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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
11 ships sounds like a full CSG.
CSG:
1 CVN with Airwing
1 AOE
1 to 2 CGs (Tico Class)
2 to 3 DDGs (Burkes)
1 to 2 FFGs (OHP Class)
1 to 2 SSNs or SSGNs
Give or take a ship in each class and you get 11 warships. If I was Iran I would be worried if there were more because that would mean an ESG was riding shotgun.
EDIT: I think they are making something out of nothing, US CSGs transit the Suez all the time. Maybe they just wanted all the ships going though at once rather than in one big group (The flattop) and a few single ship transits.
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The article mentioned marines, so this is likely a Marine rapid reaction force, involving a smaller carrier for choppers and amphib landing units.
A show of force I think. This might also be an opportune time to relocate some assets to the med that would go there anyway.