150417-N-XM324-097 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 17, 2015) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) transits the South China Sea. Fitzgerald is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick Dionne/Released)