2nd Fleet Focus: More Delays for Iwo Jima ESG

This is a very good article from WAVY, informative and interesting.

Navy officials tell WAVY.com the USS Ramage and USS Vella Gulf deployments are delayed again, citing the loading of weapons as a main problem. They say a recent rainy mist covered the ships at the Naval Station, not to mention the possibility of lightning nearby. That weather makes loading weapons, like rockets, too dangerous.

Officials say the Vella Gulf departure is re-scheduled for Saturday while the Ramage is scheduled to set sail Friday evening.

The Ramage is one of only two ships of it's kind on the East Coast It now has a brand new Ballistic Missile Defense system on board.

"We can detect a missile when it launches and then we can track it and figure out where it's going to hit and then if necessary, we can intercept and destroy it mid-flight before it attacks a civilian population," says Commander Peter Galluch, USS Ramage.

LPD-17 was delayed, now two more warships delayed albeit for different reasons. Anyone else heard the phrase bad things come in the threes. Hopefully this means good news from here for the deployment. All ships should be underway by tomorrow.

Note the last paragraph, sounds like we have a SM-3 sighting.