Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer DDG 55 - US Navy

Aboard USS Stout (February 03, 1999) -- Linehandlers traverse the deck of the U.S.Navy’s Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) while taking up slack during an underway replenishment with the Cimarron Class Oiler USS Merrimack (AO(J)179) while transiting eastward in the Atlantic Ocean. USS Stout, commanded by CDR David Thorson, is part of the George Washington Battle Group. Members of the battle group departed their homeports in late January for a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean. Once on station as part the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet, they will patrol the waters of the Adriatic in support of NATO Operation Joint Endeavor. Official U.S. Navy photo by Airman Joe Hendricks (Released)