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Caption:
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 28, 2010) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS
Curtis Wilbur (DDG 85) fires an MK 45 five-inch gun during a live-fire
exercise. The MK 45 gun is a fully-automatic naval gun capable of
providing accurate naval gunfire against fast, highly-maneuverable
surface targets, air threats and shore batteries. Curtis Wilbur is
assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, part of the Navy's only permanently
forward-deployed naval force and is underway supporting security and
stability in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas (Released)
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