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Phone talkers, the quartermaster and the ship's navigator gather around the chart table on the bridge of the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship sets the sea and anchor detail on Jan. 18, 2006. These sailors, who are members of the Blue Ridge's sea and anchor navigation team, plot the ship's position and course as it gets underway for sea. Blue Ridge is the Seventh Fleet command ship.

Phone talkers, the quartermaster and the ship's navigator gather around the chart table.

Phone talkers, the quartermaster and the ship's navigator gather around the chart table on the bridge of the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship sets the sea and anchor detail on Jan. 18, 2006. These sailors, who are members of the Blue Ridge's sea and anchor navigation team, plot the ship's position and course as it gets underway for sea. Blue Ridge is the Seventh Fleet command ship.

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