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Caption:
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Feb. 22, 2008) -- Sailors man the rails aboard
the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Reuben James
(FFG 57) 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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