The USS Stout seen anchored in the Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi, on Tuesday, July, 14, 2009. USS Stout dropped anchor Tuesday in Georgia’s Black Sea waters ahead of joint naval exercises widely seen as a show of American support for the former Soviet nation that was crushed in last year’s war with Russia.

The USS Stout seen anchored in the Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi, on Tuesday, July, 14, 2009. USS Stout dropped anchor Tuesday in Georgia’s Black Sea waters ahead of joint naval exercises widely seen as a show of American support for the former Soviet nation that was crushed in last year’s war with Russia.