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An onlooker waves goodbye as the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) departs from Naval Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 1, 2005. Antietam is begining a six-month deployment as part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group.

An onlooker waves goodbye as the USS Antietam (CG 54) departs.

An onlooker waves goodbye as the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) departs from Naval Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 1, 2005. Antietam is begining a six-month deployment as part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group.

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