Naval Vessels Underway

A collection of military naval vessels, including frigates and destroyers, captured in motion on open waters, showcasing operational readiness and maritime strength.

A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS LEWIS B. PULLER (FFG-23) underway during sea trails. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS LEWIS B. PULLER (FFG-23) underway during sea trails. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-SC-90-01682. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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Aerial port bow view of the frigate USS BAGLEY (FF-1069) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS LEWIS B. PULLER (FFG-23) underway during sea trails. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A port bow view of the Spruance Class destroyer USS KINKAID (DD-965) underway off the coast of California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port beam view of the frigate USS Voge (FF-1047) underway with the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The ship, which is part of Task Group 24.2, is in the 18-ship formation that is transiting the North Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-SC-88-09211. Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Aerial starboard bow view of the Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer USS BERKELEY (DDG 15) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port beam view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS TRUXTUN (CGN-35) underway off San Diego. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser MONTEREY (CG 61) underway prior to its commissioning. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An elevated starboard beam view of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58) underway during sea trials prior to its commissioning. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate CLARK (FFG-11) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An elevated port quarter view of the guided missile frigate KLAKRING (FFG-42) underway. Country: Unknown
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DN-SC-86-00154. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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JCCC-09-PK01-14. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP GUARD Country: Adriatic Sea
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A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS COWPENS (CG-63) underway off the coast of New England.. Country: Atlantic Ocean(AOC)
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An elevated starboard beam view of the frigate USS DOWNES (FF-1070) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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An aerial starboard bow view of the destroyer USS DAVID R. RAY (DD-971) underway. Country: Unknown
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A port beam view of the guided missile destroyer USS DEWEY (DDG-45) underway. Base: Augusta Bay State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)
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A starboard bow view of the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) underway. Crew members are manning the rail. Country: Unknown
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Aerial bow view of the guided missile frigate USS MCCUSKY (FFG 41) underway during sea trials. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port bow view of the frigate USS TRUETT (FF-1095) underway with the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The ship, which is part of Task Group 24.4, is in an 18-ship formation that is transiting the North Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An elevated starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate NICHOLAS (FFG-47) underway during sea trials. Country: Unknown
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DN-SC-85-06056. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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An aerial starboard bow view of the destroyer USS SPRUANCE (DD-963) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An aerial port view of the ammunition ship USS SURIBACHI (AE-21) underway. Country: Unknown
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DN-SC-87-02017. Subject Operation/Series: DISTANT DRUM Country: Unknown
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A port bow view of the patrol combatant-missile (hydrofoil) USS HERCULES (PHM-2) underway alongside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Gulf Of Mexico
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A starboard beam view of the frigate USS DOWNES (FF 1070) underway.. Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)
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A port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS HENRY B. WILSON (DDG 7) underway off the coast of California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A starboard view of the guided missile cruiser USS YARNELL (CG 17) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-SC-85-01910. Country: Unknown
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A port bow view of the frigate USS GLOVER (FF-1098) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An aerial port bow view of the combat stores ship USS MARS (AFS-1) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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Military Sealift Command (MSC) oiler USNS YUKON (T-AO 202) (foreground) and the amphibious transport dock USS DUBUQUE (LPD 8) (background)are lined up with the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3) during an underway replenishment. The BELLEAU WOOD, YUKON and DUBUQUE are participating in Exercise VALIANT USHER '98, a training exercise with Australian military forces, 19 May 1998. Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT USHER '98 Country: Unknown
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DN-SC-87-11315. Country: Unknown
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An elevated starboard beam view of the guided missile frigate DE WERT (FFG-45) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An elevated bow view of the guided missile frigate USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG-48) underway. Country: Unknown
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DN-SC-88-06339. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Aerial port quarter view of the destroyer USS INGERSOLL (DD-990) underway off Point Loma, California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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An aerial port side view of the Suribachi Class ammunition ship USS MAUNA KEA (AE-22) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A starboard bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS PREBLE (DDG-46) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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DN-ST-88-07489. Country: Persian Gulf
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A high oblique starboard side view of the guided missile destroyer USS FITZGERALD (DDG-62) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate USS HAWES (FFG-53) underway during BALTOPS '92. Country: Baltic Sea
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DN-ST-87-03076. Base: Straits Of Juan De Fuca State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An aerial port side view of the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate USS FLATLEY (FFG 21) underway during acceptance trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-ST-85-07822. Base: Elizabeth River State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS REEVES (CG-24) executing a high speed turn. Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)
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A port beam view of the Soviet nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser KIROV (065) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A port bow view of the frigate USS PHARRIS (FF-1094) underway during Fleet Week. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS SCHOFIELD (FFG 3) underway. Country: Unknown
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A starboard bow view of the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD-6) anchored during the joint U.S.-Canadian fleet Exercise MARCOT '93. Subject Operation/Series: MARCOT '93 Base: USS Duluth (LPD 6) Country: Strait Of Juan De Fuca
