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USS GERMANTOWN LSD-42
Germantown is a dock landing ship (11,500 tons empty weight displacement)that can deliver large numbers of Marines and equipment to the beach. She is armed for her own defense. Germantown has had at least two deployments to the Persian Gulf.
Date: 05/23/2009
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USS CAPE ST. GEORGE CG-71 AEGIS GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
USS Cape St. George (CG-71) is an Aegis guided missile cruiser possessing diverse firepower. She was named for the battle of the same name in which the famous fighting admiral Arleigh Burke vanquished an entire Japanese destroyer squadron in a night battl
Date: 05/23/2009
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DDG-97 USS Halsey
The Halsey is a new Arleigh Burke Class guided missile sestroyer. She was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi and is based in San Diego, California.
Date: 05/23/2009
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USS Pinckney DDG-102
The Pinckney is another Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer assigned to the same squadron as the Halsey in San Diego. She is a little older than her sister ship, the Halsey, and was also built in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Date: 05/23/2009
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USS Mercy hospital ship
The USS Hope III is the third hospital ship of that name to serve since before WW I. Like her sister ship, the USS Comfort, she was converted from a supertanker hull.
Date: 05/23/2009
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USCGC Steadfast (WMEC-623)
The Steadfast is a medium endurance coast guard cutter of about 760 tons displacement. She is about 25 years old with another 25 years of projected service ahead of her.
Date: 05/23/2009
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USCGC Chase (WHEC-718)_ Hamilton Class
The Hamilton was a high endurance cutter (destroyer actually) of 3,250 tons displacement. She was built more than 45 years ago and transferred in early 2011 to the Philipine Navy.
Date: 05/23/2009
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USNA Guadalupe_T-AO 200
The Guadalupe is a Henry J. Kaiser Class naval replenishment ship with loaded displacement of over 42,000 tons. Call her a floating department store for the Pacific Fleet.
Date: 05/23/2009
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T-AKE-8 USNS Wally Schirra dry cargo ship
The Schirra ia a new dry replenishment ship serving the Pacific fleet. She is named for the original Mercury astronaut. The 40,000 ton loaded displacement floating grocery store carries two helicopters to transfer store to other ships at sea.
Date: 05/23/2009
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Fleet oiler USS Yukon
The Yukon is a 42,000 ton displacement Henry J. Kaiser Class fleet oiler - a sea-going gas station for the Pacific Fleet.
Date: 05/23/2009
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