Caption:
Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 22, 2004) -- The guided missile cruiser USS Leyte
Gulf (CG 55), amphibious transport ship USS Shreveport (LPD 12), guided
missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) and the guided missile destroyer
USS McFaul (DDG 74) practice coming alongside for replenishments at sea
while transiting the Atlantic Ocean as part of the amphibious assault
ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). Other
elements of the Wasp ESG include the dock landing ship USS Whidbey
Island (LSD 41), the fast attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22),
and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22 MEU). U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 1st Class James E. Perkins. (RELEASED)
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