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A port quarter view of the guided missile cruiser THOMAS S. GATES (CG-51) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A bow view of the Australian frigate SYDNEY (F-03) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port amidships view of the Soviet nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser KIROV (065) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-ST-87-03435. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norwegian Sea
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Aerial starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate CLIFTON SPRAGUE (FFG-16) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A port bow view of the coastal patrol boat USS FIREBOLT (PC-10) underway off Key West, Fla. en route to the ships new homeport of Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Va. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A port view of the frigate USS BARBEY (FF-1088) firing a Harpoon missile from the forward ASROC launcher. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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The amphibious cargo ship USS EL PASO (LKA 117), foreground, passes the guided missile cruiser USS YARNELL (CG 17). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A SA-330 Puma helicopter flies over the fantail of the Australian frigate HMAS DARWIN (F 04) during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Gulf Of Oman
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Aerial low-oblique portside view of the USS WADDELL (DDG 24) Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer, turning hard-to-starboard, while underway off the coast of Southern California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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DN-SC-85-04367. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A starboard quarter view of the guided missile destroyer USS GONZALES (DDG 66) underway during builder's sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Aerial port bow view of the view of the guided missile frigate USS CURTS (FFG 38) underway during sea trails. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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Aerial starboard beam view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) underway. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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DN-SC-05-10432. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A starboard beam view of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST 1197) underway off the coast of Liberia. The BARNSTABLE COUNTY is among the ships taking part in Operation SHARP EDGE. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An aerial stern view of the guided missile frigate HALYBURTON (FFG 40) during acceptance trials. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port beam view of the guided missile frigate SIMPSON (FFG 56) underway off the coast of New England prior to its commissioning. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-SC-85-07292. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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DN-SC-87-05075. Country: Unknown
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Port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS JOSEPH STRAUSS (DDG-16) underway. Country: Unknown
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A starboard view of the mine countermeasures ship USS DEFENDER (MCM 2) underway. Country: Unknown
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DN-ST-88-05468. Base: Persian Gulf
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A starboard bow view of the Italian Navy, GARIBALDI CLASS: Aircraft Carrier, GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C 551), underway in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Exercise MAJESTIC EAGLE, a multinational exercise being conducted off the coast of Morocco. The Turkish Navy, OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS: Frigate, GEDIZ (F 495) ex-FFG 19, is underway in the background. The exercise demonstrates the combined force capabilities and quick response times of the participating naval, air, undersea and surface warfare groups. Subject Operation/Series: MAJESTIC EAGLE 2004 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A port view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS CALIFORNIA (CGN 36) underway off the coast of Southern California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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An aerial view of a United Kingdom ship off the coast of North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Atlantic Ocean State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A port view of the destroyer USS COMTE DE GRASSE (DD-974) underway with the French destroyer DE GRASSE (D-612) in the background, upper right. The two ships are on their way to Norfolk Naval Base after participation in the joint U.S./French bicentennial celebration at Yorktown, Va. Country: Chesapeake Bay
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An aerial starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG-13) underway during precommissioning sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS LAKE ERIE (CG-70) underway. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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An elevated port quarter view of the guided missile frigate ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG-49) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A port bow view of the Turkish destroyer ALCITEPE (D-346) underway during exercise Distant Drum.. Subject Operation/Series: DISTANT DRUM Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED)
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A starboard view of the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) as it arrives to pick up Marines and their equipment. The ship will be deployed to the Persian Gulf region to support Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An aerial port quarter view of the Ticonderoga Class Aegis guided missile cruiser VINCENNES (CG-49) underway during at-sea testing prior to its commissioning on July 6, 1985. Country: Unknown
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A starboard beam view of the guided missile frigate ELROD (FFG 55) underway off the coast of New England prior to its commissioning. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-ST-90-00240. Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DN-SC-85-03653. Base: Puget Sound State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A port quarter view of the guided missile frigate SIMPSON (FFG-56) underway off the coast of New England prior to its commissioning. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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050609-N-0499M-314. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A elevated starboard beam view of the mine countermeasures ship USS AVENGER (MCM-1) underway. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Port side front view of the Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS MITSCHER (DDG 57) upon entering her homeport. The ship has returned from sea following the passage of Hurricane Floyd along the east coast. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An elevated starboard view of the guided missile frigate NICHOLAS (FFG-47) underway during sea trials. Country: Unknown
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DN-SC-85-12758. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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A port bow view of the guided missile frigate HAWES (FFG-53) underway during sea trials. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS MAHLON S. TISDALE (FFG-27) underway during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Country: Unknown
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An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft carriers an M-60A1 tank of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit (31st MAU) to shore during Exercise Kangaroo 4. The amphibious transport dock USS DENVER (LPD-9) is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO 4 Country: Australia (AUS)
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A starboard bow view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (B B-62) arriving in port at North Island. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Aerial bow-on view of the destroyer USS PETERSON (DD-969) underway. The PETERSON is returning from a Mediterranean deployment. Base: Hampton Roadstead State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An aerial starboard quarter view of the Soviet Krivak II guided missile frigate GROMKY (FFG-962) at anchor. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)