Obummer wants a one plane/one-ship fleet U.S. Navy.
Iraq/Syria ISIS : couple planes, couple targets = phony war
Spratly - one US ship = phony commander in chief
Obummer = POS
“Spratly - one US ship = phony commander in chief”
Other warships in the task force were nearby for any needed support. Note, it is a bad idea to be maneuvering a significant sized task force among the innumerable reefs, islets, cays, and so forth in the immediate area of the Spratly Islands and the Dangerous Ground as it is known. Many a ship and boat have been lost due to grounding on them. They make the maneuvering of an entire task force unnecessarily risky, whereas one or two ships may find adequate sea room for their maneuvers.