Keywords: US Navy 040224-N-8955H-071 Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Robert Willard, speaks to reporters at a press conference.jpg en Shanghai China Feb 24 2004 Commander U S Seventh Fleet Vice Adm Robert Willard speaks to reporters at a press conference on Gaoyang Pier shortly after the Seventh Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge LCC 19 arrived for a scheduled port visit Blue Ridge last visited Shanghai in March 2001 Shanghai called Hu for short is a bustling metropolis located at the mouth of the Yangtze River Connected with Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west the city is exposed to the East China Sea in the east With a total area of 6 341 square kilometers about 2 448 square miles and a population of more than 13 million Shanghai is China s largest city Sailors and Marines from the ship and embarked staff will take an opportunity to experience the local culture and interacted with their counterparts from the People's Liberation Army Navy The amphibious command ship is forward deployed to Yokosuka Japan U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Novia E Harrington RELEASED 2004-02-24 040224-N-8955H-071 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 12081 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Novia E Harrington PD-USGov-Military-Navy Unidentified locations in Shanghai Aboard USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 Robert Willard in 2004 |