivy | Southbound | Russia |
09.05.2014 | 605 | Admiral Levchenko | Northbound | Russia |
10.05.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Southbound | Russia |
10.05.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Southbound | Russia |
12.5.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Northbound | Russia |
12.05.2014 | 50 | Taylor | Southbound | USA |
14.05.2014 | A-759 | Dupuy de Lôme | Northbound | France |
15.05.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Northbound | Russia |
15.05.2014 | 12 | Olenegorskiy Gorniak | Southbound | Russia |
15.05.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Southbound | Russia |
21.05.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Northbound | Russia |
21.05.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Northbound | Russia |
23.05.2014 | 72 | Vella Gulf | Northbound | USA |
28.05.2014 | F-711 | Surcouf | Northbound | France |
29.05.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound | Russia |
29.05.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Southbound | Russia |
29.05.2014 | A-759 | Dupuy de Lôme | Southbound | France |
04.06.2014 | 16 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Southbound | Russian |
04.06.2014 | 12 | Olenegorskiy Gornyak | Southbound | Russia |
07.06.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Southbound | Russia |
09.06.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Northbound | Russia |
09.06.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Northbound | Russia |
12.06.2014 | 72 | Vella Gulf | Southbound | USA |
15.06.2014 | A-5340 | Elettra | Northbound | Italy |
16.06.2014 | A-759 | Dupuy de Lôme | Northbound | France |
17.06.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound | Russia |
17.06.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Southbound | Russia |
17.06.2014 | F-711 | Surcouf | Southbound | France |
24.06.2014 | 251 | Wodnik | Northbound | Poland |
03.07.2014 | 5561 | Rimini | Northbound | Italy |
03.07.2014 | M-37 | Chiddingfold | Northbound | UK |
03.07.2014 | F-583 | Aviere | Northbound | Italy |
03.07.2014 | P-266 | Machitis | Northbound | Greece |
04.07.2014 | A-5340 | Elettra | Southbound | Italy |
04.07.2014 | F-711 | Surcouf | Northbound | France |
07.07.2014 | 72 | Vella Gulf | Northbound | USA |
06.07.2014 | A-759 | Dupuy de Lôme | Southbound | France |
09.07.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Southbound | Russia |
09.07.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Southbound | Russia |
13.07.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Southbound | Russia |
13.07.2014 | P-266 | Machitis | Southbound | Greece |
14.07.2014 | 72 | Vella Gulf | Southbound | USA |
21.07.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Northbound | Russia |
21.07.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Northbound | Russia |
23.07.2014 | F-583 | Aviere | Southbound | Italy |
23.07.2014 | 5561 | Rimini | Southbound | Italy |
23.07.2014 | M-37 | Chiddingfold | Southbound | UK |
24.07.2014 | F-711 | Surcouf | Southbound | France |
25.07.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Northbound | Russia |
29.07.2014 | Shaktar | Southbound | Russia | |
03.08.2014 | Kildin | Southbound | Russia | |
06.08.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound | Russia |
06.08.2014 | 72 | Vella Gulf | Northbound | USA |
14.08.2014 | 626 | Vice-Admiral Kulakov | Northbound | Russia |
15.08.2014 | 142 | Novocharkassk | Northbound | Russia |
15.08.2014 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Northbound | Russia |
15.08.2014 | MB-304 | MB-304 | Northbound | Russia |
16.08.2014 | A-759 | Dupuy de Lôme | Northbound | France |
17.08.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Northbound | Russia |
25.08.2014 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound | Russia |
26.08.2014 | 150 | Saratov | Northbound | Russia |
26.08.2014 | 72 | Vella Gulf | Southbound | USA |
I have archived the list of the Russian ship movements in 2013.