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The guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor as she deploys to join the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the western Pacific Ocean, Aug. 7, 2009.

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The guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor as she deploys to join the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the western Pacific Ocean, Aug. 7, 2009.

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