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U.S. Navy seamen check nozzles on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan as the ship tests her counter-measure wash-down system in the Atlantic Ocean, May 6, 2008.

DECK CHECK

U.S. Navy seamen check nozzles on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan as the ship tests her counter-measure wash-down system in the Atlantic Ocean, May 6, 2008.

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