Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-71 USS Ross is in Istanbul, for a 3 day long port visit.
The ship is docked to the commercial port of Istanbul on Friday and will leave the town tomorrow.
She was been deployed in the Mediterranean for the last 7 months. And according to news reports she will return to USA after leaving Istanbul.
USS Ross will be upgraded during fiscal 2012 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.
via Bosphorus Naval News: USS Ross In Istanbul.