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The guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf fires a 5-inch light-weight gun during an exercise in the Atllantic Ocean, July 27, 2008. Vella Gulf is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise 08-4 as a part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike.

FIVE-INCH GUN FIRE

The guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf fires a 5-inch light-weight gun during an exercise in the Atllantic Ocean, July 27, 2008. Vella Gulf is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise 08-4 as a part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike.

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