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Navy’s unmanned surface ships make historic visit to Japan

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ALEX WILSON

STARS AND STRIPES • September 21, 2023

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The USV Ranger, an unmanned surface vessel, completed its first trip to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, with the USV Mariner on Sept. 18, 2023. (Alex Wilson/Stars and Stripes)

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Two of the U.S. Navy’s first autonomous ships arrived at the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet on Monday, a journey across the Pacific that marked several firsts and tested the ships’ durability.

The USV Ranger and USV Mariner, both unmanned surface vessels homeported at Naval Base Ventura County, Calif., arrived at Yokosuka after several weeks of operations in the Indo-Pacific.

The ships over the past month participated in exercises like Large Scale Exercise 2023 — operating in conjunction with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and its strike group — while Navy evaluated the new technology, according to Cmdr. Jeremiah Daley, head of Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One.

“During these operations, we seek to gather new insights into these emerging technologies to provide essential learning opportunities for our leadership to set a course for future unmanned projects and additional prototypes; and eventually full integration into fleet operations,” Daley told media pierside at Yokosuka on Thursday.