FFG : Frigates

NORFOLK, Va. (Jan. 25, 2008) The guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) returns to the pier on board Naval Station, Norfolk after a six-month deployment. Carr was a part of the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group deployed in supported of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

Photo © U.S. Navy (by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky)

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PERSIAN GULF (Feb. 7, 2008) An EH-96 Puma from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) lands on the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) during a vertical replenishment. Ingraham is part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group which is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo © U.S. Navy (by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin)

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HARBOR, Hawaii (June 8, 2008) The guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) returns from a six-month deployment to the Southern Command area of responsibility.

Photo © U.S. Navy (by Chief Mass Communication Specialist David Rush)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 27, 2008) The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Curtz (FFG 38 ) is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Strike Group while transiting the Pacific Ocean. The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.

Photo © U.S. Navy (by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans)

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