USS Sampson
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 16, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy, USS Sampson (DDG 102), pulled into American Samoa for a brief resupply visit. The vessel is now in Tonga participating in the relief effort after the U.S. dispatched USS Sampson as well as a...

![According to a press release from the Governor's Office, the current COVID-19 Emergency Declaration and the State of Emergency for the Territory did not allow any Sailors to come ashore, nor did it allow any civilians from American Samoa to board the US Navy vessel. [ASG photo] USS Sampson docing in Pago Pago harbor](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/uss_sampson_at_pago_harbor_dock_web.jpg?itok=NJ4kCyZV)