🇺🇸🚢 USS Lake Erie – Warship Spotted Crossing the Panama Canal On August 29, 2025, AFP journalists documented the U.S. guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie crossing the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal. The 567-foot vessel had been docked at Port of Rodman before moving east toward the Caribbean, following Washington’s recent deployment of warships near Venezuela. The United States says the mission is aimed at countering drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations. Caracas respond