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An Mk 45 Mod 4 Gun system fires off the bow of the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh during surface gunnery exercises, Feb. 9, 2008. The Shiloh is under way to a scheduled deployment to Yokosuka, Japan.

SURFACE GUNNERY EXERCISES

An Mk 45 Mod 4 Gun system fires off the bow of the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh during surface gunnery exercises, Feb. 9, 2008. The Shiloh is under way to a scheduled deployment to Yokosuka, Japan.

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