Keywords: US Navy 040224-N-3931M-119 Vice Adm. Robert Willard, Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet, receives a traditional greeting of flowers from a representative of the People's Liberation Army (Navy).jpg en Shanghai China Feb 24 2004 Vice Adm Robert Willard Commander U S Seventh Fleet receives a traditional greeting of flowers from a representative of the People's Liberation Army Navy prior to a press conference on Gaoyang Pier while in front of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge LCC 19 The U S Seventh Fleet command ship Blue Ridge is visiting Shanghai on a regularly scheduled port visit and last visited the port city 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 Michael R McCormick RELEASED 2004-02-24 040224-N-3931M-119 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 12078 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael R McCormick PD-USGov-Military-Navy Unidentified locations in Shanghai Aboard USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 People with flowers Robert Willard in 2004 |