<P> Training conducted at - sea included surface and antisubmarine warfare, coordinated gunnery exercises, air defense, and visit, board, search, and seizure drills . Sailors took part in professional exchanges and discussions while at - sea and on shore . United States Navy personnel participated in a community service project during the port visit to Goa . </P> <P> United States forces participating in Malabar included the Ticonderoga - class guided - missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), Arleigh Burke - class guided - missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82) and USS Chafee (DDG 90), Oliver Hazard Perry - class guided - missile frigate USS Curts (FFG 38), Los Angeles - class fast - attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760), P - 3 Orion aircraft, SH - 60 helicopters and a Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) special forces detachment . </P> <P> The Malabar Series of Exercises 2--10 April 2011 were held off the Okinawa coast . India had stopped involving more countries in the exercises after China, in 2007, sent demarches to all the participants of a five - nation naval exercise held in the Bay of Bengal . With the Japanese participation in 2009 raising no political storm, India was once again agreeable to the idea of allowing the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force to participate . </P> <P> Carrier Strike Group Seven participated in Malabar 2011 . United States naval units initially included the guided - missile destroyers Sterett and Stethem; the guided - missile frigate Reuben James; and nuclear - powered attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN - 763). Indian naval units included the guided - missile destroyers Delhi, Ranvijay, and INS Ranvir (D54); the corvette INS Kirch (P62); and the replenishment tanker Jyoti . </P>

Which of these naval exercises conducted jointly by india and singapur