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Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is now operating in U.S. 6th Fleet as the newest hull in a quartet of U.S. warships based in Spain, the service announced on Tuesday.

Roosevelt left Mayport, Fla., last month to replace USS Carney (DDG-64) as part of a planned swap of the destroyers that have been based in Europe since 2015 as part of the U.S. European Phased Adaptive Approach to ballistic missile defense.

The destroyer will join USS Ross (DDG-71), USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) and USS Porter (DDG-78) based in Naval Station Rota, Spain. The other three destroyers will also slowly cycle out of 6th Fleet back to the U.S. by 2022.

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