After breaking a record with 215 consecutive days at sea, the USS Stout (DDG 55) returned home to Naval Station Norfolk Oct. 12th.
USS Stout is part of Destroyer Squadron Two Six under the Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) Carrier Strike Group. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) returned to Norfolk in August following a seven-month deployment, but Stout remained in theater.
The USS Stout is back at Naval Station Norfolk.
Welcome home! @WAVY_News pic.twitter.com/lvfBYwn0we
— Kara Dixon (@KaraWAVY) October 12, 2020