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The guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) leads a formation of ships with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as they conduct operations in the Pacific off the coast of southern California on Sept. 25, 2011.

USS Stockdale (DDG 106) leads a formation of ships

The guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) leads a formation of ships with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as they conduct operations in the Pacific off the coast of southern California on Sept. 25, 2011.

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