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Caption:
Aboard USS Stout (February 03, 1999) -- Linehandlers traverse the deck
of the U.S.Navy's Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55)
while taking up slack during an underway replenishment with the
Cimarron Class Oiler USS Merrimack (AO(J)179) while transiting eastward
in the Atlantic Ocean. USS Stout, commanded by CDR David Thorson, is
part of the George Washington Battle Group. Members of the
battle
group departed their homeports in late January for a scheduled
six-month deployment to the Mediterranean. Once on station as part the
U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet, they will patrol the waters of the Adriatic in
support of NATO Operation Joint Endeavor. Official U.S. Navy photo by
Airman Joe Hendricks (Released)
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