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Caption:
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Feb. 22, 2008) -- The Oliver Hazard Perry-class
guided-missile frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57) passes the Battleship
Missouri Memorial as she makes her way pier side at Naval Station Pearl
Harbor. Reuben James is returning from a six-month western Pacific
deployment supporting the global war on terrorism. Armed with six MK-46
torpedoes, one 76 mm MK 75 rapid-fire gun and one Phalanx close-in
weapons system, frigates fulfill a protection of shipping mission as
anti-submarine warfare combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces,
underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys. U.S. Navy photo by
Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl (Released)
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