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Caption:
English Channel (August 22, 2001) -- Sailors stationed aboard USS
Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) return to their ship after a visit with
the British ship, HMS Monmouth. Churchill, homeported in
Norfolk, Va., is making its first deployment to the United Kingdom,
Republic of Ireland and Norway and is the only U.S. Navy vessel in
active service named for a foreign dignitary. The ship is named
in honor of Sir Winston Spencer Leonard Churchill (1874-1965), best
known for his courageous leadership as British Prime Minister during
World War II. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd
Class Shane McCoy. (RELEASED)
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