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Gulf of Thailand - The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes (CG 49) conducts training operations with the Royal Thai Navy guided missile frigate HTMS Naresuan (FFG 421) and the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Curts (FFG 38) during the Thailand phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness...

San Diego - The guided missile frigate USS Curts (FFG 38) is guided into Naval Station San Diego with the help of a tugboat after passing underneath the Coronado Bridge. Curts is returning to Naval Station San Diego after an underway off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by...

At sea aboard USS Curts (FFG 38) - A BQM-74E aerial drone target is launched from the guided missile frigate USS Curts (FFG 38). Republic of Singapore Navy ships participating in the Singapore phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) track the drone. CARAT is a...

Chennai, India: Ensign Michael Betsch looks on as the guided missile frigate USS Curts (FFG 38) makes its way past the Indian Navy large patrol craft INS Sukanya (P 50). Curts' arrived in Chennai, India for a four-day port visit and associated participation in the third South Asia Search and...

The guided Frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) passes the USS Missouri battleship and USS Arizona Memorials while returning to her homeport at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - More than 200 officers and Sailors, assigned to the Pearl Harbor-based guided missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37), return home from deployment. Crommelin, commanded by Cmdr. Don Hodge, was deployed to Naval Forces Southern Command area of responsibility engaged in...

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Family members cheer the crew of the guided missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) as the ship returns from deployment. Commanded by Cmdr. Don Hodge, more than 200 officers and Sailors of the Pearl Harbor-based frigate were deployed to U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command...

Atlantic Ocean -- (From lead, in foreground) USS Underwood (FFG 36), USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), USS Carney (DDG 64), USS Sir Winston Churchill (DDG 81), and USS Taylor (FFG 50) steam in a "Ships Parade" formation during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 2002. U.S. Navy Photo by...

At sea with USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Battlegroup - The fast combat support ship USS Seattle (AOE 3) provides fuel and cargo to the guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) and to the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy during a replenishment at sea (RAS). The Kennedy Battlegroup is on a...

San Diego, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2005) – The guided missile frigate USS Jarrett (FFG 33) returns to Naval Station San Diego after spending six months performing counter narcotic terrorism operations in the Southern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate LaQuisha S. Davis

San Diego, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2005) – The guided missile frigate USS Jarrett (FFG 33) returns to Naval Station San Diego after spending six months performing counter narcotic terrorism operations in the Southern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate LaQuisha S. Davis

San Francisco Bay, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2004) – The guided missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), foreground, and guided missile frigate USS Jarrett (FFG 33) sail into San Francisco Bay at the start of the “Parade of Ships,” the official kick off of the 24th annual San Francisco Fleet Week...

San Francisco Bay, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2004) - From right, the guided missile destroyers USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) and USS Momsen (DDG 92), and the guided missile frigate USS Jarrett (FFG 33) sail into San Francisco Bay, Calif., at the start of Fleet Week 2004. San Francisco Fleet Week is a...

Montevideo, Uruguay (Nov. 6, 2004) - The guided missile frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) departs from Montevideo, Uruguay, to join the allied fleet participating in UNITAS 2004. UNITAS is designed to develop interoperability among the participating navies while increasing readiness and...

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Sept. 23, 2004) - The guided missile frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) moored pier-side at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Hall, assigned to Western Hemisphere Group, mainly operates in the Caribbean Sea and near South America, conducting counter-drug operations and...

Key West, Fla. (Dec. 17, 2004) - USS John L. Hall (FFG-32) sits moored at the Outer Mole Pier in Key West, Fla., opposite the Carnival cruise ship "Imagination." John L. Hall became the first Navy ship to moor at the Navy pier following a $13 million pier renovation project. Under a...

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (July 4, 2004) - Fireworks explode above the guided missile frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) while moored pierside at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) during an Independence Day celebration. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Randall Damm

Pascagoula, Miss. (Dec. 20, 2004) - Sailors man the rail as the guided missile frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) returns to her homeport of Naval Station Pascagoula, Miss., following a counter drug deployment to the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean. John L. Hall was responsible for the...

Gulf of Panama (Aug. 10, 2004) – The guided missile frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) departs for sea in preparation for PANAMAX 2004. Naval forces from eight countries are participating in PANAMAX 2004, a naval exercise designed to build up a coalition response to security threats against the...

Mayport, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2004) – Sailors aboard the guided missile Frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) together with Coast Guardsmen from its embarked Law Enforcement detachment (LEDET) off load more than 3,000 pounds of cocaine to waiting U.S. authorities. The cocaine was seized during a drug...